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, a football match contested by the winners of the

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and

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competitions. The match was played on April 1, 2019 at

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, between 2017–18 Ligue Professionnelle 1 winners,

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, and

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, semifinalist of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, as an alternative to

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, the winners of said tournament. Esperance won the title for the fourth time in its history in the first edition since 18 years.

Pre-match

The match was supposed to be played between the 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion, Espérance de Tunis, and the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup champion, Club Africain, but the match was postponed several times due to the critical financial and administrative situation for Club Africain, and finally withdrew from the Super Cup. The second choice was made for the runner-up of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup,

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. The invitation was rejected due to the overcrowding of the calendar. Finally, a solution was reached with the CA Bizertin, one of the semifinalist of the 2017–18 Tunisian Cup, to occupy that place and compete in the 2017-18 Tunisian Super Cup.

Match details

References

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