1976 African Cup Winners' Cup

1976 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 12 December 1976
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Shooting Stars F.C. (1st title)
Runners-upCameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored128 (3.37 per match)
1975
1977
International football competition

The 1976 African Cup Winners' Cup was the second edition of Africa's secondary interclub competition. The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Shooting Stars F.C. from Nigeria won the final, and claimed their - and their country's - first African club trophy.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bata Bullets Malawi 6-4 Madagascar Fortior Mahajanga 2-4 4-0
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 6-1 Gabon Petrosport 3-0 3-1
Liberté FC Niger 1-9 Libya Al-Ahly Tripoli 0-5 1-4
Gambia Ports Authority F.C. The Gambia 2-6 Republic of Upper Volta Rail Club du Kadiogo 1-4 1-2

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bata Bullets Malawi 1-4 Zambia Rokana United 1-0 0-4
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 2-2 (a) Zaire AS Vita Club 2-1 0-1
Rail Club du Kadiogo Republic of Upper Volta 1-7 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 1-0 0-7
ASKO Kara Togo 1-5 Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 1-2 0-3
Mechal Army Ethiopia 6-4 Tanzania Youth League 5-2 1-2
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria 5-0 Kenya Kenya Breweries 3-0 2-0
US Gorée Senegal 3-6 Ivory Coast Stella Club d'Adjamé 0-0 0-2
Zamalek Egypt 4-2 Libya Al-Ahly Tripoli 3-0 1-2

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mechal Army Ethiopia 2-6 Egypt Zamalek 2-0 0-6
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria 4-3 Zambia Rokana United 3-2 1-1
Tonnerre Yaoundé Cameroon 2-1 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 0-0 2-1
AS Vita Club Zaire 5-3 Ivory Coast Stella Club d'Adjamé 2-0 3-3

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Vita Club Zaire 2-4 Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 1-1 1-3
Zamalek Egypt 2-2 (3-5 p) Nigeria Shooting Stars F.C. 2-0 0-2

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria 4-2 Cameroon Tonnerre Yaoundé 4-1 0-1

Champion

African Cup Winners' Cup
1976 Winners
Nigeria
Shooting Stars F.C.
First Title

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