2002 African Cup Winners' Cup

2002 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 February – 8 December 2002
Teams37 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco Wydad AC (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored193 (2.84 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Michael Osei (7)
2001
2003

The 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Wydad AC in two-legged final victory against Asante Kotoko This was the twenty-eighth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-seven sides entered the competition. Three teams were disqualified for not showing up during the different stages of the competition, starting with Togolese side Sara Sport who failed to arrive for the 1st leg of the preliminary round, then South Africans Kaizer Chiefs who failed to arrive for the 2nd leg of the first round and finally the Réunion representative Jeanne d'Arc who failed to show up for their 2nd leg match of the second round.
The last two teams both failed to show up for their 2nd leg match against the Malagasy side US Transfoot.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Akokana FC Niger 1–3 Chad Gazelle FC 0–0 1–3
Atlético Malabo Equatorial Guinea w/o1 Togo Sara Sport
Les Citadins FC Rwanda 6–3 Central African Republic Stade Centrafricain 4–0 2–3
Polisi SC Tanzania 2–1 Ethiopia Guna Trading FC 0–0 2–1
US Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill Mauritius 4–3 Botswana Extension Gunners 3–2 1–1
Notes
1 Sara Sport failed to arrive for 1st leg.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gazelle FC Chad 1–6 Algeria USM Alger 0–0 1–6
AS Kaloum Star Guinea 3–7 Gabon AS Mangasport 2–2 1–5
Express FC Uganda 3–3 (1–4 p) Egypt Ghazl El Mahalla 2–1 1–2
Atlético Malabo Equatorial Guinea 2–5 Libya Al-Ahli 2–2 0–3
ASC SONACOS Senegal 0–3 Morocco Wydad AC 0–0 0–3
Mamahira AC Mali 0–6 Ivory Coast Alliance Bouaké 0–4 0–2
Les Citadins FC Rwanda 1–4 Cameroon Fovu Club 1–3 0–1
Dolphins FC Nigeria 1–2 Republic of the Congo AS Police 1–0 0–2
Polisi SC Tanzania 0–9 Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif 0–2 0–7
AFC Leopards Kenya 0–1 Sudan Al-Mourada SC 0–1 0–0
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa dq1 Madagascar US Transfoot 4–0
US Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill Mauritius 0–1 Réunion SS Jeanne d'Arc 0–1 0–0
Asante Kotoko Ghana 4–2 Angola Sonangol do Namibe 2–0 2–2
CD Maxaquene Mozambique 3–3 (a) South Africa Santos FC 3–1 0–2
Zanaco FC Zambia 4–4 (a)2 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 4–1 0–3
Shabanie Mine Zimbabwe 1–3 Seychelles St Michel United 1–0 0–3
Notes
1 Kaizer Chiefs did not arrive for 2nd leg in Tamatave, claiming transport problems, and were disqualified.
2 AS Vita Club arrived late for 1st leg scheduled for Mar 9, claiming not to have been aware it was not on Mar 10; CAF rescheduled the tie for Mar 30 and Apr 14, ruling both parties were to blame for insufficient communication.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Mangasport Gabon 1–3 Algeria USM Alger 1–2 0–1
Al-Ahli Libya 2–3 Egypt Ghazl El Mahalla 2–1 0–2
Alliance Bouaké Ivory Coast 1–6 Morocco Wydad AC 1–1 0–5
AS Police Republic of the Congo 0–0 (4–3 p) Cameroon Fovu Club 0–0 0–0
Al-Mourada SC Sudan 3–0 Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif 2–0 1–0
SS Jeanne d'Arc Réunion dq1 Madagascar US Transfoot 3–1
Santos FC South Africa 4–4 (a) Ghana Asante Kotoko 3–3 1–1
St Michel United Seychelles 1–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–1 1–2
Notes
1 SS Jeanne d'Arc did not show for 2nd leg and were disqualified.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Mourada SC Sudan 0–4 Republic of the Congo AS Police 0–1 0–3
Asante Kotoko Ghana 5–4 Egypt Ghazl El Mahalla 3–0 2–4
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–3 Morocco Wydad AC 1–0 1–3
US Transfoot Madagascar 3–11 Algeria USM Alger 1–3 2–8

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 7–2 Republic of the Congo AS Police 4–0 3–2
Wydad AC Morocco 2–2 (a) Algeria USM Alger 0–0 2–2

Final

Wydad AC Morocco1–0Ghana Asante Kotoko
Madihi 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Asante Kotoko Ghana2–1Morocco Wydad AC
Ansah 54'
Osei 86'
Talha 73'
Attendance: 60,000

Wydad Casablanca won on away goals (2–2 on aggregate).

Champion

2002 African Cup winner's cup Winners
Morocco
Wydad
first title