The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1972 was the 8th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

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1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 22 December 1972
Teams26 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsGuinea Hafia FC (1st title)
Runners-upUganda Simba FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored154 (3.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Zambia Godfrey Chitalu
(13 goals)
Best player(s)Guinea Chérif Souleymane
1971
1973
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The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first Guinean team to win the trophy.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASFA Ouagadougou Republic of Upper Volta 1–4 Mali Djoliba AC 1–3 0–1
Aigle Nkongsamba Cameroon 3–2 Central African Republic Olympic Real de Bangui 3–1 0–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya w/o1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
ASFA Senegal 6–2 Republic of Dahomey AS Cotonou 3–0 3–2
Hafia FC Guinea 5–2 Niger ASFAN 4–1 1–1
Hearts of Oak Ghana w/o2 Kenya Abaluhya United
Majantja Lesotho 2–11 Zambia Kabwe Warriors 2–2 0–9
AS Saint Michel Madagascar 2–1 Tanzania Young Africans 2–0 0–1
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 4–2 Somalia Lavori Publici 3–1 1–1
TP Mazembe Zaire 3–1 Gabon AS Police 2–0 1–1
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1Al-Merrikh withdrew.
2Abaluhya United withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 3–7 Zaire TP Mazembe 1–2 2–5
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 4–6 Guinea Hafia FC 3–2 1–4
Dynamic Togolais Togo 4–5 Cameroon Aigle Nkongsamba 1-1 3-4
ASFA Senegal 2–2 Mali Djoliba AC 2–0 0–21
Ismaily Egypt 2–2 (3–4 p) Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 0–1 2–1
Kabwe Warriors Zambia 5–1 Madagascar AS Saint Michel 2–1 3–0
Simba FC Uganda 5–1 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 4–0 1–1
WNDC Ibadan Nigeria 1–3 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–0 0–3
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1 After the match had finished 2-0 to Djoliba AC, leaving the aggregate level at 2–2, AS Forces Armées (Dakar) refused to take part in the penalty shootout to protest the officiating; they were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya 1–4 Uganda Simba FC 1–1 0–3
Hafia FC Guinea 4–2 Mali Djoliba AC 3–0 1–2
Hearts of Oak Ghana 8–4 Zambia Kabwe Warriors 7–2 1–2
TP Mazembe Zaire 6–2 Cameroon Aigle Nkongsamba 4–1 2–1
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Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hearts of Oak Ghana 1–2 Uganda Simba FC 1–1 0–1
TP Mazembe Zaire 3–4 Guinea Hafia FC 3–2 0–21
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1 TP Mazembe refused to play the 2nd leg contesting the eligibility of the referees assigned by CAF: TP Mazembe were ejected from the competition, and CAF awarded Hafia FC a 2–0 victory.

Final

More information Hafia FC, 4–2 ...
Hafia FC Guinea4–2Uganda Simba FC
  • Wandera ?', ?'
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More information Simba FC, 2–3 ...
Simba FC Uganda2–3Guinea Hafia FC
  • Wasswa 74'
  • Sukuma 88'
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Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Champion

More information African Cup of Champions Clubs ...
African Cup of Champions Clubs
1972 Winners
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Hafia FC
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Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

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