1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs explained

Tourney Name:African Cup of Champions Clubs
Year:1970
Dates:April 1970 - 24 January 1971
Num Teams:23
Confederations:1
Champion Other: Asante Kotoko
Count:1
Second Other: TP Englebert
Matches:42
Goals:145
Top Scorer: Pierre Kalala (4 goals)
Prevseason:1969
Nextseason:1971

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1970 was the 6th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 23 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Asante Kotoko from Ghana won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

|}1 CARA Brazzaville won after drawing of lots.
2 CR Belcourt withdrew after the first leg.

Second round

|}1 Prisons FC Kampala and Modèle Lomé won after drawing of lots.
2 The match was abandoned with Asante Kotoko leading 1–0 after a pitch invasion; Asante Kotoko qualified.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1970 Winners
Asante Kotoko
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Pierre Kalala TP Englebert4
2 Hacène Lalmas CR Belcourt3
Kamunda Tshinabu TP Englebert3
Abdou El-Hamalawi Ismaily3
5 André Kalonzo TP Englebert2
Abukari Gariba Asante Kotoko2
Malik Jabir Asante Kotoko2
Ali Abo Greisha Ismaily2

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