1994 WAFU Club Championship

The 1994 WAFU Club Championship was the 17th football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won again by Nigeria's Bendel Insurance after defeating Plateau United in two legs, it was the first final that feature both clubs from a single country.[1] A total of about 46 goals were scored, slightly more but not as much as it was in 1991. No penalty shootout took place that season not even a club advanced under away goals rule. Originally a 22 match season, it was reduced to a 16 match as the Gambia's Real de Banjul FC and Niger's Alkali Nassara withdrew, in the quarterfinals, Liberia's Mighty Barolle withdrew. Neither clubs from Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania nor Ghana participated. From the quarterfinals, Bendel Insurance directly headed to the finals.

1994 WAFU Club Championship
Tournament details
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Bendel Insurance (2nd title)
Runners-upNigeria Plateau United
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
1993
1995

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ports Authority   5–2   Horoya AC 4–0 2–1
Real de Banjul FC (w/o)     Mighty Barrolle
Alkali Nassara     Plateau United
Étoile Sportive de Cotonou   0–1   ASKO Kara 0–0 0–1
AS Bouaké   5–3   AS Mandé 3–0 2–2
Big Lions   3-0   WAC FC 3-0 0-0

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bendel Insurance   6–3   Ports Authority 5–1 1–2
ASKO Kara   2–5   Plateau United 2–3 3–2
ASC Bouaké     Mighty Barrolle (w/o)

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Plateau United   3–2   ASC Bouaké 2–1 1–1

Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bendel Insurance FC   2–1   Plateau United 1–0 1–1

Winners

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1994 WAFU Club Championship
 
Bendel Insurance FC
Second title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1994 WAFU Club Championship at RSSSF".
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