| Tourney Name: | WAFU Club Championship |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  Stella Club d'Adjamé (1st title) |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: |  AS Police |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 34 |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The 1981 WAFU Club Championship was the fifth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Stella Club d'Adjamé in two-legged final victory against AS Police of Dakar, Senegal.[1] Runner-up was AS Police of Senegal. Originally to be an 18 match season, after the forfeiture of Ghana's Eleven Wise, it was reduced to a 16 match season. A total of 34 goals were scored.
The matches took place from May 31 to June 14.|}
The matches took place from August 16 and 20.|}
The matches took place from September 20 to 27|}
The matches took place on 4 and 18 October.|}