2008 North African Cup Winners Cup

The 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM Béjaïa 2-1 over two legs.

Participating teams

Algeria	JSM Béjaïa (Algerian Cup Winners 2007-08)
Egypt	Al-Masry2 (Invited)
Libya	Khaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
Morocco	Maghreb Fez (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)1
Tunisia	ES Tunis (Tunisia Cup Winners 2007-08)

¹ FAR Rabat won the Coupe du Trône, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions, Maghreb Fez were invited to compete instead.

² Al Zamalek withdrew.

The System

The Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.

The Awards

• The Champions: $100,000
• The Runner-up: $50,000
• 3rd & 4th Place: $20,000 (shared)

The Qualifying Round

Khaleej Sirte 0 - 4 Maghreb Fez

First leg

Maghreb Fez v Khaleej Sirte

November 19, 2008 15:00 GMT

Maghreb Fez	3 – 0	Khaleej Sirte
Fall  9'  56' Mraini  69'

Complexe Hassan II Attendance: 15,000

Second leg

Khaleej Sirte v Maghreb Fez

December 3, 2008 15:00 EET

Khaleej Sirte	0 – 1	Maghreb Fez
		Bouden  90+2'

2 March Stadium Attendance: 1,500

Maghreb Fez advance to the Semi Finals with an aggregate score of 4-0

Semi finals

The draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26. JSM Béjaïa, Al-Masry and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.

Draw

First Legs

Al-Masry 1 - 0 JSM Béjaïa (December 5)
ES Tunis 4 - 4 Maghreb Fez (December 18)

Al-Masry v JSM Béjaïa

December 5, 2008 15:00 GMT

Al-Masry	1 – 0	JSM Béjaïa
Abdel Azim  26' (pen.)

Port Said Stadium Attendance: 15,000

ES Tunis v Maghreb Fez

December 18, 2008 14:00 GMT

ES Tunis	4 – 4	Maghreb Fez
Ltaïef  23' (pen.), 41' Al Sheikh  25' Youssefi  72'		Fall  15' Sissi  43', 60' Alharari  66'

Stade El Menzah Attendance: 25,000

Second Legs

Maghreb Fez 0 - 1 ES Tunis (December 24)
JSM Béjaïa 2 - 0 Al-Masry (December 26)

Maghreb Fez v ES Tunis

December 24, 2008 18:00 GMT

Maghreb Fez	0 – 1	ES Tunis
		Bouazzi  90+2'

Complexe Hassan II

ES Tunis advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 5-4

JSM Béjaïa v Al-Masry

December 26, 2008 14:00 GMT

JSM Béjaïa	2 – 0	Al-Masry
Bouksessassa  9'  36' Boulemdaïs  77'

Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine

JSM Béjaïa advance to the Final with an aggregate score of 2-1

Final

First leg

JSM Béjaïa v ES Tunis

January 7, 2009 14:00 GMT

JSM Béjaïa	0 – 0	ES Tunis

Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Adil al Ra'ee

Second leg

ES Tunis v JSM Béjaïa

January 20, 2009

ES Tunis	2 – 1	JSM Béjaïa
Konan  6' Bouazzi  38'		Yannick N'Djeng  63'

Stade El Menzah Referee: Abdallah al Ashairy

2008 North African Cup Winners Cup Winners
ES Tunis First title

attendance = 40.000

External links

• North African Cup Winners Cup at goalzz.com