1993 WAFU Club Championship

The 1993 WAFU Club Championship was the 17th 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 Nigeria's Bendel Insurance after defeating Benin's Mogas FC in two legs.[1] A total of about 37 goals were scored, slightly more but not as much as it was in 1991. Originally a 24 match season, it was reduced to a 17 match as neither clubs from the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Niger participated. Only one club each, Freetown United abandoned after the first leg, later Liberia's Invincible Eleven were disqualified in the quarterfinals. Stade Malien directly played their first match in the semis as no participant were in the first two stages. From the first round, Bendel Insurance directly headed to the semis.

1993 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Bendel Insurance (1st title)
Runners-upGuinea Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gomido Kpalimé Togo 2 (a)–2 Mali AS Mandé 1–0 2–1
USFA Burkina Faso 1–3 Nigeria Bendel Insurance FC 1–1 2–0
ASC Diaraf Senegal 6–2 Ghana Neoplan Stars 5–0 2–1
Mogas 90 Benin 1–1 (5–3 p) Guinea AS Kaloum Star 1–0 1–0
Invincible Eleven Liberia 2–0 Sierra Leone Freetown United 2–0 —[lower-alpha 1]

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf Senegal 2–2 (a) Togo Gomido Kpalimé 1–2 0–1
Invincible Eleven (dq) Liberia — Benin Mogas 90 — —

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien Mali 1–2 Nigeria Bendel Insurance FC 1–1 1–0
Gomido Kpalimé Togo 3–3 (a) Benin Mogas 90 3–2 1–0

Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bendel Insurance FC Nigeria 3–1 Benin Mogas 90 1–1 0–2

Winners
1993 WAFU Club Championship
Nigeria
Bendel Insurance FC
First title

See also

Notes
  1. Freetown United failed to show up for the second leg

References
  1. "1993 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF".
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