African Cup Winners' Cup 1978

The African Cup Winners' Cup 1978 took place with 22 teams and ended with the finals between MA Hussein Dey from Algeria and Horoya AC from Guinea . The winner was Horoya AC, who won the second leg 2-1 after a 3-1 win in the first leg.

Qualifying round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al Madina Tripoli	1	Sodiam Sports	Where	Where
Lavori Publici	0: 2	al-Hilal Omdurman	0: 1	0: 1
Simba FC	2: 2 (5: 3 on account)	Saint George FC	1: 1	1: 1
Sucoma Chikwawa	1: 2	Fortior Mahajanga	1: 1	0: 1
UDIB Bissau	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Espoirs Nouakchott	3: 1	0: 2
Zumunta AC	0: 8	Horoya AC	0: 3	0: 5

¹ Sodiam Sports withdrew before the first leg

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Caïman Douala	( a ) 3: 3(a)	FC 105 Libreville	2-0	1: 3
Inter Club Brazzaville	4: 1	SC Alliance Bouaké	0-0	4: 1
KMKM Zanzibar	3: 1	Simba FC	2-0	1: 1
Kadiogo Club Ouagadougou	2-0	Espoirs Nouakchott	2-0	0-0
MA Hussein Dey	3: 2	Al Madina Tripoli	2: 1	1: 1
Mufulira Wanderers	4: 2	Fortior Mahajanga	3: 1	1: 1
Shooting Stars FC	3: 4	Horoya AC	3: 1	0: 3
Zamalek Cairo	3: 2	al-Hilal Omdurman	1: 1	2: 1

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Horoya AC	7: 4	Caïman Douala	4: 1	3: 3
MA Hussein Dey	5: 1	Inter Club Brazzaville	3-0	2: 1
Mufulira Wanderers	1	KMKM Zanzibar	Where	Where
Zamalek Cairo	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Kadiogo Club Ouagadougou	2: 1	0: 1

¹ KMKM Zanzibar withdrew before the first leg

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Kadiogo Club Ouagadougou	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Horoya AC	3: 2	0: 1
Mufulira Wanderers	(a)2: 2 ( a )	MA Hussein Dey	2: 1	0: 1

final

	total		First leg	Return leg
MA Hussein Dey	2: 5	Horoya AC	1: 3	1: 2