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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