2008 North African Cup Winners Cup

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The 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM Béjaïa 2-1 over two legs.

JSM Béjaïa association football club in Algeria

Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa, known as JSM Béjaïa or simply JSMB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. The club was founded in 1936 and its colours are green and red. Their home stadium, Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

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Participating teams

Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria JSM Béjaïa (Algerian Cup Winners 2007-08)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Al-Masry 2 (Invited)
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya Khaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Maghreb Fez (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)1
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia ES Tunis (Tunisia Cup Winners 2007-08)

1 FAR Rabat won the Coupe du Trône, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions, Maghreb Fez were invited to compete instead.

The North African Cup of Champions is a tournament designed by the Union of North African Football (UNAF) that puts together the winners of the domestic leagues around North Africa. The tournament contains representatives from Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.

2 Al Zamalek withdrew.

The System

The Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.

Tunis City in Tunisia

Tunis is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as Grand Tunis, has some 2,700,000 inhabitants.

The Awards

The Qualifying Round

Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Khaleej Sirte 0 - 4 Flag of Morocco.svg Maghreb Fez

First leg

Maghreb Fez 3 – 0 Khaleej Sirte
Fall Soccerball shade.svg 9'Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Mraini Soccerball shade.svg 69'
Complexe Hassan II
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

Khaleej Sirte 0 – 1 Maghreb Fez
Bouden Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'
2 March Stadium
Attendance: 1,500

Maghreb Fez advance to the Semi Finals with an aggregate score of 4-0

Semi finals

The draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26. JSM Béjaïa, Al-Masry and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Tunisian association football club

Espérance Sportive de Tunis, also known as EST, ES Tunis, Espérance ST, Espérance de Tunis or Espérance, is a sports club based in Tunis, Tunisia. It fields several sport teams, including football, handball, and volleyball. Espérance is the most popular club in Tunisia. The Stade Olympique de Rades is the club's home stadium.

Draw

First Legs

Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry 1 - 0 Flag of Algeria.svg JSM Béjaïa (December 5)
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis 4 - 4 Flag of Morocco.svg Maghreb Fez (December 18)

Al-Masry 1 – 0 JSM Béjaïa
Abdel Azim Soccerball shade.svg 26' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
ES Tunis 4 – 4 Maghreb Fez
Ltaïef Soccerball shade.svg 23' (pen.), 41'
Al Sheikh Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Youssefi Soccerball shade.svg 72'		 Fall Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Sissi Soccerball shade.svg 43', 60'
Alharari Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Attendance: 25,000

Second Legs

Flag of Morocco.svg Maghreb Fez 0 - 1 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis (December 24)
Flag of Algeria.svg JSM Béjaïa 2 - 0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry (December 26)

Maghreb Fez 0 – 1 ES Tunis
Bouazzi Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'

ES Tunis advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 5-4

JSM Béjaïa 2 – 0 Al-Masry
Bouksessassa Soccerball shade.svg 9'Redcard.svg 36'
Boulemdaïs Soccerball shade.svg 77'

JSM Béjaïa advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

Final

First leg

JSM Béjaïa 0 – 0 ES Tunis
Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine
Referee: Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Adil al Ra'ee

Second leg

ES Tunis 2 – 1 JSM Béjaïa
Konan Soccerball shade.svg 6'
Bouazzi Soccerball shade.svg 38'		 Yannick N'Djeng Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Stade El Menzah
Referee: Flag of Morocco.svg Abdallah al Ashairy
2008 North African Cup Winners Cup Winners
Flag of Tunisia.svg
ES Tunis
First title

attendance = 40.000

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