1998 African Cup Winners' Cup
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The 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fourth season of
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's second oldest club
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tournament organised by CAF. As before, the tournament was open to clubs that won their nation's premier domestic cup. Espérance of
Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
won the cup after defeating
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's
Primeiro de Agosto Clube Desportivo 1º de Agosto is a multisports club from Luanda, Angola. The club, founded 1 August 1977, is attached to the Angolan armed forces, which is its sponsor. Its main team competes in men's football, and its professional basketball t ...
4-2 in a two-legged final. It was ''Espérance's'' first Cup Winners' Cup triumph and their fourth African club title while ''Primeiro de Agosto'' made their first appearance in a continental final.


Association team allocation

A total of 39 teams from 39 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 39 teams that qualified for the tournament 4 would not participate in it while 1 withdrew and was replaced by another club from its association; * Teams from the
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were all disqualified from CAF's competitions because their
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was in debt to CAF. This meant
TP USCA Bangui Tout Puissant Union Sportive Centrafricaine de Bangui is an association football club from Central African Republic based in Bangui. The team plays in the Central African Republic League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 35,000 capacity ...
, who were slated to participate in the preliminary round, were not allowed to fulfill their fixtures. * Congolese club
AS Vita Club Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese professional football club based in Kinshasa. History AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Rena ...
, who were also due to appear in the preliminary round, withdrew before the tournament started. * The
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withdrew its representative before the tournament began. The name of the club that was to represent Senegal was never given * Gambian club
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, who were set to appear in the First round, withdrew before their first leg tie with U.S.M. Alger. *
Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) is a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premiership. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Kings" or "Chiefs" in Zu ...
were originally set to represent
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but they withdrew before the tournament started. Their place was taken by the team they defeated in the cup final that qualified them for the tournament,
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.


Format

The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final. * Preliminary round - The 14 lowest ranked teams - whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments - were drawn against each other in 7 matches consisting of two-legs each. * First round - The 7 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 25 clubs, resulting in 16 matches consisting of two-legs each. * Second round - The 16 winners from the first round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 8 matches consisting of two-legs each. * Quarterfinals - The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each. * Semifinals - The 4 victorious quarterfinalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semifinals consisting of two-legs each. * Final - The victorious semifinalists contested a two-legged final to determine the champion. The
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was used to determine the victors in the event of a match being tied over the two-legs. If it was not possible to determine a winner using the away goals rule, the tie went to a
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to determine the winner.


Preliminary round

The first legs were played from 30 January-2 February, and the second legs were played from 13–15 February 1998.


Matches

Notes: : Due to the
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's football federation's debt with CAF, all of their clubs were disqualified from CAF's competitions resulting in
TP USCA Bangui Tout Puissant Union Sportive Centrafricaine de Bangui is an association football club from Central African Republic based in Bangui. The team plays in the Central African Republic League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 35,000 capacity ...
being removed from the preliminary round of fixtures. This would have resulted in Vita Club Mokanda receiving a bye into the First round but they themselves withdrew from the competition.


First round

The first legs were played from 20–22 March, and the second legs were played from 3–5 April 1998.


Matches

Notes: :
Kaizer Chiefs Kaizer Chiefs Football Club (often known as Chiefs) is a South African professional football club based in Naturena, Johannesburg South, that plays in the Premiership. The team is nicknamed ''AmaKhosi'', which means "Kings" or "Chiefs" in Zu ...
had originally qualified to represent South Africa in the competition but they withdrew before the start.
Mamelodi Sundowns Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club (simply known as Sundowns) is a South African professional football club based in Mamelodi, Pretoria in the Gauteng province that plays in the Premiership, the first tier of South African football league syste ...
, whom ''Kaizer Chiefs'' had beaten in a domestic cup final to qualify for the competition, were allowed to replace ''Kaizer Chiefs''. :
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withdrew from their tie with U.S.M. Alger before the first leg, handing ''U.S.M. Algers'' a walkover into the Second Round. : Following the withdrawal of the Senegalese representative - who had not been named by the
Senegalese Football Federation The Senegalese Football Federation (; FSF) is the governing body of football in Senegal. It is based in the capital of Senegal, Dakar, and was founded in 1960. The FSF aided in the development of football in Senegal, specifically for its profess ...
-
Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club (, ), often known outside Morocco as Wydad Casablanca, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football ...
- who had been set to play the Senegalese representative - received a walkover into the Second Round. :
Union Douala Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was hom ...
were due to play the winner of the preliminary round tie between
TP USCA Bangui Tout Puissant Union Sportive Centrafricaine de Bangui is an association football club from Central African Republic based in Bangui. The team plays in the Central African Republic League. Stadium Currently the team plays at the 35,000 capacity ...
and Vita Club Mokanda, but following the disqualification of ''TP USCA Bangui'' due to their federation's debt with CAF and ''Vita Club Mokanda's'' withdrawal, they received a bye into the Second Round. : Following AS Dragons' 3-0 home victory over
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in the first leg, ''Vital'O FC'' withdrew before the second leg, handing ''AS Dragons'' a walkover into the Second Round.


Second round

The first legs were played from 24–26 April, and the second legs were played from 8–10 May 1998 with the exception of the second leg between ''Mbilinga FC'' and AS Dragons, which was played on May 12.


Matches


Quarterfinals

The first legs were played from 4–6 September, and the second legs were played from 18–20 September 1998.


Matches


Semifinals

The first legs were played on 10 & 11 October, and the second legs were played between 23 & 25 October 1998.


Matches


Final


First leg


Second leg

''Esperance'' won the two-legged final 4-2 on aggregate.


External links


Results available on CAF Official Website


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