2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
| 2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 10 September 2021 – 6 February 2022 Competition proper: 13 February – 20 May 2022 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 51+16 (from 39 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco RS Berkane (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | South Africa Orlando Pirates |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 136 (2.23 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Niger Victorien Adebayor (6 goals) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs) | |
The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 19th 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. The defending champions Raja Casablanca were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the group stage of the that season's CAF Champions League. The final was won by RS Berkane of Morocco 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation time against Orlando Pirates and RS Berkane at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, capturing their second title in the process. As winners, RS Berkane earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League, Wydad Casablanca, in the 2022 CAF Super Cup.[2]
Association team allocation
All 54 CAF member associations may enter the competition, 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 2020–21 season, CAF utilized the 2016–2020 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the previous 5 seasons in CAF's club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows:[3][4][5]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winners | 6 points | 5 points |
| Runners-up | 5 points | 4 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing quarter-finalists (from 2017) | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 0.5 point |
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
- 2020–21: x 5
- 2019–20: × 4
- 2018–19: × 3
- 2018: × 2
- 2017: × 1
Teams
The following 49 teams from 37 associations entered the competition.
- Teams in bold received a bye to the second round.
- The other teams entered the first round.
Associations are shown according to their 2017–2021 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
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[TAN] Both the winners Simba SC and runner-ups Young Africans S.C. of the 2020–21 Tanzania FA Cup qualified for the 2021-22 CAF Champions League resulting in the slot usually allocated to the winner or runner-up of the Tanzania FA Cup to be awarded to the fourth placed team in the 2020–21 Tanzanian Premier League.
- Notes
- ^ Egypt (EGY): The 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Al Masry and Pyramids, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.[6]
Schedule
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | First round | 13 August 2021 | 10–12 September 2021 | 17–19 September 2021 |
| Second round | 15–17 October 2021 | 22–24 October 2021 | ||
| Play-off round | 26 October 2021 | 28 November 2021 | 5 December 2021 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 December 2021 | 13 February 2022 | |
| Matchday 2 | 20 February 2022 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 27 February 2022 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 13 March 2022 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 20 March 2022 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 3 April 2022 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 5 April 2022 | 17 April 2022 | 24 April 2022 |
| Semi-finals | 8 May 2022 | 15 May 2022 | ||
| Final | 20 May 2022 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo | |||
Qualifying rounds
First round
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|First round}}
Second round
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Second round}}
Play-off round
Eliminated from 2021–22 CAF Champions League:
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Play-off round}}
Group stage
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.
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | PYR | CSS | ZAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya Al Ahli Tripoli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Egypt Pyramids | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Zambia Zanaco | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |
Notes:
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ORL | ITT | JSS | ROL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa Orlando Pirates | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Libya Al Ittihad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Algeria JS Saoura | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Eswatini Royal Leopards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | MAS | ASO | COT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Egypt Al Masry | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 10 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Republic of the Congo AS Otohô | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Cameroon Coton Sport | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | SIM | ASE | USG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco RS Berkane | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | |
| 2 | Tanzania Simba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Niger USGN | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
Notes:
Knockout stage
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Format}} {{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Qualified teams}}
Bracket
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|SF}}
Final
{{#lst:2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|F}}
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger Victorien Adebayor | Niger USGN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | Morocco Youssef El Fahli | Morocco RS Berkane | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| 3 | South Africa Bandile Shandu | South Africa Orlando Pirates | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ivory Coast Karim Konaté | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Morocco Charki El Bahri | Morocco RS Berkane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Burkina Faso Stephane Aziz Ki | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Morocco Mouad Fekkak | Morocco RS Berkane | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Libya Sanad Al Warfali | Libya Al Ittihad | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| South Africa Kabelo Dlamini | South Africa Orlando Pirates | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAFOnline.com. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFOnline.com. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". CAFOnline.com. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ↑ EFA [@EFA] (10 August 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 September 2021 – via Twitter.
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