2017 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

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2017 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
Dates10 February – 19 March 2017
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The 2017 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 19 March 2017.[1] A total of 55 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League.[2]

Draw[]

The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 21 December 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4]

The entry round of the 55 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).

Entry round First round
(9 teams)
Preliminary round
(46 teams)
Teams

Format[]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[2]

Schedule[]

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 10–12 February 2017 17–19 February 2017
First round 10–12 March 2017 17–19 March 2017

Bracket[]

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 21 December 2016.[3][4]

The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

  Preliminary round First round
                         
Algeria USM Alger Bye  
   
    Algeria USM Alger 2 0 2
  Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo 0 1 1
Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo 3 0 3
Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 0 1 1  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Mali AS Real Bamako 0 0 0  
Nigeria Rivers United 0 4 4  
    Nigeria Rivers United 3 0 3
  Sudan Al-Merrikh 0 4 4
Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema 0 1 1
Sudan Al-Merrikh 1 4 5  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Bye  
   
    Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 3 2 5
  Ivory Coast AS Tanda 0 1 1
Ivory Coast AS Tanda 3 1 4
Niger AS FAN 0 3 3  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Bye  
   
    Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 3 1 4
  Guinea Horoya 1 2 3
Senegal US Gorée 0 1 1
Guinea Horoya 0 2 2  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Ghana Wa All Stars 1 0 1  
Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 3 2 5  
    Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 2 1 3 (a)
  Morocco FUS Rabat 0 3 3 (a)
Sierra Leone Johansen 1 0 1
Morocco FUS Rabat 1 3 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Bye  
   
    South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2 1 3
  Uganda KCCA 1 1 2
Uganda KCCA 1 1 2 (a)
Angola 1º de Agosto 0 2 2 (a)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Morocco Wydad Casablanca Bye  
   
    Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1 0 1 (5 p)
  Gabon CF Mounana 0 1 1 (4 p)
Gabon CF Mounana 2 1 3
Burundi Vital'O 0 0 0  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Comoros Ngaya Club 1 1 2  
Tanzania Young Africans 5 1 6  
    Tanzania Young Africans 1 0 1 (a)
  Zambia Zanaco 1 0 1 (a)
Zambia Zanaco 0 1 1
Rwanda APR 0 0 0  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Zanzibar Zimamoto 2 1 3  
Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 1 3 4  
    Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 2 0 2 (4 p)
  Liberia Barrack Young Controllers 0 2 2 (1 p)
Liberia Barrack Young Controllers 1 0 1 (7 p)
Mali Stade Malien 0 1 1 (6 p)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Egypt Zamalek Bye  
   
    Egypt Zamalek 4 1 5
  Nigeria Enugu Rangers 1 2 3
Algeria JS Saoura 1 0 1 (a)
Nigeria Enugu Rangers 1 0 1 (a)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority 1 0 1  
Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 0 0 0  
    The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority 1 0 1
  Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 1 2 3
Eswatini Royal Leopards 0 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 1 3 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Cameroon Coton Sport 2 5 7  
South Sudan Atlabara 0 2 2  
    Cameroon Coton Sport 1 1 2
  Madagascar CNaPS Sport 0 1 1
Madagascar CNaPS Sport 2 2 4 (a)
Botswana Township Rollers 1 3 4 (a)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Egypt Al-Ahly Bye  
   
    Egypt Al-Ahly 1 0 1
  South Africa Bidvest Wits 0 0 0
Réunion Saint-Louisienne 2 1 3
South Africa Bidvest Wits 1 3 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe Bye  
   
    Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1 0 1 (a)
  Zimbabwe CAPS United 1 0 1 (a)
Lesotho Lioli 0 1 1
Zimbabwe CAPS United 0 2 2  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1 1 2 (a)  
Cameroon UMS de Loum 0 2 2 (a)  
    Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 0 0 0
  Ethiopia Saint George 1 2 3
Seychelles Côte d'Or 0 0 0
Ethiopia Saint George 2 3 5  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Sudan Al-Hilal Bye  
   
    Sudan Al-Hilal 3 2 5
  Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 0 2 2
Kenya Tusker 1 1 2
Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 1 2 3  

Preliminary round[]

The preliminary round included the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso 3–1 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 3–0 0–1
Sony Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea 1–5 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0–1 1–4
AS Real Bamako Mali 0–4 Nigeria Rivers United 0–0 0–4
AS Tanda Ivory Coast 4–3 Niger AS FAN 3–0 1–3
US Gorée Senegal 1–2 Guinea Horoya 0–0 1–2
Johansen Sierra Leone 1–4 Morocco FUS Rabat 1–1 0–3
Wa All Stars Ghana 1–5 Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–3 0–2
KCCA Uganda 2–2 (a) Angola 1º de Agosto 1–0 1–2
CF Mounana Gabon 3–0 Burundi Vital'O 2–0 1–0
Zanaco Zambia 1–0 Rwanda APR 0–0 1–0
Ngaya Club Comoros 2–6 Tanzania Young Africans 1–5 1–1
Barrack Young Controllers Liberia 1–1 (7–6 p) Mali Stade Malien 1–0 0–1
Zimamoto Zanzibar 3–4 Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 2–1 1–3
JS Saoura Algeria 1–1 (a) Nigeria Enugu Rangers 1–1 0–0
Royal Leopards Eswatini 1–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–1 1–3
Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia 1–0 Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 1–0 0–0
CNaPS Sport Madagascar 4–4 (a) Botswana Township Rollers 2–1 2–3
Coton Sport Cameroon 7–2 South Sudan Atlabara 2–0 5–2
Saint-Louisienne Réunion 3–4 South Africa Bidvest Wits 2–1 1–3
Lioli Lesotho 1–2 Zimbabwe CAPS United 0–0 1–2
Côte d'Or Seychelles 0–5 Ethiopia Saint George 0–2 0–3
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo 2–2 (a) Cameroon UMS de Loum 1–0 1–2
Tusker Kenya 2–3 Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 1–1 1–2
Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso3–0Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs
  • Jeremiah Goal 23', 64'
  • Sylla Goal 84'
Report
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: (Togo)
Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo1–0Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo
  • Nkolo Goal 27'
Report

Rail Club du Kadiogo won 3–1 on aggregate.


Sony Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea0–1Sudan Al-Merrikh
Report
Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo
Referee: (Cameroon)
Al-Merrikh Sudan4–1Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema
Report
  • Goal 85'
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: (Somalia)

Al-Merrikh won 5–1 on aggregate.


AS Real Bamako Mali0–0Nigeria Rivers United
Report
Referee: (Benin)
Rivers United Nigeria4–0Mali AS Real Bamako
  • Goal 28' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
  • Goal 56', 79'
Report
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: (Ghana)

Rivers United won 4–0 on aggregate.


AS Tanda Ivory Coast3–0Niger AS FAN
  • Goal 46'
  • Goal 70'
  • Coulibaly Goal 81'
Report
AS FAN Niger3–1Ivory Coast AS Tanda
Report
  • Goal 42'

AS Tanda won 4–3 on aggregate.


US Gorée Senegal0–0Guinea Horoya
Report
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Referee: (Guinea-Bissau)
Horoya Guinea2–1Senegal US Gorée
Report Goal 39'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: (Mali)

Horoya won 2–1 on aggregate.


Johansen Sierra Leone1–1Morocco FUS Rabat
  • Goal 50'
Report
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: (Mauritania)
FUS Rabat Morocco3–0Sierra Leone Johansen
Report
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

FUS Rabat won 4–1 on aggregate.


Wa All Stars Ghana1–3Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
  • Goal 59'
Report
Tamale Stadium, Tamale
Referee: (Liberia)
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya2–0Ghana Wa All Stars
Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)[note 1]
Referee: (Egypt)

Al-Ahli Tripoli won 5–1 on aggregate.


KCCA Uganda1–0Angola 1º de Agosto
  • Sserunkuma Goal 48'
Report
, Kampala
Referee: (Kenya)
1º de Agosto Angola2–1Uganda KCCA
Report
  • Sserunkuma Goal 21'
Referee: (Congo)

2–2 on aggregate. KCCA won on away goals.


CF Mounana Gabon2–0Burundi Vital'O
Report
Vital'O Burundi0–1Gabon CF Mounana
Report
  • Goal 48'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: (Tanzania)

CF Mounana won 3–0 on aggregate.


Zanaco Zambia0–0Rwanda APR
Report
Referee: (Zimbabwe)
APR Rwanda0–1Zambia Zanaco
Report
  • Bwembya Goal 17'
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: (Burundi)

Zanaco won 1–0 on aggregate


Ngaya Club Comoros1–5Tanzania Young Africans
  • Goal 65'
Report
Referee: (Seychelles)
Young Africans Tanzania1–1Comoros Ngaya Club
  • Goal 44'
Report
  • Bossou Goal 20' (o.g.)
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: (Uganda)

Young Africans won 6–2 on aggregate.


Barrack Young Controllers Liberia1–0Mali Stade Malien
  • Goal 86' (pen.)
Report
Stade Malien Mali1–0Liberia Barrack Young Controllers
  • Goal 45'
Report
Penalties
6–7
Referee: (Morocco)

1–1 on aggregate. Barrack Young Controllers won 7–6 on penalties.


Zimamoto Zanzibar2–1Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
  • Goal 34'
  • Goal 66'
Report
  • Goal 2' (pen.)
Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City
Referee: (Uganda)
Ferroviário Beira Mozambique3–1Zanzibar Zimamoto
Report
  • Goal 78'
Referee: (Swaziland)

Ferroviário Beira won 4–3 on aggregate.


JS Saoura Algeria1–1Nigeria Enugu Rangers
  • Bourdim Goal 32'
Report
  • Clement Goal 39'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Senegal)
Enugu Rangers Nigeria0–0Algeria JS Saoura
Report

1–1 on aggregate. Enugu Rangers won on away goals.


Royal Leopards Eswatini0–1Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report
Referee: (Angola)
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo3–1Eswatini Royal Leopards
Report
  • Goal 88'
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: (South Africa)

AS Vita Club won 4–1 on aggregate.


Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia1–0Ivory Coast Séwé Sport
Report
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast0–0The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority
Report
Referee: (Niger)

Gambia Ports Authority won 1–0 on aggregate.


CNaPS Sport Madagascar2–1Botswana Township Rollers
Report
  • Boy Goal 66'
, Antananarivo
Referee: (Mozambique)
Township Rollers Botswana3–2Madagascar CNaPS Sport
  • Tshireletso Goal 31'
  • Moalosi Goal 59' (pen.)
  • Boy Goal 67'
Report
Referee: (Lesotho)

4–4 on aggregate. CNaPS Sport won on away goals.


Coton Sport Cameroon2–0South Sudan Atlabara
  • Goal 12'
  • Goal 89'
Report
Atlabara South Sudan2–5Cameroon Coton Sport
  • Goal 40' (pen.)
  • Goal 86'
Report
Referee: (Djibouti)

Coton Sport won 7–2 on aggregate.


Saint-Louisienne Réunion2–1South Africa Bidvest Wits
Report
Bidvest Wits South Africa3–1Réunion Saint-Louisienne
Report
  • Goal 79'
Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: (Zambia)

Bidvets Wits won 4–3 on aggregate.


Lioli Lesotho0–0Zimbabwe CAPS United
Report
Referee: (Namibia)
CAPS United Zimbabwe2–1Lesotho Lioli
Report

CAPS United won 2–1 on aggregate.


Côte d'Or Seychelles0–2Ethiopia Saint George
Report
Referee: (Mauritius)
Saint George Ethiopia3–0Seychelles Côte d'Or
Report
, Awasa
Referee: (Sudan)

Saint George won 5–0 on aggregate.


AC Léopards Republic of the Congo1–0Cameroon UMS de Loum
  • Goal 40' (pen.)
Report
UMS de Loum Cameroon2–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Report
Referee: (Equatorial Guinea)

2–2 on aggregate. AC Léopards won on away goals.


Tusker Kenya1–1Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000
  • Batambuze Goal 29'
Report
  • Goal 48'
Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: (Ethiopia)
AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius2–1Kenya Tusker
  • Goal 84', 88'
Report
  • Goal 37'
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: (Madagascar)

AS Port-Louis 2000 won 3–2 on aggregate.

First round[]

The first round included 32 teams: the 23 winners of the preliminary round, and the 9 teams that received byes to this round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 2–1 Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo 2–0 0–1
Rivers United Nigeria 3–4 Sudan Al-Merrikh 3–0 0–4
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–1 Ivory Coast AS Tanda 3–0 2–1
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 4–3 Guinea Horoya 3–1 1–2
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya 3–3 (a) Morocco FUS Rabat 2–0 1–3
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 3–2 Uganda KCCA 2–1 1–1
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 1–1 (5–4 p) Gabon CF Mounana 1–0 0–1
Young Africans Tanzania 1–1 (a) Zambia Zanaco 1–1 0–0
Ferroviário Beira Mozambique 2–2 (4–1 p) Liberia Barrack Young Controllers 2–0 0–2
Zamalek Egypt 5–3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 4–1 1–2
Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia 1–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 1–1 0–2
Coton Sport Cameroon 2–1 Madagascar CNaPS Sport 1–0 1–1
Al-Ahly Egypt 1–0 South Africa Bidvest Wits 1–0 0–0
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–1 (a) Zimbabwe CAPS United 1–1 0–0
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo 0–3 Ethiopia Saint George 0–1 0–2
Al-Hilal Sudan 5–2 Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000 3–0 2–2
USM Alger Algeria2–0Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo
  • Darfalou Goal 71'
  • Sayoud Goal 86'
Report
Stade Omar Hammadi, Algiers
Referee: (Tunisia)
Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso1–0Algeria USM Alger
  • Goal 53'
Report
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: (Niger)

USM Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.


Rivers United Nigeria3–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
  • Goal 17', 18'
  • Goal 81'
Report
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Al-Merrikh Sudan4–0Nigeria Rivers United
Report
Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Al-Merrikh won 4–3 on aggregate.


Étoile du Sahel Tunisia3–0Ivory Coast AS Tanda
  • Boughattas Goal 40'
  • Jemal Goal 44'
  • Bouazza Goal 72'
Report
AS Tanda Ivory Coast1–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: (Ghana)

Étoile du Sahel won 5–1 on aggregate.


Espérance de Tunis Tunisia3–1Guinea Horoya
Report
  • Goal 24'
Referee: (Sudan)
Horoya Guinea2–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Espérance de Tunis won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya2–0Morocco FUS Rabat
Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)[note 1]
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
FUS Rabat Morocco3–1Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
  • El Bahri Goal 15', 24'
  • Aguerd Goal 89'
Report
  • Goal 48'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: (Burkina Faso)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli Tripoli won on away goals.


Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa2–1Uganda KCCA
Report
  • Sserunkuma Goal 69'
KCCA Uganda1–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
  • Sserunkuma Goal 30'
Report
, Kampala
Referee: (Botswana)

Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on aggregate.


Wydad Casablanca Morocco1–0Gabon CF Mounana
  • Jebor Goal 83'
Report
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
CF Mounana Gabon1–0Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Report
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad Casablanca won 5–4 on penalties.


Young Africans Tanzania1–1Zambia Zanaco
  • Msuva Goal 39'
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: (Djibouti)
Zanaco Zambia0–0Tanzania Young Africans
Report
National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: (Kenya)

1–1 on aggregate. Zanaco won on away goals.


Ferroviário Beira Mozambique2–0Liberia Barrack Young Controllers
Report
Referee: (Sudan)
Barrack Young Controllers Liberia2–0Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
  • Goal 16'
  • Goal 43' (pen.)
Report
Penalties
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty missed
1–4
Referee: (Libya)

2–2 on aggregate. Ferroviário Beira won 4–1 on penalties.


Zamalek Egypt4–1Nigeria Enugu Rangers
Report
  • Clement Goal 83'
Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Enugu Rangers Nigeria2–1Egypt Zamalek
Report

Zamalek won 5–3 on aggregate.


Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report
Referee: (Guinea)
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority
Report
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

AS Vita Club won 3–1 on aggregate.


Coton Sport Cameroon1–0Madagascar CNaPS Sport
  • Goal 90'
Report
Referee: (Congo)
CNaPS Sport Madagascar1–1Cameroon Coton Sport
  • Goal 89'
Report
  • Goal 60'
, Antananarivo
Referee: (Rwanda)

Coton Sport won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Ahly Egypt1–0South Africa Bidvest Wits
  • Hegazi Goal 56'
Report
Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Morocco)
Bidvest Wits South Africa0–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: (Angola)

Al-Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1Zimbabwe CAPS United
Report
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: (Burundi)
CAPS United Zimbabwe0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report

1–1 on aggregate. CAPS United won on away goals.


AC Léopards Republic of the Congo0–1Ethiopia Saint George
Report
  • Mentsenot Goal 25'
Saint George Ethiopia2–0Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: (Somalia)

Saint George won 3–0 on aggregate.


Al-Hilal Sudan3–0Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000
Report
Referee: (Uganda)
AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius2–2Sudan Al-Hilal
  • Ravina Goal 14'
  • Goal 25'
Report
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: (Tanzania)

Al-Hilal won 5–2 on aggregate.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
  2. ^ The Saint George v Côte d'Or match was interrupted after 60 minutes due to heavy rain, and was completed the next day.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ a b "Interclubs 2017: Draw Result". CAF. 21 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Total CAF Champions League draw result" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ^ "Africa: CAF Champions League - St. George Defeat Cote D'Or 5-0 On Aggregate". AllAfrica. 20 February 2017.

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