Tournament details | |
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Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 45 (2.5 per match) |
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Stade d'Abidjan | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
SEIB Djourbel [lower-alpha 1] | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
Entente II Lomé | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Hafia FC | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Asante Kotoko | — | — | — | |
University of Benin FC | — | — | — |
The matches took place from August 3 to 17.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Asante Kotoko | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | |
SEIB Diourbel | 4–2 | University of Benin FC | 3–2 | 0–1 |
The matches took place from November 9 and 16.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SEIB Diourbel | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
Africa Sports | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
The matches took place on December 14 and 28.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Africa Sports | 2–2 (6–5 p) | 2–0 | 2–0 |
1986 WAFU Club Championship |
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Africa Sports Second title |
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The 1988 WAFU Club Championship was the twelfth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by ASFAG Conakry after defeating New Nigerian Bank FC under the away goals rule. A total of 37 goals were scored, fewer than last season. Originally a 28 match season, no Nigerien and Gambian clubs took part. New Nigerian Bank started their first match at the quarterfinals, Okwahu directly headed to the semis. Asses FC withdrew from the competition.
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