The African Cup Winners Cup was almost played in full too – only Printing Agency (Somalia) withdrew without playing at ll and Gor Mahia (Kenya) decided to withdrew after losing the first leg at home against Dinamo Fima (Madagascar). Al-Mokaoulun (Egypt), Hearts of Oak (Ghana), Power Dynamos (Zambia), and Djoliba AC (Mali) reached the semifinals and here results were interesting: Power Dynamos prevailed at home 2-1 over Djoliba AC and then managed to tie the second leg 0-0. Al-Mokaoulun was seemingly on the losing end after home 1-1 tie, but surprisingly they won 2-1 visiting – not only home matches in Africa almost always were the decisive factor, but Hearts of Oak were traditionally strong team on continental scale. Anyhow, the final opposed the Egyptians to the Zambians, first leg played in Zambia. Neither club ever won a the trophy and neither club was familiar to anybody outside Africa – and perhaps not to many in Africa too.
Power Dynamos was also a very young club, established in 1971.
Al-Mokaoulun was older, but if there were familiar Egyptian names, this club was not among them. It looked like sudden rise. The boys won 2-0 visiting and repeated the same result at home – Al-Mokaoulun won the Cup Winners Cup for the first time and made Egyptian football dominant this year on club level. Well done.