The African Cup Winners' Cup was a

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competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

History

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of

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in Europe, the

. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of

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who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final.

Records and statistics

Finals

Performance by club

Performance by country

References

External links

African Cup Winners' Cup
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