The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1968 was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the

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. It determined that year's club champion of

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. The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from

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won the final, and became CAF club champion for the second time in a row for the first time this makes the record holders for the number of titles won.

Preliminary round

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and Cosmopolitans FC all withdrew.

First round

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were ejected from the competition for fielding three ineligible players.
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were disqualified after Liberia was suspended by FIFA.
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won after drawing of lots.

Quarter-Finals

¹ The 1st leg was abandoned at 72' with Étoile Filante leading 3-0 after Conakry II walked off to protest the officiating and withdrew from the tournament; the 2nd leg was scratched and Étoile Filante advanced.
² A third match was played in

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by mutual agreement. After the match finished 2–2 when extra time expired,

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won by drawing of lots.

Semi-Finals

Final

'' TP Englebert won 6–4 on aggregate.''

Champion

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

External links

RSSSF summary of results
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