The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the

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in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the

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History

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of

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in Europe, the

. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final.

Records and statistics

Finals

Performance by club

Performance by country

References

External links

African Cup Winners' Cup
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