2008 North African Cup Winners Cup - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2008 North African Cup Winners Cup was the first edition of the competition created by the Federation of North African Football. ES Tunis were the champions, defeating JSM Béjaïa

JSM Bejaïa

Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. It was founded in 1936. Their home stadium is Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine.-Achievements:*Algerian Cup: 1*Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 0...

2-1 over two legs.

Participating teams

Algeria	JSM Béjaïa JSM Bejaïa Jeunesse Sportive Madinet de Béjaïa is an Algerian football club based in Béjaïa. It was founded in 1936. Their home stadium is Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine.-Achievements:Algerian Cup: 1Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: 0... (Algerian Cup Algerian Cup The Algerian Cup is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993. The 2011 edition was won by JS Kabylie who beat USM El Harrach... Winners 2007-08)
Egypt	Al-Masry Al-Masry Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said... ² (Invited)
Libya	Khaleej Sirte (Libyan Cup Winners 2007-08)
Morocco	Maghreb Fez Maghreb Fez Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez is a Moroccan football club based in Fez.The club was founded in 1945.-History:The team was the first team from Morocco to reach the Last 32 in the Coupe de France in 1954 against Red Star.-Supporters:... (Coupe du Trône Runners-Up 2007-08)¹
Tunisia	ES Tunis (Tunisia Cup Winners 2007-08)

¹ FAR Rabat

FAR Rabat

Forces Armées Royales de Rabat is a Moroccan football club based in Morocco's capital city .The club was founded in 1958 soon after Morocco had gained their independence, and is one of the most famous football clubs in Morocco with Raja and Wydad. FAR stands for , roughly translated to mean Royal...

won the Coupe du Trône, but as they are already playing the North African Cup of Champions

North African Cup of Champions

The North African Cup of Champions is a tournament designed by the Union of North African Football that puts together the winners of the domestic leagues around North Africa. The tournament contains representatives from Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.-Origin:On October 6, the representatives...

, Maghreb Fez

Maghreb Fez

Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez is a Moroccan football club based in Fez.The club was founded in 1945.-History:The team was the first team from Morocco to reach the Last 32 in the Coupe de France in 1954 against Red Star.-Supporters:...

were invited to compete instead.

² Al Zamalek withdrew.

The System

The Libyan representative and the Moroccan representative will contest a two-legged tie, first leg on November 19, second leg November 25, to qualify for the semi-finals, the draw for which will be made on November 23 in Tunis

Tunis

Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

. The semi-finals will be played sometime in December, with the final being played in January 2009.

The Awards

The Champions: $100,000
The Runner-up: $50,000
3rd & 4th Place: $20,000 (shared)

The Qualifying Round

Khaleej Sirte 0 - 4

Maghreb Fez

First leg

Second leg

Maghreb Fez
Maghreb Fez
Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez is a Moroccan football club based in Fez.The club was founded in 1945.-History:The team was the first team from Morocco to reach the Last 32 in the Coupe de France in 1954 against Red Star.-Supporters:...

advance to the Semi Finals with an aggregate score of 4-0

Semi finals

The draw for this round of the competition was made on November 23 in Tunis

Tunis

. The first legs will be played on December 18, and the second legs will be played either on December 24 or December 26.
JSM Béjaïa

JSM Bejaïa

, Al-Masry

Al-Masry

Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said...

and ES Tunis were automatically given byes to this round of the competition. These three teams and the winner of the qualifying stage will make up the semi-finals.

First Legs

Al-Masry
Al-Masry
Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said...

1 - 0

JSM Béjaïa

JSM Bejaïa

(December 5)

ES Tunis 4 - 4