2017 CAF Confederation Cup

2017 CAF Confederation Cup
2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	10 February – 26 November 2017
Teams	Maximum of 69+16 (from Maximum of 56 associations)

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[1] will be the 14th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Starting from this season, the group stage will be expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four.^[2]^[3]

The winners of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League in the 2018 CAF Super Cup.^[4] TP Mazembe are the defending champions.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders can also enter if they have not qualified for the CAF Champions League.^[4] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2011–2015 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:^[5]

	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup
Winner	5 points	4 points
Runner-up	4 points	3 points
Losing semi-finalists	3 points	2 points
3rd place in groups	2 points	1 point
4th place in groups	1 point	1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

2015 – 5
2014 – 4
2013 – 3
2012 – 2
2011 – 1

Teams

Teams in bold receive a bye to the first round (to be confirmed after number of entries are known). The other teams enter the preliminary round.

Associations are shown according to their 2011–2015 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia (1st – 100 pts)	CS Sfaxien	2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Tunisia (1st – 100 pts)	Club Africain	2015–16 Tunisian Cup runner-up
Egypt (2nd – 80 pts)	Smouha	2015–16 Egyptian Premier League third place
Egypt (2nd – 80 pts)	Al-Masry	2015–16 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Congo DR (3rd – 69 pts)	SM Sanga Balende	2015–16 Linafoot third place
Congo DR (3rd – 69 pts)	FC Renaissance	2016 Coupe du Congo DR winner
Algeria (4th – 64 pts)	JS Kabylie	2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Algeria (4th – 64 pts)	MC Alger	2015–16 Algerian Cup winner
Sudan (5th – 51 pts)	Al-Ahly Shendi	2016 Sudan Premier League third place
Sudan (5th – 51 pts)	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	2016 Sudan Cup runner-up
South Africa (6th – 27 pts)	Platinum Stars	2015–16 South African Premier Division third place
South Africa (6th – 27 pts)	SuperSport United	2015–16 Nedbank Cup winner
Congo (T-7th – 24 pts)	Étoile du Congo	2016 Congo Ligue 1 third place
Congo (T-7th – 24 pts)	CARA Brazzaville	2016 Coupe du Congo runner-up
Morocco (T-7th – 24 pts)	IR Tanger	2015–16 Botola third place
Morocco (T-7th – 24 pts)	MAS Fez	2016 Coupe du Trône winner
Ivory Coast (T-9th – 23 pts)	SC Gagnoa	2015–16 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Ivory Coast (T-9th – 23 pts)	ASEC Mimosas	2016 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire runner-up
Mali (T-9th – 23 pts)	Djoliba	2016 Malian Première Division third place
Mali (T-9th – 23 pts)	Onze Créateurs	2016 Malian Cup winner
Cameroon (11th – 19 pts)	Young Sports Academy	2016 Elite One third place
Cameroon (11th – 19 pts)	APEJES Academy	2016 Cameroonian Cup winner
Nigeria (12th – 12 pts)	Wikki Tourists	2016 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Nigeria (12th – 12 pts)	Ifeanyi Ubah	2016 Nigerian FA Cup winner
Associations eligible to enter one team
Angola (13th – 7 pts)	Recreativo do Libolo	2016 Taça de Angola winner
Ghana (T-14th – 4 pts)	Bechem United	2016 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Libya (T-14th – 4 pts)		2016 Libyan Cup winner
Zambia (T-14th – 4 pts)		2016 Zambian Cup winner
Ethiopia (17th – 3 pts)	Defence Force	2016 Ethiopian Cup runner-up
Benin		2016 Benin Cup winner
Botswana	Orapa United	2015–16 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner
Burkina Faso	AS SONABEL	2016 Coupe du Faso runner-up
Burundi	Le Messager Ngozi	2016 Burundian Cup winner
Cape Verde		2016 Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde winner
Central African Republic	Anges de Fatima	2016 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale winner
Chad		2016 Chad Cup winner
Comoros	Volcan Club	2016 Comoros Cup winner
Djibouti	Dikhil	2016 Djibouti Cup runner-up
Equatorial Guinea	Racing de Micomeseng	2016 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Eritrea		2016 Eritrean Cup winner
Gabon	Akanda	2016 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs runner-up
Gambia	Brikama United	2015–16 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea	AS Kaloum	2016 Guinée Coupe Nationale runner-up
Guinea-Bissau		2016 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winner
Kenya	Ulinzi Stars	2016 FKF President's Cup runner-up
Lesotho		2016 Lesotho Independence Cup winner
Liberia	Monrovia Club Breweries	2016 Liberian Cup winner
Madagascar	CNaPS Sport (or ASSM Elgeco Plus as runner-up)	2016 Coupe de Madagascar winner
Malawi		2016 Malawi FAM Cup winner
Mauritania	ASAC Concorde	2016 Coupe du Président de la République runner-up
Mauritius		2016 Mauritian Cup winner
Mozambique	União Desportiva do Songo	2016 Taça de Moçambique winner
Namibia		2016 NFA Cup winner
Niger	AS Douanes Niamey	2016 Niger Cup winner
Réunion		2016 Coupe de la Réunion winner
Rwanda	Rayon Sports	2016 Rwandan Cup winner
São Tomé and Príncipe		2016 Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe winner
Senegal	ASC Niarry Tally	2016 Senegal FA Cup winner
Seychelles	St Michel United	2016 Seychelles FA Cup winner
Sierra Leone		2016 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winner
Somalia	Jeenyo United	2016 Somalia Cup winner
South Sudan	Wau Salaam	2016 South Sudan National Cup winner
Swaziland	Mbabane Swallows	2016 Swazi Cup winner
Tanzania	Azam	2015–16 Tanzania FA Cup runner-up
Togo		2016 Coupe du Togo winner
Uganda	Vipers	2016 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar		2016 Zanzibari Cup winner
Zimbabwe	Ngezi Platinum	2016 Cup of Zimbabwe winner

Teams entering the play-off round
Losers of the 2017 CAF Champions League first round
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[6]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	TBA	10–12 February 2017	17–19 February 2017
	First round		10–12 March 2017	17–19 March 2017
	Play-off round		7–9 April 2017	14–16 April 2017
Group stage	Matchday 1	TBA	12–14 May 2017
	Matchday 2		23–24 May 2017
	Matchday 3		2–4 June 2017
	Matchday 4		20–21 June 2017
	Matchday 5		31 June–2 July 2017
	Matchday 6		7–9 July 2017
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	TBA	8–10 September 2017	15–17 September 2017
	Semi-finals		29 September–1 October 2017	13–15 October 2017
	Final		17–19 November 2017	24–26 November 2017

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).^[4]

First round

The 16 winners of the first round advance to the play-off round, where they are joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

Play-off round

In the play-off round, the winners of the Confederation Cup first round are drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the former hosting the second leg.

The 16 winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage.

Group stage

In the group stage, the 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four. Each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[4] Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Away goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).^[4]

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group play the runners-up of another group, with the group winners hosting the second leg.

References

↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.

External links

CAFonline.com

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