1989 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Ranchers Bees (1st title)
Runners-upIvory Coast ASEC Abidjan
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored37 (2.06 per match)

The 1989 WAFU Club Championship was the thirteenth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Nigeria's Ranchers Bees after defeating ASEC Abidjan under the away goals rule with a total of 4-3 goals in two matches.[1] A total of 37 goals were scored, second time in a row, fewer than last season. Originally a 28 match season, neither clubs from the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania nor Togo participated. Invincible Eleven directly headed to the semis, later Ranchers Bees directly headed to the finals.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Sigui Kayes Mali 1–1 (a) Nigeria Ranchers Bees 1–1 0–0
ASFAG Conakry Guinea 2–2 (5–3 p) Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 1–1 1–1
Invincible Eleven Liberia 1 (a)–1 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 0–0 1–1
Olympic Niamey Niger 0–5 Ivory Coast ASEC Abidjan 0–3 2–0
Requins de l'Atlantique 1–2 Senegal ASC Port Autonome 0–0 2–1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Port Autonome Senegal 2–3 Ivory Coast ASEC Abidjan 1–1 2–1
Ranchers Bees Nigeria 3–0 Guinea ASFAG Conakry 3–0 0–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Invincible Eleven Liberia 3–3 (a) Ivory Coast ASEC Abidjan 3–1 2–0

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ranchers Bees Nigeria 4–3 Ivory Coast ASEC Abidjan 3–1 2–1

Winners

1989 WAFU Club Championship
Nigeria
Ranchers Bees
First title

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "1989 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF".
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