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
 AlgeriaJSM Béjaïa (Algerian Cup Winners 2007-08)
 EgyptAl-Masry2 (Invited)
 LibyaKhaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
 MoroccoMaghreb Fez (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)1
 TunisiaES 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 Fez3 – 0Khaleej Sirte
Fall  9'  56'
Mraini  69'
Attendance: 15,000

Second leg
Khaleej Sirte0 – 1Maghreb Fez
Bouden  90+2'
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.

First Legs

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

Al-Masry1 – 0JSM Béjaïa
Abdel Azim  26' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000
ES Tunis4 – 4Maghreb Fez
Ltaïef  23' (pen.), 41'
Al Sheikh  25'
Youssefi  72'		 Fall  15'
Sissi  43', 60'
Alharari  66'
Attendance: 25,000

Second Legs

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

Maghreb Fez0 – 1ES Tunis
Bouazzi  90+2'

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

JSM Béjaïa2 – 0Al-Masry
Bouksessassa  9'
Boukemacha  36'
Boulemdaïs  77'		 Report H. Hassan (manager)  67'
I. Hassan (manager)  90'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Khaled Ramssis

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

Final

First leg
JSM Béjaïa0 – 0ES Tunis
Referee: Adil al Ra'ee

Second leg
ES Tunis2 – 1JSM Béjaïa
Konan  6'
Bouazzi  38'		 Yannick N'Djeng  63'
Referee: Abdallah al Ashairy
2008 North African Cup Winners Cup Winners

ES Tunis
First title

attendance = 40.000

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