The 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup was the twenty-fifth season of

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's second oldest club

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tournament organised by

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. Ivorian club

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appeared in and won their second African Cup Winners' Cup title after defeating former African champions

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2-1 over the two-legged final.

Association team allocation

A total of 38 teams from 38 CAF associations qualified for the tournament after winning their respective premier domestic cups. Of the 38 teams that qualified for the tournament 2 did not participate in it; *

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club Coffee FC, who were set to appear in the first round, withdrew before their first leg tie with

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. * Burundian club

, who had received a bye into the second round following the withdrawal of ''Coffee FC'', would themselves withdraw before their first leg tie with

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Format

The tournament consisted of five rounds preceding a two-legged final. * Preliminary round - The 12 lowest ranked teams - whose rankings were determined by their association's performances at previous CAF club tournaments - were drawn against each other in 6 matches consisting of two-legs each. * First round - The 6 winners from the preliminary round were then drawn against the remaining 26 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. * Quarter-finals - The 8 winners from the second round were then drawn against each other, resulting in 4 matches consisting of two-legs each. * Semi-finals - The 4 victorious quarter-finalists were then drawn against each other in 2 semi-finals consisting of two-legs each. * Final - The victorious semi-finalists 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 on 30 & 31 January, and the second legs were played on 14 February 1999.

Matches

First round

The first legs were played from 12–14 March, and the second legs were played from 26–28 March 1999.

Matches

Notes: : Coffee FC withdrew before their first leg tie against

, handing ''AS Inter Star'' a walkover into the second round.

Second round

The first legs were played between from 30 April-2 May, and the second legs were played from 14–16 May 1999.

Matches

Notes: :

withdrew before their first leg tie against

, handing ''Power Dynamos'' a walkover into the second round.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 4 & 5 September, and the second legs were played from 19–26 September 1999.

Matches

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 10 October, and the second legs were played on 23 & 24 October 1999.

Matches

Final

First leg

Second leg

''Africa Sports'' won the two-legged final 2-1 on aggregate.

External links

Results available on CAF Official Website

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