1989 African Cup Winners' Cup

1989 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates	April - 9 December 1989
Teams	33 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Merrikh (1st title)
Runners-up	Bendel United F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	113 (1.98 per match)
	← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Merreikh in two-legged final victory against Bendel United F.C. This was the fifteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-three sides entered the competition, with UDIB, Al Ahly (Tripoli) and Nakivubo Villa SC all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Moneni Pirates	2-1	Lesotho Defence Force FC	2-0	0-1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASI Abengourou	w/o¹	Internacional	w/o	w/o
Al-Merrikh	w/o²	Al-Ahly (Tripoli)	w/o	w/o
Kamsar	0-1	CA Bizerte	0-0	0-1
Coastal Union	2-5	Costa do Sol	2-3	0-2
Diamond Stars F.C.	0-2	Bendel United	0-0	0-2
Dynamos F.C.	1-2	FC BFV	1-1	0-1
Etincelles FC	2-1	Vital'O	1-1	1-0
ASF Bobo	2-2³	ASC Linguère	1-0	1-2
Gor Mahia	w/o⁴	Nakivubo Villa	w/o	w/o
Liberté FC	1-4	Union d'Alger^{[N 1]}	1-0	0-4
Moneni Pirates	1-6	Power Dynamos	1-1	0-5
Panthère du Ndé	1-2	LPRC Oilers	0-0	1-2
Stade Malien	3-0	CO Transports	3-0	0-0
TP USCA Bangui	3-5	AS Kalamu	3-3	0-2
Union Vesper	0-3	Patronage Sainte-Anne	0-1	0-2
Vantour Mangoungou	2-3	Sagrada Esperança	1-0	1-3

1: UDIB withdrew.
2: Al-Ahly withdrew.
3: ASF Bobo won on away goals.
4: Nakivubo Villa withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASI Abengourou	3-4	LPRC Oilers	3-2	0-2
FC BFV	4-3	Power Dynamos	1-2	3-1
CA Bizerte	1-2	Al-Merrikh	1-0	0-2
Costa do Sol	1-2	Gor Mahia	1-2	0-0
Etincelles FC	0-1	AS Kalamu	0-0	0-1
ASF Bobo	1-5	Bendel United	1-3	0-2
Patronage Sainte-Anne	2-1	Sagrada Esperança	2-1	0-0
Stade Malien	1-1¹	Union d'Alger^{[N 1]}	1-0	0-1

1: Union d'Alger won 4-3 PSO.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Merrikh	3-1	Patronage Sainte-Anne	2-0	1-1
Bendel United	3-0	AS Kalamu	2-0	1-0
Gor Mahia	3-1	LPRC Oilers	0-0	3-1
USM Alger	1-2¹	FC BFV	1-3	n/p

1: USM Alger withdrew after the first leg.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bendel United	4-1	FC BFV	4-1	0-0
Gor Mahia	1-2	Al-Merrikh	1-0	0-2

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Merrikh	1-0	Bendel United	1-0	0-0

Champions

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Al-Merrikh First title

Notes

^ ^a ^b Union d'Alger was the name of USM Alger between 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, so in september 1989 the club played the quarter-finals under its historical name, USM Alger.

External links

[USMA-1] Union d'Alger was the name of USM Alger between 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, so in september 1989 the club played the quarter-finals under its historical name, USM Alger.

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v t e 1989 in African football (CAF)
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Domestic leagues	Algeria 88–89 Angola 89 Cameroon 89 Libya 88–89 Senegal 88–89 Tunisia 88–89 Uganda 89
Domestic cups	Algeria 88–89 Uganda 89
CAF competitions	African Cup of Champions Clubs CAF Cup Winners' Cup

v t e African Cup Winners' Cup seasons
Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
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In 2004, the African Cup Winners' Cup merged with the CAF Cup to form the CAF Confederation Cup.