Runners-up Asante Kotoko Goals scored 193 (2.84 per match) | Matches played 68 | |
Dates 2 February - 8 December 2002 Teams 37 (from 1 confederation) Champions Wydad Casablanca (1st title) | ||
The 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Wydad Casablanca in two-legged final victory against Asante Kotoko This was the twenty-eighth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-seven sides entered the competition. Three teams were disqualified for not showing up during the different stages of the competition, starting with Togolese side Sara Sport who failed to arrive for the 1st leg of the preliminary round, then South Africans Kaizer Chiefs who failed to arrive for the 2nd leg of the first round and finally the Réunion representative Jeanne d'Arc who failed to show up for their 2nd leg match of the second round.
The last two teams both failed to show up for their 2nd leg match against the Malagasy side US Transfoot.