1981 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 5 December 1981
Teams32 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsCameroon Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-upNigeria Stationery Stores F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored127 (2.7 per match)

The 1981 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Union Douala in two-legged final victory against Stationary Stores F.C. This was the seventh season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-two sides entered the competition, with Estrela Negra de Bissau, Coastal Union, El Zamalek, Mbabane Highlanders, CS Nere, Zoundourma and Espérance Sportive de Tunis all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round and AS Saint Michael withdrawing after the 1st leg of the first round. No preliminary round took place during this season of the competition.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CAPS United F.C. Zimbabwe w/o Madagascar AS Saint Michel 8-1
Gbessia AC Guinea w/o Guinea-Bissau Estrela Negra de Bissau
Gor Mahia Kenya w/o Tanzania Coastal Union
Lavori Publici Somalia w/o Egypt Zamalek SC
Lubumbashi Sport Zaire 4-4 (a) Gabon FC 105 Libreville 4-3 0-1
Kadiogo FC Republic of Upper Volta 4-4 (a) Togo AC Semassi F.C. 3-2 1-2
KCC Uganda 1-2 Algeria EP Sétif 1-0 0-2
Matlama FC Lesotho 1-3 Zambia Power Dynamos F.C. 1-1 0-2
Nacional de Benguela Angola 1-13 Cameroon Union Douala 1-7 0-6
Palmeiras de Beira Mozambique w/o Eswatini Mbabane Highlanders
Réveil Club de Daloa Ivory Coast 2-2 (a) Mali Djoliba AC 2-1 0-1
Real Republicans Sierra Leone 3-2 Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2-2 1-4
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. Ghana w/o Equatorial Guinea CS Nere
Stationery Stores F.C. Nigeria 1-1 (5-4 p) Libya Al-Ahly (Benghazi) 1-0 0-1
Tout Puissant Mazembe Zaire 7-0 Central African Republic ASDR Fatima 5-0 2-0
Zoundourma Niger Cancelled1 Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis
  • 1:Both teams withdrew before 1st leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CAPS United F.C. Zimbabwe 1-1 (1-3 p) Nigeria Stationery Stores F.C. 1-0 0-1
Djoliba AC Mali 4-0 Togo AC Semassi F.C. 3-0 1-0
FC 105 Libreville Gabon 1-4 Cameroon Union Douala 1-3 0-1
Gor Mahia Kenya 3-1 Somalia Lavori Publici 3-0 0-1
Palmeiras de Beira Mozambique 1-6 Zambia Power Dynamos F.C. 1-1 0-5
Real Republicans Sierra Leone 1-4 Guinea Gbessia AC 1-2 0-2
Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. Ghana 3-1 Zaire TP Mazembe 2-1 1-0
EP Sétif Algeria bye1
  • 1:EP Sétif were to play the winners of Zoundourma vs Espérance Sportive de Tunis.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djoliba AC Mali 2-1 Kenya Gor Mahia 2-0 0-1
Gbessia AC Guinea 1-4 Nigeria Stationery Stores F.C. 0-1 1-3
Power Dynamos F.C. Zambia 2-3 Ghana Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. 1-0 1-3
Union Douala Cameroon 6-1 Algeria EP Sétif 5-0 1-1

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stationery Stores F.C. Nigeria 1-0 Mali Djoliba AC 0-0 1-0
Union Douala Cameroon 4-4 (a) Ghana Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. 2-1 2-3

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Union Douala Cameroon 2-1 Nigeria Stationery Stores F.C. 0-0 2-1
African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Cameroon
Union Douala
First title
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