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1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Field	Value
tourney_name	African Cup of Champions Clubs
year	1979
num_teams	28
confederations	1
champion_other	CMR Union Douala
count	1
second_other	GHA Hearts of Oak
matches	45
goals	100
top_scorer	TANAlly Thuwem (3 goals)
prevseason	1978
nextseason	1980

The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th 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.

The tournament was played by 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Union Douala from Cameroon won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

First round

|} 1 Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.

2 Bata Bullets withdrew.

3 Simba FC did not show up for the second leg.

Second round

|} 1 Ogaden Anbassa withdrew.

2 Matlama FC were drawn against the winner of the tie between Kenya Breweries and Al-Merrikh, but both teams withdrew.

Quarter-finals

|} 1 The 2nd leg was abandoned with CS Imana leading 1-0 due to a pitch invasion and crowd disturbances; Zamalek were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

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Champion

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	TAN Ally Thuwen	TAN Simba SC	3
2	ALG Bouzid Mahiouz	ALG MP Alger	2
CMR Teni Yerima	CMR Union Douala	2
EGY Hassan Shehata	EGY Zamalek	2
GHA Mohammed Polo	GHA Hearts of Oak	2
GHA John Nketia Yawson	GHA Hearts of Oak	2
TAN George Kulagwa	TAN Simba SC	2

References

RSSSF.com

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