African Cup Of Champions Clubs 1967
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967 was the 3rd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the
African Cup of Champions Clubs The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
. It determined that year's club champion of
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. The tournament was played by 18 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.


Preliminary Round

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withdrew.


First round

1 Diamant Yaoundé,
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and Bitumastic withdrew.
2 TP Englebert won after a drawing of lots.


Quarter-Finals

1
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withdrew.
2 Olympic (Alexandria) withdrew after the first leg.


Semi-Finals


Final

''Aggregate 3–3, replay required.'' 1 At the expiration of extra time in the second leg, the referee decided that lots would be drawn to attribute the trophy on the next day, but the CAF secretary-general later arrived, with Cup regulations requiring that a third match be played. The decider was set for December 27, in
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, but Asante Kotoko failed to appear (apparently not having been informed of the match arrangements by the Ghanaian FA); as a result, '' TP Englebert were declared champions''.


Champion


Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:


External links


RSSSF summary of results
at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation {{DEFAULTSORT:1967 African Cup Of Champions Clubs 1 African Cup of Champions Clubs