Tournament details | |
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Dates | April - 9 December 1989 |
Teams | 33 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Al Merreikh (1st title) |
Runners-up | Bendel United F.C. |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 57 |
Goals scored | 113 (1.98 per match) |
The 1989 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Merreikh in two-legged final victory against Bendel United F.C. This was the fifteenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-three sides entered the competition, with UDIB, Al Ahly (Tripoli) and Nakivubo Villa SC all withdrawing before the 1st leg of the first round.