The initial draw had been
made for all knock-out rounds in advance.
So it has led to a scheme
in which the winners of the first round already know their possible opponents
in the second round.
It is unknow which effect
seeding has had on the draw but it has lead to some quite unbalanced 'quartets'.
While the Nigerian, Egyptian, and Tunisian champions seem to face relatively
easy tasks it can be called a very difficult draw especially for Ivorian
champions ASEC and as well for title holders Hearts Of Oak from Accra,
Ghana.
In the same time one of
the long time absentees, either Algerian, Zambian, Sudanese, or Libyan
champions will get a place in the league.
So the determination of the
8 group finalists can be shown in the following scheme:
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Diaraf
de Dakar
(Senegal) |
1:0 |
> |
Diaraf de Dakar
(Senegal) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
Real de
Banjul
(Gambia) |
1:1 |
ASEC
Abidjan
(Côte d'Ivoire) |
2:0 |
> |
ASEC Abidjan
(Côte d'Ivoire) |
: |
Stade
Malien
(Mali) |
0:2,
pen.:4:3 |
ASEC - Stade Malien 2:0, goals
Toure Kolo Habib '25, Tiene Siaka '29, att.: 50,000
Stade Malien - ASEC 2:0,
goals Moussa Diallo '23, '67, att.: 50,000
Real de Banjul - Diaraf
de Dakar 1:1 - 1:0 ('12) Juuf, 1:1 ('28) Ndoye
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Julius
Berger
(Nigeria) |
5:0 |
> |
Julius Berger
(Nigeria) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
Sony Ela
Nguema
(Equ. Guinea) |
3:0
(0:3?) |
SC
Villa
(Uganda) |
2:2 |
> |
SC Villa
(Uganda) |
: |
Vital'O
(Burundi) |
2:1 |
Julius Berger - Sony Ela Nguema
5:0, dailysoccer/Reuters reports goals by Segun Abiodun 17, Ishola Shaibu
40, 49, Iliyasu Isyaku 71, Francis Okolo 90 and a red card for Juan Micha
of Nguema
Sports Club Villa - Vital'O
2:2, 1:0 Maurice Sungity ('7), 2:2 Sutche Wembo ('25), 2:1 Andrew Mukasa
('49), 2:2 Sutche Wembo ('52), att. 20,000
Vital'O - SC Villa 1:2 -
0:1('4)Sunguti, 0:2('7)Issa, 1:2('38) Hidja
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
AS Marsouins
(Reunion) |
3:2 |
> |
St Michel United
(Seychelles) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
St
Michel United
(Seychelles) |
1:2 |
Al
Ahly Cairo
(Egypt) |
3:0 |
> |
Al Ahly Cairo
(Egypt) |
: |
Red Sea
(Eritrea) |
0:1 |
AS Marsouins - St Michel United
3:2 - 1:0, 2:0 Claude Kelly '17,'31, 2:1 Arthur Omondi ('58), 2:2
Oscar Clovis ('60), 3:2 Drula Rafion ('75, pen.)
Al Ahly - Red Sea 3:0, Egyptiansoccer.com
reports first half goals by Aly Maher, Akaroy, Bebo
St Michel United - AS Marsouins
2:1 - 0:1 ('50) Drula, 1:1 (56) Zialor, 2:1 ('90) Machiot
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Espérance
Tunis
(Tunisia) |
1:0 |
> |
Espérance
Tunis
(Tunisia) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
JS de
Ténére
(Niger) |
3:1 |
St George
(Ethiopia) |
1:1 |
> |
Tusker
(Kenya) |
: |
Tusker
(Kenya) |
0:0 |
Espérance - JS de Ténére
1:0, goal: Ali Zitouni ('45), att. 15,000
St. George (Ethiopia) -
Tusker (Kenya) pp. to next weekend
JS de Ténére
- Espérance 1:3 - 1:0 ('6) Garba, 1:1 ('32) Adailton, 1:2 ('35)
Adailton, 1:3 ('42) Reinaldo
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Young
Africans
(Tanzania) |
2:2 |
> |
Young Africans
(Tanzania) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
Highlanders
(Zimbabwe) |
2:0 |
Mamelodi
Sundowns
(Southafrica) |
0:0 |
> |
Mamelodi Sundowns
(Southafrica) |
: |
Costa
do Sol
(Mozambique) |
2:0 |
Highlanders - Young Africans
0:2 (abandoned after home fans rioted), 0:1 ('32) Ali Yusuf, 0:2 ('57)
Maulidi
Costa do Sol - Sundowns
0:2, goals: Daniel Mudau ('16), Papi Mbele ('84), att. 10,000
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
CR
Belouizidad
(Algeria) |
2:0 |
> |
CR Belouizidad
(Algeria) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
Al Ahly
Tripoli
(Libya) |
1:1 |
El
Merreikh
(Sudan) |
2:0 |
> |
El Merreikh
(Sudan) |
: |
Power
Dynamos
(Zambia) |
2:1 |
Power Dynamos - Al-Merreikh
1:2 - 0:1 ('15) El Rasheed, 0:2 ('45) Agup, 1:2 ('66) Mwaba
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Raja
Casablanca
(Morocco) |
2:0 |
> |
Raja Casablanca
(Morocco) |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
USFA
(Burkina Faso) |
1:3 |
TP
Mazembe
(DR Congo) |
1:0 |
> |
TP Mazembe
(DR Congo) |
: |
Anges
de Fatima
(C.A.R.) |
1:0 |
Raja - USFA 2:0, goals: Omar
Nejjari '2 (pen), Noureddine Kacemi '52, att. 7,000
TP Mazembe - Anges de Fatima
has been postponed because of late arrival of the guests
USFA - Raja 3:1 - 0:1 ('31)
Al Moubarki, 1:1 ('58) Sanou pen., 2:1 ('65) Kone, 2:1 ('72) Sanou
knockout round
1 |
knockout round
2 |
Hearts
Of Oak
(Ghana) |
3:1 |
> |
winner 1 or
2 |
: |
winner qualified
for champions league
group matches |
Étoile
du Congo
(Congo) |
: |
Fovu de
Baham
(Cameroon) |
2:2 |
> |
Petro Atletico
(Angola) |
: |
Petro
Atletico
(Angola) |
2:3 |
Hearts Of Oak (Ghana) - Étoile
du Congo (Congo) pp. to Apr 15 weekend
Petro Atletico - Fovu de
Baham 3:2 - 1:0 (20) Flavio, 1:1('38) Monkane, 1:2('43) Jefferson,
2:2('64) Mbiavanga, 3:2 ('81) Flavio, att.: 10,000
African Champions League
1st round 1st leg matches
While Julius Beger of Nigeria
did their homework against the champions of tiny Equatorial Guinea Sony
Ela Nguema, winning 5:0, some narrow results are surprising: Espérance
Tunis, one of Africas dominationg clubs for years could only beat JS Ténére
of Niger (not Nigeria) by one goal and now will have to concentrate in
the return match. Respectable results also on a lower level for outsoders
when Burundi and Sechelles champions achieved promising results at Uganda
and Reunion.
Al Ahly Cairo also did the
necessary in beating Eritrea's Red Sea 3:0 while on Sunday South Africa's
Mamelodi Sundowns had a disappointing 0:0 draw with the Mozambique champions
Costa do Sol.
Two matches have been postponed
for a week because the involvement of players in the African Under 20 Championship:
Hearts Of Oak (Ghana) - Étoile du Congo (Congo) and St. George (Ethiopia)
- Tusker (Kenya)
African Champions League
1st round 2nd leg matches
no surprises in Saturdays
matches: Espérance Tunis, Raja Casablanca, CR Belouizidad (Algeria),
and Tusker from Kenya are the first teams to have qualified for the round
of last 16
meanwhile the trend upwards
for Sudanese football and downwards for Zambian football has been confirmed
by the elimination of the Zambian champions Power Dynamos by their Sudanese
counterparts Al-Merreikh.
St.Michel United from the
Seychelles surprised Reunion champions Marsouins by an injury time winning
goal.
unconfirmed Sundays results
see Mamelodi Sundowns qualify thanks to an away victory while Highlanders
from Zimbabwe surprisingly quit the comepetition losing at home to the
Tanzanian champions.
Ghana's Hearts Of Oak win
their delayed first leg home match after a halftime deadlock by 3:1and
Angolas Petro Atletico keep the upper hand in a 3:2 thriller against Cameroon
champions Fovu de Baham after the first leg had ended in a 2:2 draw.
ASEC Abidjan survived the
first of their high qualification hurdles only narrowly after a penalty
shoot-out in front of a huge crowd at Mali, venue of the next African Nations
Cup.
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