1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1964-65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Kwame Nkrumah Cup
Tournament details
Dates	5 April 1964 – 7 February 1965
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Oryx Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Stade Malien
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salif Kéïta (3 goals)
1966 →

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.

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[]

Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over 3 zones.

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

North-Eastern Zone[]

First Round[]

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

Cotton Factory Club and El-Tersana advanced to the second round.

Second Round[]

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

Cotton Factory Club advanced to the final tournament.

Western Zone[]

First round[]

Team 1	Agg.	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.

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Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate.

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ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante's withdrawal.

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AS Porto-Novo won after Port Harcourt FC's withdrawal.

Second round[]

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

Aggregate 4–4, replay required.

Stade Malien won the reply and qualified.

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ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round[]

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

Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.

Central-South-Western Zone[]

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

Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament[]

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 January – Accra
	Real Republicans	1
					7 February – Accra
	Oryx Douala	2
					Oryx Douala	2
	4 February – Kumasi
					Stade Malien	1
	Cotton Factory Club	1
	Stade Malien	3
					Third place match
					5 February – Accra
					Real Republicans	3
					Cotton Factory Club	1

Semi-Finals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

Final[]

Champion[]

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

Top scorers[]

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		Oryx Douala	2
		Stade Malien	2

External links[]

• Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien 44 ans après...
• RSSSF summary of results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation