1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs, known as Kwame Nkrumah Cup was the first edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

1964-65 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Kwame Nkrumah Cup
Tournament details
Dates10 April 1964 – 12 February 1965
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsCameroon Oryx Douala (1st title)
Runners-upMali Stade Malien
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Salif Kéïta (3 goals)
1966

The tournament was played by 14 teams. They were split in 3 groups, with each group winner qualifying to the final tournament held in Ghana. Oryx Douala from Cameroon won the final, and became the first CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

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Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over three zones.

Real Republicans of Ghana qualified as the host of the final tournament.

North-Eastern Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club   w/o   Al-Hilal
El-Tersana   bye

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club   w/o   El-Tersana

Cotton Factory Club qualified.

Western Zone

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First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien   5–1   Espoir de Saint-Louis 4–0 1–1
Sily CK   6–4   Invincible Eleven 4–1 2–3
ASEC Mimosas   w/o   Étoile Filante
AS Porto-Novo   w/o   Port Harcourt FC

Stade Malien won 5–1 on aggregate.


Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate.


ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante withdrew.


AS Porto-Novo  w/o  Port Harcourt FC

AS Porto-Novo won after Port Harcourt FC withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sily CK   6–7   Stade Malien 4–2 0–2 2–3
AS Porto-Novo   3–5   ASEC Mimosas 2–1 1–4
Sily CK  4–2  Stade Malien
Stade Malien  2–0  Sily CK

As the aggregate finished 4–4, a replay was required.

Stade Malien qualified.


ASEC Mimosas  4–1  AS Porto-Novo

ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien   9–7   ASEC Mimosas 3–3 6–4
Stade Malien  3–3  ASEC Mimosas

Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified.

Central-South-Western Zone

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oryx Douala   5–4   CS Imana 3–2 2–2

Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified.

Final tournament

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The final tournament was held in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
31 January – Accra
 
 
  Real Republicans1
 
7 February – Accra
 
  Oryx Douala2
 
  Oryx Douala2
 
4 February – Kumasi
 
  Stade Malien1
 
  Cotton Factory Club1
 
 
  Stade Malien3
 
Third-place match
 
 
5 February – Accra
 
 
  Real Republicans3
 
 
  Cotton Factory Club1

Semi-finals

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Real Republicans  1–2  Oryx Douala
  • Tawiah   2'
Attendance: 50,000

Cotton Factory Club  1–3  Stade Malien
Sports Stadium, Kumasi
Attendance: 25,000

Bronze-medal match

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Real Republicans  3–1  Cotton Factory Club
  • Abdelle   50'
Attendance: 50,000

Final

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Oryx Douala  2–1  Stade Malien
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Anthony Arthur (Liberia)

Champion

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1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs
 
Oryx Douala
First Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Salif Kéïta   Stade Malien 3
2   Walter Ebellé   Oryx Douala 2
  Tiémoko Sinaté   Stade Malien 2
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