1999 African Cup Winners' Cup

1999 African Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	31 January - 4 December 1999
Teams	38 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Africa Sports (2nd title)
Runners-up	Club Africain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	191 (2.73 per match)
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The 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fifth season of Africa's second oldest club football tournament organised by CAF.

Ivorian club Africa Sports appeared in and won their second African Cup Winners' Cup title after defeating former African champions Club Africain of Tunisia 2-1 over the two-legged final.

Association team allocation

A total of 38 teams from 38 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 38 teams that qualified for the tournament 2 did not participate in it;

• Ethiopian club Coffee FC, who were set to appear in the First Round, withdrew before their first leg tie with AS Inter Star.
• Burundian club AS Inter Star, who had received a bye into the Second Round following the withdrawal of Coffee FC, would themselves withdraw before their first leg tie with Power Dynamos.

Format

The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final.

• Preliminary round - The 12 lowest ranked teams - whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments - were drawn against each other in 6 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• First round - The 6 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 26 clubs, resulting in 16 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Second round - The 16 winners from the first round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 8 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Quarter-finals - The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each.
• Semi-finals - The 4 victorious quarter-finalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semi-finals consisting of two-legs each.
• Final - The victorious semi-finalists contested a two-legged final to determine the champion.

The away goals rule was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.

Preliminary round

The first legs were played on 30 & 31 January, and the second legs were played on 14 February 1999.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anges de Fatima	9-2	Union Vesper	6-0	3-2
Mogas 90 FC	0-1	LPRC Oilers	0-0	0-1
Bata Bullets	4-3	Hintsa	4-2	0-1
FC Djivan	1-3	Defence Force XI	0-0	1-3
AS Marsouins	6-3	Arsenal	5-0	1-3
Fire Brigade SC	4-4(2-3 pen)	St Michel United	2-2	2-2

First round

The first legs were played from 12–14 March, and the second legs were played from 26–28 March 1999.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
WA Tlemcen	2-4	Al-Shat	1-2	1-2
AS Mineurs	1-1(4-3 pen)	LPRC Oilers	1-0	0-1
FAR Rabat	2-1	ASC Yeggo	2-0	0-1
Wikki Tourists	4-1	Renaissance FC	4-0	0-1
Africa Sports	3-1	Stade Malien	2-0	1-1
Simba FC	3-2	Tanzania Stars	2-1	1-1
Dynamo Douala	3-1	Anges de Fatima	3-0	0-1
Club Africain	4-0	ASFB	3-0	1-0
Power Dynamos	7-3	St Michel United	6-1	1-2
Coffee FC	w/o [1]	AS Inter Star	-	-
Mathare United'	4-3	Bata Bullets	2-0	2-3
Petro Atlético	3-4	AS Dragons	2-0	1-4
Maxaquene	3-3(6-5 pen)	AS Marsouins	2-1	1-2
Orlando Pirates	9-1	Defence Force XI	6-0	3-1
Al-Masry	1-1(4-3 pen)	Al-Merreikh	1-0	0-1
Asante Kotoko	3-2	Ndzimba	2-0	1-2

Notes:

^{^[1]} Coffee FC withdrew before their first leg tie against AS Inter Star, handing AS Inter Star a walkover into the Second Round.

Second round

The first legs were played between from 30 April-2 May, and the second legs were played from 14–16 May 1999.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Mineurs	6-0	Al-Shat	3-0	3-0
Wikki Tourists	0-3	FAR Rabat	0-1	0-2
Simba FC	0-3	Africa Sports	0-1	0-2
Club Africain	6-1	Dynamo Douala	4-0	2-1
AS Inter Star	w/o [1]	Power Dynamos	-	-
AS Dragons	4-2	Mathare United	3-1	1-1
Orlando Pirates	7-5	Maxaquene	3-1	4-4
Asante Kotoko	1-1(2-4 pen)	Al-Masry	1-0	0-1

Notes:

^{^[1]} AS Inter Star withdrew before their first leg tie against Power Dynamos, handing Power Dynamos a walkover into the Second Round.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 4 & 5 September, and the second legs were played from 19–26 September 1999.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Power Dynamos	2-3	Club Africain	1-1	1-2
AS Dragons	1-3	Al-Masry	1-0	0-3
Orlando Pirates	4-1	AS Mineurs	1-0	3-1
FAR Rabat	1-2	Africa Sports	1-1	0-1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 10 October, and the second legs were played on 23 & 24 October 1999.

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Africain	4-0	Al-Masry	0-0	4-0
Africa Sports	4-4(3-0 pen)	Orlando Pirates	3-1	1-3

Final

Main article: 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	2–1	Club Africain	1–0	1–1

First leg

21 November 1999

Africa Sports	1 – 0	Club Africain
F. Keïta 30'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Second leg

4 December 1999

Club Africain	1 – 1	Africa Sports
Amrouche 33'		A. Keïta 32'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Africa Sports won the two-legged final 2-1 on aggregate.

External links

• Results available on CAF Official Website
• Results available on RSSSF