1991 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast Africa Sports (3rd title)
Runners-upNigeria Lobi Bank
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored62 (2.7 per match)

The 1991 WAFU Club Championship was the fifteenth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ivory Coast's Africa Sports after defeating Nigeria's Lobi Bank in the away leg 2-1 as the home leg had a goal draw.[1] A total of about 62 goals were scored, making it a record. Africa Sports defeated Buffles du Borgou 0-7 and made the highest scoring match to date, and accounting for around 10% of the total goals scored. Originally a 24 match season, it was reduced to 23 matches as ASEC Nouadhbihou (now part of FC Nouadhibou) withdrew in a second match with Lobi Bank. No club from Gambia or Liberia participated.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASFAG Conakry Guinea 1–1 (a) Burkina Faso RC Kadiogo 1–1 0–0
Buffles du Borgou Benin 0–11 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 0–7 4–0
AS Real Bamako Mali 2–2 (3–4 p) Senegal ETICS Thiès 1–1 1–1
Entente II Lomé Togo 3–0 Niger Zumunta AC 1–0 0–2
Ranchers Bees Nigeria 2–3 Ghana Okwahu United 2–1 2–0
ASEC Nouadhibou Mauritania 2–3 Nigeria Lobi Bank 1–4 [lower-alpha 1]

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Abidjan Ivory Coast 2–3 Ghana Okwahu United 2–0 3–0
ETICS Thiès Senegal 2–2 (3–5 p) Ivory Coast Africa Sports 2–0 2–0
RC Kadiogo Burkina Faso 3–4 Togo Entente II Lomé 3–2 2–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 4–1 Ghana Okwahu United 3–0 1–1
Lobi Bank Nigeria 4–2 Togo Entente II Lomé 3–0 2–1

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lobi Bank Nigeria 2–3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1–1 2–1

Winners

1991 WAFU Club Championship
Ivory Coast
Africa Sports
Third title

See also

Notes

  1. ASEC Nouadhibou abandoned the second match

References

  1. "1991 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF".
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