2018 CAF Confederation Cup

2018 CAF Confederation Cup
2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	9 February – 2 December 2018
Teams	54+16 (from 43 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco Raja Casablanca (1st title)
Runners-up	Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played	170
Goals scored	369 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Morocco Mahmoud Benhalib (9 goals)
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The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 15th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup. Raja Casablanca won the title for the first time, defeating AS Vita Club in the final, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.^[2] TP Mazembe were the two-time defending champions, but as they qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.

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.^[2] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached. For the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2012–2016 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:^[3]

	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup
Winners	5 points	4 points
Runners-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:

2016 – 5
2015 – 4
2014 – 3
2013 – 2
2012 – 1

Teams

The following 54 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.^[4]

Teams in bold received a bye to the first round.
The other teams entered the preliminary round.

Associations are shown according to their 2012–2016 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association	Team	Qualifying method
Egypt Egypt (1st – 85 pts)	Zamalek	2016–17 Egyptian Premier League third place
Egypt Egypt (1st – 85 pts)	Al-Masry	2016–17 Egypt Cup runners-up
Tunisia Tunisia (2nd – 76 pts)	Club Africain	2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Tunisia Tunisia (2nd – 76 pts)	US Ben Guerdane	2016–17 Tunisian Cup runners-up
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo (3rd – 70 pts)	DC Motema Pembe	2016–17 Linafoot third place
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo (3rd – 70 pts)	AS Maniema Union	2017 Coupe du Congo DR winners
Algeria Algeria (4th – 62 pts)	USM Alger	2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Algeria Algeria (4th – 62 pts)	CR Belouizdad	2016–17 Algerian Cup winners
South Africa South Africa (5th – 45 pts)	Cape Town City	2016–17 South African Premier Division third place
South Africa South Africa (5th – 45 pts)	SuperSport United	2016–17 Nedbank Cup winners
Morocco Morocco (6th – 41 pts)	Raja Casablanca	2016–17 Botola third place
Morocco Morocco (6th – 41 pts)	RS Berkane	2016–17 Botola fourth place
Sudan Sudan (7th – 35 pts)	El-Hilal El-Obeid	2017 Sudan Premier League third place
Sudan Sudan (7th – 35 pts)	Al-Ahly Shendi	2017 Sudan Cup winners
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (8th – 21 pts)	AS Tanda	2016–17 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (8th – 21 pts)	Africa Sports	2017 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
Zambia Zambia (9th – 18 pts)	Nkana	2017 Zambia Super League third place
Zambia Zambia (9th – 18 pts)	Green Buffaloes	2017 Zambia Super League fourth place
Republic of the Congo Congo (10th – 16 pts)	CARA Brazzaville	2017 Congo Ligue 1 third place
Republic of the Congo Congo (10th – 16 pts)	CS La Mancha	2017 Congo Ligue 1 fourth place
Mali Mali (11th – 15 pts)	Djoliba	2016 Malian Première Division third place^{[Note MLI]}
Mali Mali (11th – 15 pts)	Onze Créateurs	2016 Malian Cup winners^{[Note MLI]}
Nigeria Nigeria (12th – 13 pts)	Enyimba	2017 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Nigeria Nigeria (12th – 13 pts)	Akwa United	2017 Nigerian FA Cup winners

Associations eligible to enter one team
Association	Team	Qualifying method
Cameroon Cameroon (13th – 12 pts)	New Star	2017 Cameroonian Cup winners
Libya Libya (14th – 8 pts)	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2017 Libyan Premier League CAF competition playoff runners-up
Ghana Ghana (15th – 7 pts)	Asante Kotoko	2017 Ghanaian FA Cup winners
Tanzania Tanzania (16th – 5 pts)	Simba	2016–17 Tanzania FA Cup winners
Angola Angola (17th – 3 pts)	Petro de Luanda	2017 Taça de Angola winners
Ethiopia Ethiopia (18th – 2 pts)	Welayta Dicha	2017 Ethiopian Cup winners
Benin Benin	Energie	2017 Benin Premier League runners-up
Botswana Botswana	Jwaneng Galaxy	2016–17 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso	Étoile Filante	2017 Coupe du Faso winners
Burundi Burundi	Olympique Star	2017 Burundian Cup winners
Comoros Comoros	Ngazi Sport	2017 Comoros Cup winners
Djibouti Djibouti	Gendarmerie Nationale	2017 Djibouti Cup winners
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea	Deportivo Niefang	2017 Equatoguinean Cup winners
Gabon Gabon	AS Mangasport	2016–17 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
The Gambia Gambia	Banjul Hawks	2017 Gambian Cup winners
Guinea Guinea	Hafia	2017 Guinée Coupe Nationale winners
Kenya Kenya	AFC Leopards	2017 FKF President's Cup winners
Liberia Liberia	ELWA United	2017 Liberian Cup runners-up
Madagascar Madagascar	Fosa Juniors	2017 Coupe de Madagascar winners
Malawi Malawi	Masters Security	2017 Malawi FAM Cup losing semi-finalists
Mauritania Mauritania	FC Nouadhibou	2017 Coupe du Président de la République winners
Mauritius Mauritius	AS Port-Louis 2000	2017 Mauritian Cup winners
Mozambique Mozambique	Costa do Sol	2017 Taça de Moçambique winners
Niger Niger	Sahel	2017 Niger Cup winners
Rwanda Rwanda	APR	2017 Rwandan Cup winners
Senegal Senegal	Mbour Petite-Côte	2017 Senegal FA Cup winners
Seychelles Seychelles	Anse Réunion	2017 Seychelles FA Cup runners-up
South Sudan South Sudan	Al-Hilal Juba	2017 South Sudan National Cup runners-up
Eswatini Swaziland	Young Buffaloes	2017 Swazi Cup winners
Zanzibar Zanzibar	Zimamoto	2016–17 Zanzibar Premier League runners-up

Notes

^
Mali (MLI): Mali were represented by Djoliba and Onze Créateurs, the 2016 Malian Première Division third place and 2016 Malian Cup winners, as the 2017 Malian Première Division and 2017 Malian Cup were not completed by the end of the year.^[5]

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2018 CAF Champions League entered the play-off round.

Losers of 2018 CAF Champions League first round
Ethiopia Saint George	Zambia Zanaco	Ivory Coast Williamsville AC	Ghana Aduana Stars
Gabon CF Mounana	Nigeria MFM	Senegal Génération Foot	Tanzania Young Africans
Kenya Gor Mahia	Nigeria Plateau United	Sudan Al-Hilal	Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Mozambique UD Songo	Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club	South Africa Bidvest Wits	Rwanda Rayon Sports

Associations which did not enter a team

2018 CAF Confederation Cup is located in Africa

Kinshasa

Algiers

Gauteng

Al-Hilal

Abidjan

Lusaka

Bamako

MFM

Plateau U

Aduana S

Dar es Salaam

Saint George

Lemboumbi-Leyou

Nairobi

Songo

Kigali

Génération Foot

Algiers teams File:Blue pog.svg USM Alger File:Purple pog.svg Belouizdad Lemboumbi-Leyou teams File:Red pog.svg Mangasport File:Purple pog.svg Mounana Bamako teams File:Yellow pog.svg Djoliba File:Red pog.svg Onze Créateurs Kinshasa teams File:Green pog.svg Motema Pembe File:Brown pog.svg Vita Club Lusaka teams File:Red pog.svg Green Buffaloes File:Purple pog.svg Zanaco Abidjan teams File:Red pog.svg Africa Sports File:Yellow pog.svg Williamsville File:Brown pog.svg ASEC Mimosas

Algiers teams
File:Blue pog.svg USM Alger
File:Purple pog.svg Belouizdad

Lemboumbi-Leyou teams
File:Red pog.svg Mangasport
File:Purple pog.svg Mounana

Bamako teams
File:Yellow pog.svg Djoliba
File:Red pog.svg Onze Créateurs

Kinshasa teams
File:Green pog.svg Motema Pembe
File:Brown pog.svg Vita Club

Lusaka teams
File:Red pog.svg Green Buffaloes
File:Purple pog.svg Zanaco

Abidjan teams
File:Red pog.svg Africa Sports
File:Yellow pog.svg Williamsville
File:Brown pog.svg ASEC Mimosas

Gauteng teams File:Purple pog.svg SuperSport United File:Purple pog.svg Bidvest Wits Kigali teams File:Green pog.svg APR File:Blue pog.svg Rayon Sports Nairobi teams File:Red pog.svg Leopards File:Blue pog.svg Gor Mahia Dar es Salaam teams File:Green pog.svg Simba File:Blue pog.svg Young Africans

Gauteng teams
File:Purple pog.svg SuperSport United
File:Purple pog.svg Bidvest Wits

Kigali teams
File:Green pog.svg APR
File:Blue pog.svg Rayon Sports

Nairobi teams
File:Red pog.svg Leopards
File:Blue pog.svg Gor Mahia

Dar es Salaam teams
File:Green pog.svg Simba
File:Blue pog.svg Young Africans

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Location of teams of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2018 CAF Champions League
File:Red pog.svg Red: Preliminary round; File:Green pog.svg Green: First Round; File:Purple pog.svg Purple: Play-off Round;
File:Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; File:Orange pog.svg Orange: Group B; File:Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group C; File:Blue pog.svg Blue: Group D.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).^[6] The regulations were modified with an additional draw before the quarter-finals.^[7] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.^[8]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	13 December 2017 (Cairo, Egypt)^[4]	9–11 February 2018	20–21 February 2018
	First round	13 December 2017 (Cairo, Egypt)^[4]	6–7 March 2018	16–18 March 2018
	Play-off round	21 March 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)^[9]	6–8 April 2018	17–18 April 2018
Group stage	Matchday 1	21 April 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)^[10]	6 May 2018
	Matchday 2		16 May 2018
	Matchday 3		18 July 2018
	Matchday 4		29 July 2018
	Matchday 5		19 August 2018
	Matchday 6		29 August 2018
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	3 September 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)^[11]	16 September 2018	23 September 2018
	Semi-finals		3 October 2018	24 October 2018
	Final		25 November 2018	2 December 2018

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

{{#lst:2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Preliminary round}}

First round

{{#lst:2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Bracket}} {{#lst:2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|First round}}

Play-off round

{{#lst:2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Play-off round}}

Group stage

{{#section-h:2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage|Draw}} In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers}}

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RCA	VIT	ASE	ADU
1	Morocco Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11	Quarter-finals	—	0–0	4–0	6–0
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Quarter-finals	2–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9		0–1	2–0	—	1–0
4	Ghana Aduana Stars	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4		3–3	2–1	0–2	—

Source: CAF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RSB	MAS	SON	HIL
1	Morocco RS Berkane	6	4	1	1	7	2	+5	13	Quarter-finals	—	0–0	2–1	1–0
2	Egypt Al-Masry	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12	Quarter-finals	1–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Mozambique UD Songo	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Sudan Al-Hilal	6	0	3	3	4	9	−5	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}		0–2	1–1	2–2	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal 2–2 UD Songo, UD Songo 1–1 Al-Hilal (UD Songo won on away goals).

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENY	CAR	WAC	DJO
1	Nigeria Enyimba	6	4	0	2	5	5	0	12	Quarter-finals	—	1–0	1–0	2–0
2	Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	9	Quarter-finals	3–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Ivory Coast Williamsville AC	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8		2–0	1–0	—	0–0
4	Mali Djoliba	6	1	2	3	3	5	−2	5		0–1	2–0	1–1	—

Source: CAF

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USM	RAY	GOR	YAN
1	Algeria USM Alger	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Quarter-finals	—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Rwanda Rayon Sports	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9	Quarter-finals	1–2	—	1–1	1–0
3	Kenya Gor Mahia	6	2	2	2	10	7	+3	8		0–0	1–2	—	4–0
4	Tanzania Young Africans	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4		2–1	0–0	2–3	—

Source: CAF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

{{#lst:2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Morocco Mahmoud Benhalib	Morocco Raja Casablanca	2	1	2		2	1			1		9
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele	Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club			2	1		2		1		1	7
3	Morocco Zakaria Hadraf	Morocco Raja Casablanca			2		1			1			4
3	Morocco Soufiane Rahimi	Morocco Raja Casablanca					1	1			2		4
5	Burundi Bonfilscaleb Bimenyimana	Rwanda Rayon Sports				1	1	1					3
	Morocco Mouhcine Iajour	Morocco Raja Casablanca					2		1
	Republic of the Congo Cabwey Kivutuka	Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville	1			1		1
	Democratic Republic of the Congo Fabrice Luamba Ngoma	Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club				1			1			1
	Burkina Faso Alain Traoré	Morocco RS Berkane				1	1		1
	Rwanda Jacques Tuyisenge	Kenya Gor Mahia		1	1		1

References

↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Zambia will have two entrants in both Caf Club competitions". BBC Sport. 9 December 2017.
↑ "Compétitions Africaines: Le Stade en Ligue des champions, le Djoliba en Coupe CAF". footmali.com. 29 November 2017.
↑ "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 10 January 2018". CAF. 10 January 2018.
↑ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
↑ "Accreditation for interclubs group phase draw". CAF. 28 February 2018.
↑ "Accreditation for draw of Group Phase". CAF. 10 April 2018.
↑ "Accreditation for Interclubs quarter finals 2018". CAF. 6 August 2018.

External links

Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018, CAFonline.com

[cnote_Note_MLI] 
Mali (MLI): Mali were represented by Djoliba and Onze Créateurs, the 2016 Malian Première Division third place and 2016 Malian Cup winners, as the 2017 Malian Première Division and 2017 Malian Cup were not completed by the end of the year.^[5]

[table_hth_SON0.11082366067489-12] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal 2–2 UD Songo, UD Songo 1–1 Al-Hilal (UD Songo won on away goals).

[1] "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.

[regulations-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.

[3] "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[entrants-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Zambia will have two entrants in both Caf Club competitions". BBC Sport. 9 December 2017.

[5] "Compétitions Africaines: Le Stade en Ligue des champions, le Djoliba en Coupe CAF". footmali.com. 29 November 2017.

[schedule-6] "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.

[7] "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 10 January 2018". CAF. 10 January 2018.

[8] "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.

[9] "Accreditation for interclubs group phase draw". CAF. 28 February 2018.

[10] "Accreditation for draw of Group Phase". CAF. 10 April 2018.

[11] "Accreditation for Interclubs quarter finals 2018". CAF. 6 August 2018.

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Preliminary round

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