1986 WAFU Club Championship

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1986 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored45 (2.5 per match)
1985
1987

The 1986 WAFU Club Championship was the ninth 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 again by Africa Sports after defeating Asante Kotoko from Ghana 6-5 in penalty shootouts as both clubs had two goals each in its two matches. [1] A total of 45 goals were scored. Originally a 22 match season, as Sierra Leone's Real Republicans and ASC Police from Nouakchott, Mauritania withdrew, Asante Kotoko and Université du Benin FC (or University of Benin FC) automatically qualify in the quarterfinals.

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Contents

Not a single club from Mali, Niger and the Gambia participated.

Preliminary round

The matches took place from June 6 to 20. Africa Sports and Stade d'Abidjan directly qualified to the semis.

Stade dAbidjan association football club in Ivory Coast

Stade d'Abidjan is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Stade d'Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 5–2 Flag of Liberia.svg Saint Joseph Warriors 4–02–1
SEIB Djourbel [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Senegal.svg 3–0 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg SC Bissau 3–00–0
Entente II Lomé Flag of Togo.svg 1–3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 0–12–1
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 2–1 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg ASRAN Ouagadougou 1–01–1
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Real Republicans
University of Benin FC Flag of Mauritania.svg ASC Police

Quarterfinals

The matches took place from August 3 to 17.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 6–1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Hafia FC 4–01–2
SEIB Diourbel Flag of Senegal.svg 4–2 University of Benin FC 3–20–1

Semifinals

The matches took place from November 9 and 16.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
SEIB Diourbel Flag of Senegal.svg 2–4 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2–22–0
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 2–20–1

Finals

The matches took place on December 14 and 28.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2–2 (6–5 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2–02–0

Winners

1986 WAFU Club Championship
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Africa Sports
Second title

See also

The 1986 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against AS Sogara. This was the twelfth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-eight sides entered the competition, with AS Police withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.

Notes

  1. The club is now known as ASC SUNEOR

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References

  1. "1986 WAFU Cup at RSSSF".