1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (3rd title)
Runners-up	AS Bilima
Tournament statistics
Best player	Jean Manga-Onguéné

The 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 16th 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 31 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the third time CAF club champion.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	7-3	Primeiro de Agosto	3-0	4-3
AS Niamey	0-3	Djoliba AC	0-1	0-2
Anges ABC	4-5	Hearts of Oak	2-3	2-2
Benfica de Bissau	2-7	Stella Club d'Adjamé	0-4	2-3
Costa do Sol	1-3	AS Bilima	0-0	1-3
CD Elá Nguema	1-4	AC Semassi	1-0	0-4
ASC Garde Nationale	1-3	Hafia FC	1-1	0-2
Horseed FC	0-2	Gor Mahia	0-0	0-2
Linare FC	2-4	Simba SC	2-1	0-3
Wallidan FC	1-2	Silures	1-1	0-1
Mighty Blackpool	1-4	ASF Police	1-2	0-2
Olympic Real de Bangui	1-4	Etoile du Congo	0-1	1-3
Dragons de l'Ouémé	0-3	MP Algiers	0-0	0-3
Bendel Insurance	w/o	Uganda Commercial Bank	1
Fortior Mahajanga	w/o	Limbe Leaf Wanderers	1

¹ Uganda Commercial Bank and Limbe Leaf Wanderers withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djoliba AC	1-2	Hearts of Oak	1-1	0-1
Etoile du Congo	1-1 (3-1 p)	Hafia FC	0-1	1-0
Simba SC	2-5	Union Douala	2-4	0-1
Silures	0-4	Canon Yaoundé	0-1	0-3
AC Semassi	1-2	ASF Police	1-1	0-1
Stella Club d'Adjamé	5-5	MP Algiers	4-2	1-3
Bendel Insurance	4-4	Gor Mahia	1-2	3-2
AS Bilima	4-1	Fortior Mahajanga	3-0	1-1

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hearts of Oak	1-4	AS Bilima	1-3	0-1
Etoile du Congo	3-3	Bendel Insurance	3-2	0-1
ASF Police	3-5	Union Douala	0-3	3-2
Canon Yaoundé	3-3	MP Algiers	2-0	1-3

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Union Douala	2-5	AS Bilima	1-0	1-5
Canon Yaoundé	4-2	Bendel Insurance	0-0	4-2

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	5-2	AS Bilima	2-2	3-0

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1980 Canon Yaoundé Third title