1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1964-65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Kwame Nkrumah Cup
Tournament details
Dates	10 April 1964 – 12 February 1965
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Oryx Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Stade Malien
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salif Kéïta (3 goals)
1966 →

The 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs, known as Kwame Nkrumah Cup was the first edition of the annual international club football competition held in the

.

The tournament was played by 14 teams. They were split in 3 groups, with each group winner qualifying to the final tournament held in Ghana. Oryx Douala from Cameroon won the final, and became the first CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over three zones.

of Ghana qualified as the host of the final tournament.

North-Eastern Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club	w/o	Al-Hilal	—	—
El-Tersana	bye		—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club	w/o	El-Tersana	—	—

Cotton Factory Club qualified.

Western Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	5–1	Espoir de Saint-Louis	4–0	1–1
Sily CK	6–4	Invincible Eleven	4–1	2–3
ASEC Mimosas	w/o	Étoile Filante	—	—
AS Porto-Novo	w/o	Port Harcourt FC	—	—

Stade Malien won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate.

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ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante withdrew.

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won after Port Harcourt FC withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sily CK	6–7	Stade Malien	4–2	0–2	2–3
AS Porto-Novo	3–5	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	1–4

As the aggregate finished 4–4, a replay was required.

Stade Malien qualified.

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ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	9–7	ASEC Mimosas	3–3	6–4

Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified.

Central-South-Western Zone

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oryx Douala	5–4	CS Imana	3–2	2–2

Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified.

Final tournament

The final tournament was held in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana.

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 January – Real Republicans		1
				7 February – Accra
	Oryx Douala	2
				Oryx Douala	2
	4 February – Kumasi
					Stade Malien	1
	Cotton Factory Club	1
	Stade Malien	3
					Third-place match
					5 February – Real Republicans		3
					Cotton Factory Club	1

Semi-finals

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Bronze-medal match

Final

Champion

1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs Oryx Douala First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Salif Kéïta	Stade Malien	3
2	Walter Ebellé	Oryx Douala	2
	Tiémoko Sinaté	Stade Malien	2

External links

• Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien 44 ans après...
• RSSSF summary of results at
  Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation