The 1988–89

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was won by

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that beat

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in the final.

won his 10th

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, the third in the 80's.

Formula

* The tournament was played by 80 clubs divided in sixteen pools of five. . * The two better of each pool (a sum of 32 clubs) were admitted to the group A to play for the title * In the second round the 32 clubs of group A were divided in four pools of eight. * The four better of each pool of group A (16 clubs) were qualified to play the knockout stage

Group A Qualification to knockout stage

The teams are listed as the ranking, in bold the teams admitted to "last 16" round.

"Last 16"

In bold the clubs qualified for the quarter of finals.

Quarter of finals

In bold the clubs qualified for the next round

Semifinals

Final

References

External links

Compte rendu finale 1989 lnr.fr
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