1991 WAFU Club Championship

The 1991 WAFU Club Championship was the fifteenth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ivory Coast's Africa Sports after defeating Nigeria's Lobi Bank in the away leg 2-1 as the home leg had a goal draw.[1] A total of about 62 goals were scored, making it a record. Africa Sports defeated Buffles du Borgou 0-7 and made the highest scoring match to date, and accounting for around 10% of the total goals scored. Originally a 24 match season, it was reduced to 23 matches as ASEC Nouadhbihou (now part of FC Nouadhibou) withdrew in a second match with Lobi Bank. No club from Gambia or Liberia participated.

1991 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Africa Sports (3rd title)
Runners-up Lobi Bank
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored62 (2.7 per match)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASFAG Conakry 1–1 (a) RC Kadiogo 1–1 0–0
Buffles du Borgou 0–11 Africa Sports 0–7 4–0
AS Real Bamako 2–2 (3–4 p) ETICS Thiès 1–1 1–1
Entente II Lomé 3–0 Zumunta AC 1–0 0–2
Ranchers Bees 2–3 Okwahu United 2–1 2–0
ASEC Nouadhibou 2–3 Lobi Bank 1–4 —[lower-alpha 1]

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Abidjan 2–3 Okwahu United 2–0 3–0
ETICS Thiès 2–2 (3–5 p) Africa Sports 2–0 2–0
RC Kadiogo 3–4 Entente II Lomé 3–2 2–0

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports 4–1 Okwahu United 3–0 1–1
Lobi Bank 4–2 Entente II Lomé 3–0 2–1

Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lobi Bank 2–3 Africa Sports 1–1 2–1

Winners
1991 WAFU Club Championship

Africa Sports
Third title
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See also

Notes
  1. ASEC Nouadhibou abandoned the second match

References
  1. "1991 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF".
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