1987 WAFU Club Championship

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1987 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Ghana.svg Cornerstones FC (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stella Club d'Adjamé
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored45 (2.05 per match)
1986
1988

The 1987 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, a second consecutive one. Originally a 24 match season, as Sport Bissau e Benfica withdrew, Africa Sports automatically qualify in the quarterfinals. Imraguens de Nouadhibou started from the semis and lost to Africa Sports there in two matches.

Contents

Not a single club from the Gambia and Niger participated.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Stella Club d'Adjamé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1 (a)–1 Flag of Guinea.svg ASFAG Conakry0–01–1
Invincible Eleven Flag of Liberia.svg 4–4 (a) Flag of Benin.svg Buffles du Borgou 4–13–0
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 3–3 (0–3 p) Flag of Nigeria.svg Iwuanyanwu Nationale 3–03–0
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 2–1 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg ASRAN Ouagadougou 1–01–1
Kumasi Cornerstone Flag of Ghana.svg 4–2 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg OC Agaza 3–02–1
Djoliba AC Flag of Mali.svg 2–1 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Fisheries 1–01–1
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Benfica Bissau (w/o)

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Djoliba AC Flag of Mali.svg 1–3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stella Club d'Adjamé 0–21–1
Buffles de Borgou Flag of Benin.svg 0–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Kumasi Cornerstone 0–00–3
Iwuanyanwu Nationale Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–1 (1–4 p) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 1–01–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 0–0 (5–6 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Kumasi Cornerstone 0–00–0
Stella Club d'Adjamé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 4–3 Flag of Mauritania.svg Imraguens de Nouadhibou 2–21–2

Finals

The matches took place on September 27 and October 11

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Stella Club d'Adjamé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2–2 (2–4 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Kumasi Cornerstone 1–11–1

Winners

1987 WAFU Club Championship
Flag of Ghana.svg
Kumasi Cornerstone
First title

See also

References

  1. "1987 WAFU Cup at RSSSF".