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

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

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)

December 5, 2008
15:00 GMT

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

Port Said Stadium

Attendance: 15,000

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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)

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

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December 26, 2008
14:00 GMT

JSM Béjaïa	2 – 0	Al-Masry
Bouksessassa 9' Boukemacha  36' Boulemdaïs 77'	Report	H. Hassan (manager)  67' I. Hassan (manager)  90'

Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Khaled Ramssis

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

Final

First leg

January 7, 2009
14:00 GMT

JSM Béjaïa	0 – 0	ES Tunis

Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine

Referee: Adil al Ra'ee

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Second leg

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