The 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM Béjaïa 2-1 over two legs.

Participating teams

 AlgeriaJSM Béjaïa (Algerian Cup Winners 2007-08)
 EgyptAl-Masry2 (Invited)
 LibyaKhaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
 MoroccoMaghreb Fez (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)1
 TunisiaES Tunis (Tunisia Cup Winners 2007-08)

1 FAR Rabat won the Coupe du Trône, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions, Maghreb Fez were invited to compete instead.

2 Al Zamalek withdrew.

The System

The Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.

The Awards

  • The Champions: $100,000
  • The Runner-up: $50,000
  • 3rd & 4th Place: $20,000 (shared)

The qualifying round

Libya Khaleej Sirte 0 - 4 Morocco Maghreb Fez

First leg

Maghreb Fez3 – 0Khaleej Sirte
Fall 9' 56'
Mraini 69'
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

Khaleej Sirte0 – 1Maghreb Fez
Bouden 90+2'
Attendance: 1,500

Maghreb Fez advance to the Semi-finals with an aggregate score of 4-0

Semi-finals

The draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26. JSM Béjaïa, Al-Masry and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.

Draw

First Legs

Egypt Al-Masry 1 - 0 Algeria JSM Béjaïa (December 5)
Tunisia ES Tunis 4 - 4 Morocco Maghreb Fez (December 18)

Al-Masry1 – 0JSM Béjaïa
Abdel Azim 26' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
ES Tunis4 – 4Maghreb Fez
Ltaïef 23' (pen.), 41'
Al Sheikh 25'
Youssefi 72'		 Fall 15'
Sissi 43', 60'
Alharari 66'
Attendance: 25,000

Second Legs

Morocco Maghreb Fez 0 - 1 Tunisia ES Tunis (December 24)
Algeria JSM Béjaïa 2 - 0 Egypt Al-Masry (December 26)

Maghreb Fez0 – 1ES Tunis
Bouazzi 90+2'

ES Tunis advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 5-4

JSM Béjaïa2 – 0Al-Masry
Bouksessassa 9'
Boukemacha Red card 36'
Boulemdaïs 77'		 Report H. Hassan (manager) Red card 67'
I. Hassan (manager) Red card 90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khaled Ramssis Morocco

JSM Béjaïa advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

Final

First leg

JSM Béjaïa0 – 0ES Tunis
Referee: Libya Adil al Ra'ee

Second leg

ES Tunis2 – 1JSM Béjaïa
Konan 6'
Bouazzi 38'		 Yannick N'Djeng 63'
Referee: Morocco Abdallah al Ashairy
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attendance = 40.000

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