National Championship (Coupe du Congo) 1968
NB: fifth edition
Qualifying Tournament
Round 1
Dragons (Matadi) bt champion of (Boma)
AS V. Club (Kinshasa) 6-0 0-1 Diables Rouges (Thysville)
Union Sud-Kasaïenne (Mbuji-Mayi) bt champion of (Gandajika)
FC St-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 2-0 4-2 Bombardier (Kamina)
US Panda (Likasi) 2-2 5-1 Cercle Benfica (Kolwezi)
FC IRSAC (Goma) bt champion of (Bukavu)
byes: Union (Luluabourg), Standard (Mbandaka)
Round 2
AS V. Club (Kinshasa) 8-1 1-1 Dragons (Matadi)
Union Sud-Kasaïenne (Mbuji-Mayi) 2-3 3-0 Union (Luluabourg)
FC St-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 2-2 3-0 US Panda (Likasi)
Standard (Mbandaka) bt FC IRSAC (Goma)
Round 3
AS V. Club (Kinshasa) 3-1 2-0 Union Sud-Kasaïenne (Mbuji-Mayi)
FC St-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) 11-4 2-0 Standard (Mbandaka)
NB: St Eloi Lupopo and V. Club qualified for the final tournament
Phase finale du 5eme championnat national
Participants:
Sporting Malekesa (Kisangani) [regional champions; qualified as hosts]
AS V. Club (Kinshasa) [regional champions Kinshasa]
FC St.-Eloi Lupopo (Lubumbashi) [regional champions Katanga]
TP Englebert (Lubumbashi) [qualified as holders]
NB: organized by FECOFA; all matches at Stade Patrice Lumumba, Kisangani
[18-Sep-68]
V. Club 3-1 TP Englebert
Sporting Malekesa 1-5 St.-Eloi Lupopo
[20-Sep-68]
Sporting Malekesa 3-2 TP Englebert
V. Club 1-1 St.-Eloi Lupopo
[22-Sep-68]
Sporting Malekesa 3-3 V. Club
St.-Eloi Lupopo 2-1 TP Englebert
Final Table:
1.FC St.-Eloi Lupopo 3 2 1 0 8- 3 5 [Lubumbashi]
2.AS V. Club 3 1 2 0 7- 5 4 [Kinshasa]
3.Sporting Malekesa 3 1 1 1 7-10 3 [Kisangani]
4.TP Englebert 3 0 0 3 4- 8 0 [Lubumbashi]
Lubumbashi championship 1968
1.St-Eloi Lupopo 44 pts
2.TP Englebert 37
3.Don Bosco 25
4.St Boniface 24
5.FC Lubumbashi 23
6.Police 21
7.ANC 20
8.Vaticano 19
9.Kipushi 18
10.Banque 17
11.Philips 16 [relegated - though reappear in 1969]
12.Diana 4 [relegated]
Promoted: Dragons Solbena, and Mwana Shaba
Association sportive de Kibali Ituri championship 1967-68
1.Bata-Sport 16 13 3 0 69-20 29 [champion]
2.Saio ANC 16 9 2 5 56-36 20 [excluded]
3.Mont-Bleu 16 9 0 7 61-55 18 [runner-up]
4.Tour-Congo 16 7 1 8 39-48 15
5.Asosa ANC 16 7 1 8 42-51 15
6.Air-Congo 16 6 2 8 47-58 14
7.Standard 16 5 2 9 35-46 12
8.Stanor 16 5 0 11 34-60 10
9.UBA 16 3 3 10 37-49 9
Tournoi du Pool 1968
Organized by FASCO to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the
independence of DR Congo.
Played at Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa.
Participants:
AS V.Club (Kinshasa)
FC Daring-Faucon (Kinshasa)
Étoile du Congo (Brazzaville)
Patronage Sainte-Anne (Brazzaville)
Semi-finals
26-6-68 Daring 1-2 Étoile
27-6-68 V.Club 4-1 Patronage
Third place match
28-6-68 Daring 3-2 Patronage
Final
28-6-68 V.Club 1-1 Etoile du Congo
[abandoned at 27' after Étoile protested a sending off; awarded to V.Club]
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