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1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 16 December 1973
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsZaire AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored142 (3.23 per match)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5-2 Liberia Mighty Barrolle 2-1 3-1
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) Senegal 4-6 Togo Modèle Lomé 2-2 2-4
Horseed FC Somalia 3-6 Egypt Al-Ismaily 3-1 0-5
Kenya Breweries Kenya 2-2 (5-4 p) Ethiopia Tele SC Asmara 1-1 1-1
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 3-2 Burundi Sports Dynamic 1-0 2-2
Fortior Mahajanga Madagascar 6-3 Lesotho Police (Maseru) 5-1 1-2
Mighty Jets Nigeria 2-21 Republic of Upper Volta AS Jeanne d'Arc 2-1 0-1
Young Africans Tanzania 2-3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1-2 1-1

1 AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hafia FC Guinea 5-5 (3-2 p) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2-1 3-4
Stade Malien Mali 2-1 Togo Modèle Lomé 2-1 0-0
Al-Ismaily Egypt 5-1 Libya Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 4-1 1-0
Kenya Breweries Kenya 4-3 Uganda Simba FC 3-1 1-2
Léopards Douala Cameroon 2-1 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 2-0 0-1
Kabwe Warriors Zambia 7-0 Madagascar Fortior Mahajanga 4-0 3-0
AS Vita Club Zaire w/o Nigeria Mighty Jets 1
Al-Merrikh Sudan 1-4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 1-1 0-3

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hafia FC Guinea 5-6 Cameroon Léopards Douala 2-4 3-2
Stade Malien Mali 1-7 Zaire AS Vita Club 0-3 1-4
Kenya Breweries Kenya 1-21 Egypt Al-Ismaily 0-0 1-2
Kabwe Warriors Zambia 2-3 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2-1 0-2

1 Al-Ismaily withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Semi-Finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Vita Club Zaire 4-3 Cameroon Léopards Douala 3-0 1-3
Kenya Breweries Kenya 1-4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0-2 1-2

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 4-5 Zaire AS Vita Club 4-2 0-3

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1973 Winners
Zaire
AS Vita Club
First Title
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