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2008 North African Cup of Champions

Field	Value
tourney_name	North African Cup of Champions
year	2008
dates	17 December 2008 – 25 January 2009
num_teams	4
confederations	UNAF
champion_other	TUN Club Africain
count	1
second_other	MAR FAR Rabat

The 2008 North African Cup of Champions was the first edition of the competition initiated by the North African Football Union (UNAF). Tunisian side Club Africain were crowned champions after beating Moroccan side FAR Rabat 3-2 on penalties in the final, after both legs ended 0-0.

Participating teams

1 Al Ahly did not compete as they had commitments with the Club World Championship in Japan.

Semi-final

Draw

First Legs

TUN Club Africain 2 - 1 LBY Al Ittihad (17 December)

ALG JS Kabylie 1 - 1 MAR FAR Rabat (19 December)

14:00 GMT Ben Yahia

14:00 GMT

Second Legs

LBY Al Ittihad 1 - 1 TUN Club Africain (24 December)

MAR FAR Rabat 1 - 0 ALG JS Kabylie (26 December)

15:30 GMT

Club Africain advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 3-2

14:30 GMT

FAR Rabat advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

3rd/4th-place play-off

15:00 GMT Zubya 90+1

There has been an ongoing feud as to who will take 3rd place. Al Ittihad were originally given 3rd place as JS Kabylie did not play a penalty shootout, as they claim they won the tie on away goals. The Algerian club also said that Ittihad had an unfair advantage playing at home in a one-off match. As a result, CAF will meet on 19 January to discuss the match.

The FNAF later decided that the two clubs would share 3rd place, and therefore share the $75,000 prize fund.

Final

Following a draw in the first leg of the UNAF Cup final, Club Africain of Tunisia and FAR Rabat of Morocco contested the second leg on 25 January 2009 at Fez Stadium in Morocco.

First leg

13:30 GMT

Second leg

(2 – 3 pen.)

References

El Fatimi, Houda. (23 January 2009). "L’équipe des FAR vise le titre face au Club Africain". Aujourd'hui le maroc.

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