2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

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2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Dates10 February – 22 April 2017
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The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 22 April 2017.[1] A total of 68 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.[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 52 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
(12 teams) 		Preliminary round
(40 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
Play-off round 7–9 April 2017 14–16 April 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 play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

  Preliminary round First round
                         
Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 2 1 3  
Equatorial Guinea Racing de Micomeseng 0 0 0  
    Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 0 0 0
  Algeria JS Kabylie 0 1 1
Liberia Monrovia Club Breweries 3 0 3
Algeria JS Kabylie 0 4 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Mali Djoliba Bye  
   
    Mali Djoliba 2 —
  Egypt Al-Masry 0 — w/o
Nigeria Ifeanyi Ubah 1 0 1 (0 p)
Egypt Al-Masry 0 1 1 (3 p)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Tunisia CS Sfaxien Bye  
   
    Tunisia CS Sfaxien 5 1 6
  Cameroon Yong Sports Academy 0 1 1
Ethiopia Defence Force 1 0 1
Cameroon Yong Sports Academy 0 2 2  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Guinea AS Kaloum Bye  
   
    Guinea AS Kaloum 1 0 1
  Morocco IR Tanger 0 3 3
Niger AS Douanes Niamey 1 0 1
Morocco IR Tanger 2 1 3  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi Bye  
   
    Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi 3 0 3
  South Africa SuperSport United 2 4 6
Madagascar ASSM Elgeco Plus 0 1 1
South Africa SuperSport United 0 2 2  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Ghana Bechem United 2 1 3  
Algeria MC Alger 1 4 5  
    Algeria MC Alger 2 1 3
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo 0 2 2
Gabon Akanda 0 0 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo 0 1 1  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Tunisia Club Africain Bye  
   
    Tunisia Club Africain 9 — w/o
  Sierra Leone RSLAF 1 —
Sierra Leone RSLAF 2 0 2
Nigeria Wikki Tourists 0 1 1  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Uganda Vipers 0 1 1 (a)  
Comoros Volcan Club 0 1 1 (a)  
    Uganda Vipers 1 1 2
  South Africa Platinum Stars 0 3 3
South Africa Platinum Stars 1 1 2
Mozambique UD Songo 0 0 0  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Tanzania Azam Bye  
   
    Tanzania Azam 1 0 1
  Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 0 3 3
Botswana Orapa United 0 2 2
Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 1 3 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Zambia ZESCO United Bye  
   
    Zambia ZESCO United 2 2 4
  Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 0 2 2
Zanzibar KVZ 2 0 2
Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 1 3 4  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Bye  
   
    Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2 0 2
  Cameroon APEJES Academy 0 1 1
Cameroon APEJES Academy 1 1 2 (a)
Senegal ASC Niarry Tally 0 2 2 (a)  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Mali Onze Créateurs Bye  
   
    Mali Onze Créateurs 1 —
  Rwanda Rayon Sports 0 — w/o
South Sudan Wau Salaam 0 0 0
Rwanda Rayon Sports 4 2 6  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Morocco MAS Fez 3 0 3  
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 0 2 2  
    Morocco MAS Fez 3 0 3
  Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 1 1 1
Burkina Faso AS SONABEL 0 0 0
Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 0 3 3  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Angola Recreativo do Libolo Bye  
   
    Angola Recreativo do Libolo 2 0 2
  Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum 1 0 1
Mauritius Pamplemousses 1 0 1
Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum 1 1 2  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende Bye  
   
    Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende 1 0 1 (3 p)
  Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 0 1 1 (5 p)
Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 2 1 3
Seychelles St Michel United 0 0 0  
  Preliminary round First round
                         
Egypt Smouha Bye  
   
    Egypt Smouha 4 0 4
  Kenya Ulinzi Stars 0 3 3
Libya Al-Hilal Benghazi 1 0 1 (4 p)
Kenya Ulinzi Stars 0 1 1 (5 p)  

Preliminary round[]

The preliminary round included the 40 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monrovia Club Breweries Liberia 3–4 Algeria JS Kabylie 3–0 0–4
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 3–0 Equatorial Guinea Racing de Micomeseng 2–0 1–0
Ifeanyi Ubah Nigeria 1–1 (0–3 p) Egypt Al-Masry 1–0 0–1
Defence Force Ethiopia 1–2 Cameroon Yong Sports Academy 1–0 0–2
AS Douanes Niamey Niger 1–3 Morocco IR Tanger 1–2 0–1
ASSM Elgeco Plus Madagascar 1–2 South Africa SuperSport United 0–0 1–2
Akanda Gabon 0–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo 0–0 0–1
Bechem United Ghana 3–5 Algeria MC Alger 2–1 1–4
RSLAF Sierra Leone 2–1 Nigeria Wikki Tourists 2–0 0–1
Platinum Stars South Africa 2–0 Mozambique UD Songo 1–0 1–0
Vipers Uganda 1–1 (a) Comoros Volcan Club 0–0 1–1
Orapa United Botswana 2–4 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 0–1 2–3
KVZ Zanzibar 2–4 Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 2–1 0–3
APEJES Academy Cameroon 2–2 (a) Senegal ASC Niarry Tally 1–0 1–2
Wau Salaam South Sudan 0–6 Rwanda Rayon Sports 0–4 0–2
AS SONABEL Burkina Faso 0–3 Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 0–0 0–3
MAS Fez Morocco 3–2 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 3–0 0–2
Pamplemousses Mauritius 1–2 Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum 1–1 0–1
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan 3–0 Seychelles St Michel United 2–0 1–0
Al-Hilal Benghazi Libya 1–1 (4–5 p) Kenya Ulinzi Stars 1–0 0–1
Monrovia Club Breweries Liberia3–0Algeria JS Kabylie
  • Goal 58'
  • Goal 79'
  • Goal 90+1'
 Report
Referee: (Guinea)
JS Kabylie Algeria4–0Liberia Monrovia Club Breweries
  • Boulaouidet Goal 23' (pen.), 62'
  • Berchiche Goal 27'
  • Mebarki Goal 73'
 Report
Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, Tizi Ouzou
Referee: (Tunisia)

JS Kabylie won 4–3 on aggregate.

Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo2–0Equatorial Guinea Racing de Micomeseng
  • Goal 37'
  • Goal 70'
 Report
Racing de Micomeseng Equatorial Guinea0–1Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo
Report
  • Goal 65'
Referee: (Nigeria)

Étoile du Congo won 3–0 on aggregate.

Ifeanyi Ubah Nigeria1–0Egypt Al-Masry
  • Tamen Goal 85'
 Report
, Nnewi
Referee: (Gambia)
Al-Masry Egypt1–0Nigeria Ifeanyi Ubah
  • Shoukry Goal 24' (pen.)
 Report
Penalties
  • Penalty scored
  • Mourad Penalty scored
  • Shoukry Penalty scored
 3–0
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty missed Tamen
  • Penalty missed Osanga
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Libya)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Masry won 3–0 on penalties.

Defence Force Ethiopia1–0Cameroon Yong Sports Academy
  • Goal 43'
 Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: (Rwanda)
Yong Sports Academy Cameroon2–0Ethiopia Defence Force
  • Goal 45+3'
  • Goal 81'
 Report
Referee: (Gabon)

Yong Sports Academy won 2–1 on aggregate.

AS Douanes Niamey Niger1–2Morocco IR Tanger
Sacko Goal 5' Report
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
IR Tanger Morocco1–0Niger AS Douanes Niamey
 Report
Grand Stade de Tanger, Tangier
Referee: (Algeria)

IR Tanger won 3–1 on aggregate.

ASSM Elgeco Plus Madagascar0–0South Africa SuperSport United
Report
Referee: (Botswana)
SuperSport United South Africa2–1Madagascar ASSM Elgeco Plus
  • Brockie Goal 14' (pen.)
  • Lakay Goal 38'
 Report
  • Goal 29'
Referee: (Zimbabwe)

SuperSport United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Akanda Gabon0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo
Report
Stade de l'Amitié, Libreville
Referee: (Cameroon)
Renaissance du Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Gabon Akanda
  • Goal 53' (pen.)
 Report
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: (Burundi)

Renaissance du Congo won 1–0 on aggregate.

Bechem United Ghana2–1Algeria MC Alger
 Report
Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Referee: (Burkina Faso)
MC Alger Algeria4–1Ghana Bechem United
  • Seguer Goal 1'
  • Hachoud Goal 39', 84' (pen.)
  • Mansouri Goal 87' (pen.)
 Report
  • Goal 59'
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: (Morocco)

MC Alger won 5–3 on aggregate.

RSLAF Sierra Leone2–0Nigeria Wikki Tourists
  • Goal 16'
  • Goal 25'
 Report
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: (Senegal)
Wikki Tourists Nigeria1–0Sierra Leone RSLAF
  • Goal 59' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: (Mali)

RSLAF won 2–1 on aggregate.

Platinum Stars South Africa1–0Mozambique UD Songo
 Report
Referee: (Seychelles)
UD Songo Mozambique0–1South Africa Platinum Stars
Report
Referee: (Angola)

Platinum Stars won 2–0 on aggregate.

Vipers Uganda0–0Comoros Volcan Club
Report
Referee: (Eritrea)
Volcan Club Comoros1–1Uganda Vipers
  • Goal 14'
 Report
  • Goal 28'
Referee: (Zambia)

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

Orapa United Botswana0–1Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
Report
  • Goal 73'
Francistown Stadium, Francistown
Referee: (Mauritius)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini3–2Botswana Orapa United
 Report
Referee: (Namibia)

Mbabane Swallows won 4–2 on aggregate.

KVZ Zanzibar2–1Burundi Le Messager Ngozi
  • Goal 39' (pen.)
  • Goal 43'
 Report
  • Sabumukama Goal 13' (pen.)
Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City
Referee: (Sudan)
Le Messager Ngozi Burundi3–0Zanzibar KVZ
  • Goal 29'
  • Goal 80'
  • Goal 90+1'
 Report
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: (South Sudan)

Le Messager Ngozi won 4–2 on aggregate.

APEJES Academy Cameroon1–0Senegal ASC Niarry Tally
  • Goal 82' (o.g.)
 Report
Referee: (Congo)
ASC Niarry Tally Senegal2–1Cameroon APEJES Academy
 Report Goal 65'
Stade Demba Diop, Dakar
Referee: (Mauritania)

2–2 on aggregate. APEJES Academy won on away goals.

Wau Salaam South Sudan0–4Rwanda Rayon Sports
Report
  • Kwizera Goal 53', 66'
  • Goal 76'
  • Camara Goal 87'
Referee: (Eritrea)
Rayon Sports Rwanda2–0South Sudan Wau Salaam
 Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: (Ethiopia)

Rayon Sports won 6–0 on aggregate.

AS SONABEL Burkina Faso0–0Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa
Report
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Referee: (Guinea)
SC Gagnoa Ivory Coast3–0Burkina Faso AS SONABEL
  • Goal 16'
  • Goal 50'
  • Goal 90+1'
 Report
Referee: (Togo)

SC Gagnoa won 3–0 on aggregate.

MAS Fez Morocco3–0Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville
 Report
Fez Stadium, Fez
Referee: (Egypt)
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo2–0Morocco MAS Fez
 Report

MAS Fez won 3–2 on aggregate.

Pamplemousses Mauritius1–1Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum
  • Goal 35'
 Report
  • Chakoroma Goal 9' (pen.)
Stade Anjalay, Belle Vue Maurel
Referee: (South Africa)
Ngezi Platinum Zimbabwe1–0Mauritius Pamplemousses
 Report
Referee: (Malawi)

Ngezi Platinum won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan2–0Seychelles St Michel United
  • Goal 27'
  • Goal 67'
 Report
, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: (Tanzania)
St Michel United Seychelles0–1Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Report
  • Goal 51'
Stade Linité, Victoria
Referee: (Madagascar)

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Benghazi Libya1–0Kenya Ulinzi Stars
  • Goal 47'
 Report
Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)[note 1]
Referee: (Tunisia)
Ulinzi Stars Kenya1–0Libya Al-Hilal Benghazi
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
  • Penalty scored Al Badri
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored Maetouq
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: (DR Congo)

1–1 on aggregate. Ulinzi Stars won 5–4 on penalties.

First round[]

The first round included 32 teams: the 20 winners of the preliminary round, and the 12 teams that received byes to this round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 0–1 Algeria JS Kabylie 0–0 0–1
Djoliba Mali w/o[w/o 1] Egypt Al-Masry 2–0 —
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 6–1 Cameroon Yong Sports Academy 5–0 1–1
AS Kaloum Guinea 1–3 Morocco IR Tanger 1–0 0–3
Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan 3–6 South Africa SuperSport United 3–2 0–4
MC Alger Algeria 3–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo 2–0 1–2
Club Africain Tunisia w/o[w/o 2] Sierra Leone RSLAF 9–1 —
Vipers Uganda 2–3 South Africa Platinum Stars 1–0 1–3
Azam Tanzania 1–3 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 1–0 0–3
ZESCO United Zambia 4–2 Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 2–0 2–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 2–1 Cameroon APEJES Academy 2–0 0–1
Onze Créateurs Mali w/o[w/o 1] Rwanda Rayon Sports 1–0 —
MAS Fez Morocco 3–2 Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 3–1 0–1
Recreativo do Libolo Angola 2–1 Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum 2–1 0–0
SM Sanga Balende Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–1 (3–5 p) Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 0–1
Smouha Egypt 4–3 Kenya Ulinzi Stars 4–0 0–3

Notes:

  1. ^ a b FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017.[5] As a result, both Djoliba and Onze Créateurs could not play the second leg, and their opponents Al-Masry and Rayon Sports won on walkover.[6]
  2. ^ Club Africain won on walkover after RSLAF withdrew prior to the second leg.[7]
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo0–0Algeria JS Kabylie
Report
JS Kabylie Algeria1–0Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo
  • Boulaouidet Goal 90'
 Report
Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, Tizi Ouzou
Referee: (Egypt)

JS Kabylie won 1–0 on aggregate.

Djoliba Mali2–0Egypt Al-Masry
  • Goal 15' (pen.)
  • Goal 44'
 Report
Referee: (Senegal)
Al-Masry EgyptCancelledMali Djoliba
Report
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

Al-Masry won on walkover after FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017.[5][6]

CS Sfaxien Tunisia5–0Cameroon Yong Sports Academy
  • Goal 9', 78'
  • Aouadhi Goal 27' (pen.), 35' (pen.)
  • Marzouki Goal 61'
 Report
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Yong Sports Academy Cameroon1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
  • Goal 3'
 Report
Referee: (Ghana)

CS Sfaxien won 6–1 on aggregate.

AS Kaloum Guinea1–0Morocco IR Tanger
  • Sylla Goal 25'
 Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: (Nigeria)
IR Tanger Morocco3–0Guinea AS Kaloum
  • Hammoudan Goal 35', 60', 67'
 Report
Grand Stade de Tanger, Tangier
Referee: (Guinea-Bissau)

IR Tanger won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan3–2South Africa SuperSport United
  • Goal 57' (pen.)
  • Goal 65'
  • Goal 81'
 Report
  • Booysen Goal 80'
  • Brockie Goal 90'
, Shendi
Referee: (Mali)
SuperSport United South Africa4–0Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
 Report
Referee: (Mauritius)

SuperSport United won 6–3 on aggregate.

MC Alger Algeria2–0Democratic Republic of the Congo Renaissance du Congo
  • Aouedj Goal 56'
  • Bouhenna Goal 81'
 Report
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: (Liberia)
Renaissance du Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Algeria MC Alger
  • Goal 7'
  • Goal 79'
 Report
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: (Eritrea)

MC Alger won 3–2 on aggregate.

Club Africain Tunisia9–1Sierra Leone RSLAF
  • Chenihi Goal 3', 16' (pen.), 42', 51'
  • Ghandri Goal 6'
  • Khalifa Goal 63'
  • Darragi Goal 71' (pen.)
  • Jaziri Goal 75'
  • Meniaoui Goal 88'
 Report
  • Goal 53'
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
RSLAF Sierra LeoneCancelledTunisia Club Africain
Report
National Stadium, Freetown
Referee: (Togo)

Club Africain won on walkover after RSLAF withdrew prior to the second leg.[7]

Vipers Uganda1–0South Africa Platinum Stars
  • Karisa Goal 46'
 Report
, Kampala
Referee: (Lesotho)
Platinum Stars South Africa3–1Uganda Vipers
 Report
  • Karisa Goal 54'
Referee: (Swaziland)

Platinum Stars won 3–2 on aggregate.

Azam Tanzania1–0Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
  • Goal 85'
 Report
Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: (Benin)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini3–0Tanzania Azam
 Report
Referee: (Mozambique)

Mbabane Swallows won 3–1 on aggregate.

ZESCO United Zambia2–0Burundi Le Messager Ngozi
 Report
Referee: (Zimbabwe)
Le Messager Ngozi Burundi2–2Zambia ZESCO United
  • Sabumukama Goal 49'
  • Goal 85'
 Report
  • Were Goal 61'
  • Owino Goal 90'
Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura
Referee: (Malawi)

ZESCO United won 4–2 on aggregate.

ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–0Cameroon APEJES Academy
 Report
Referee: (Nigeria)
APEJES Academy Cameroon1–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
  • Goal 86'
 Report
Referee: (Chad)

ASEC Mimosas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Onze Créateurs Mali1–0Rwanda Rayon Sports
  • Goal 60'
 Report
Referee: (Cape Verde)
Rayon Sports RwandaCancelledMali Onze Créateurs
Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: (Niger)

Rayon Sports won on walkover after FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation on 17 March 2017.[5][6]

MAS Fez Morocco3–1Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa
 Report
  • Goal 36'
Fez Stadium, Fez
Referee: (Guinea)
SC Gagnoa Ivory Coast1–0Morocco MAS Fez
  • Goal 64'
 Report
Referee: (Cameroon)

MAS Fez won 3–2 on aggregate.

Recreativo do Libolo Angola2–1Zimbabwe Ngezi Platinum
 Report
  • Chakoroma Goal 20'
Referee: (Zambia)
Ngezi Platinum Zimbabwe0–0Angola Recreativo do Libolo
Report
Referee: (Comoros)

Recreativo do Libolo won 2–1 on aggregate.

SM Sanga Balende Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
  • Goal 33'
 Report
Referee: (Ethiopia)
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende
  • Goal 33'
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: (Burundi)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid won 5–3 on penalties.

Smouha Egypt4–0Kenya Ulinzi Stars
 Report
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: (Sudan)
Ulinzi Stars Kenya3–0Egypt Smouha
 Report
, Machakos
Referee: (Rwanda)

Smouha won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off round[]

The play-off round included 32 teams: the 16 winners of the Confederation Cup first round and the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 March 2017, 11:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[8][9] The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg.

The 32 teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses):

  • Pot A contained the four highest-ranked losers of the Champions League first round.
  • Pot B contained the twelve lowest-ranked winners of the Confederation Cup first round.
  • Pot C contained the four highest-ranked winners of the Confederation Cup first round.
  • Pot D contained the twelve lowest-ranked losers of the Champions League first round.

First, a team from Pot A and a team from Pot B were drawn into four ties. Next, a team from Pot C and a team from Pot D were drawn into four ties. Finally, the remaining teams from Pot B and Pot D were drawn into the last eight ties.

Pot Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D
Qualified from Champions League Confederation Cup Confederation Cup Champions League
Teams
  • Angola Recreativo do Libolo (2 pts)
  • Algeria JS Kabylie
  • Algeria MC Alger
  • Egypt Al-Masry
  • Morocco IR Tanger
  • Morocco MAS Fez
  • Rwanda Rayon Sports
  • South Africa Platinum Stars
  • South Africa SuperSport United
  • Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
  • Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
  • Tunisia Club Africain
  • Tunisia CS Sfaxien (21 pts)
  • Zambia ZESCO United (15 pts)
  • Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas (8 pts)
  • Egypt Smouha (4 pts)
  • Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo
  • Ivory Coast AS Tanda
  • Gabon CF Mounana
  • The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority
  • Guinea Horoya
  • Liberia Barrack Young Controllers
  • Madagascar CNaPS Sport
  • Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000
  • Nigeria Enugu Rangers
  • Nigeria Rivers United
  • South Africa Bidvest Wits
  • Uganda KCCA

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans Tanzania 1–4 Algeria MC Alger 1–0 0–4
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0 Algeria JS Kabylie 2–0 0–0
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo 3–4 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 1–0 2–4
FUS Rabat Morocco 3–2 Morocco MAS Fez 2–1 1–1
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 2–5 Zambia ZESCO United 2–2 0–3
CF Mounana Gabon 2–1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–1 0–0
Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso 1–4 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–2 0–2
Bidvest Wits South Africa 0–1 Egypt Smouha 0–0 0–1
CNaPS Sport Madagascar 1–1 (a) Angola Recreativo do Libolo 1–1 0–0
KCCA Uganda 1–1 (4–3 p) Egypt Al-Masry 1–0 0–1
Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia 1–4 Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–1 0–3
AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius 3–6 Tunisia Club Africain 1–2 2–4
Rivers United Nigeria 2–0 Rwanda Rayon Sports 2–0 0–0
Barrack Young Controllers Liberia 1–6 South Africa SuperSport United 1–1 0–5
AS Tanda Ivory Coast 2–2 (4–5 p) South Africa Platinum Stars 2–0 0–2
Horoya Guinea 4–3 Morocco IR Tanger 2–0 2–3
Young Africans Tanzania1–0Algeria MC Alger
  • Kamusoko Goal 60'
 Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: (Rwanda)
MC Alger Algeria4–0Tanzania Young Africans
 Report
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: (Guinea)

MC Alger won 4–1 on aggregate.

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Algeria JS Kabylie
  • Sinkala Goal 11'
  • Coulibaly Goal 90'
 Report
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: (Burundi)
JS Kabylie Algeria0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, Tizi Ouzou
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

TP Mazembe won 2–0 on aggregate.

AC Léopards Republic of the Congo1–0Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
  • Goal 87'
 Report
Referee: (Burundi)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini4–2Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
 Report
  • Goal 13'
  • Goal 30'
Referee: (Angola)

Mbabane Swallows won 4–3 on aggregate.

FUS Rabat Morocco2–1Morocco MAS Fez
 Report
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
MAS Fez Morocco1–1Morocco FUS Rabat
  • Goal 62' (pen.)
 Report
Fez Stadium, Fez
Referee: (Tunisia)

FUS Rabat won 3–2 on aggregate.

Enugu Rangers Nigeria2–2Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
  • Owino Goal 72'
  • Goal 76'
Referee: (Senegal)
ZESCO United Zambia3–0Nigeria Enugu Rangers
 Report

ZESCO United won 5–2 on aggregate.

CF Mounana Gabon2–1Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
  • Autchanga Goal 20'
  • Goal 63'
 Report
  • Koanda Goal 67'
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast0–0Gabon CF Mounana
Report
Referee: (Kenya)

CF Mounana won 2–1 on aggregate.

Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso1–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
  • Goal 66'
 Report
  • Goal 51'
  • Goal 83'
Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
Attendance: 0[note 3]
Referee: (Ivory Coast)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–0Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo
  • Hannachi Goal 5'
  • Aouadhi Goal 82'
 Report
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

CS Sfaxien won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bidvest Wits South Africa0–0Egypt Smouha
Report
Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee: (DR Congo)
Smouha Egypt1–0South Africa Bidvest Wits
 Report
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: (Nigeria)

Smouha won 1–0 on aggregate.

CNaPS Sport Madagascar1–1Angola Recreativo do Libolo
 Report
, Antananarivo
Referee: (Mauritius)
Recreativo do Libolo Angola0–0Madagascar CNaPS Sport
Report
Referee: (Botswana)

1–1 on aggregate. Recreativo do Libolo won on away goals.

KCCA Uganda1–0Egypt Al-Masry
 Report
, Kampala
Referee: (Sudan)
Al-Masry Egypt1–0Uganda KCCA
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
  • Penalty scored Sserunkuma
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored Awany
  • Penalty missed Majwega
  • Penalty scored Ochan
Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia
Referee: (Tunisia)

1–1 on aggregate. KCCA won 4–3 on penalties.

Gambia Ports Authority The Gambia1–1Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
  • Goal 43'
 Report
  • Goal 62'
Referee: (Ghana)
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan3–0The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority
 Report
, Al-Ubayyid
Referee: (South Africa)

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid won 4–1 on aggregate.

AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius1–2Tunisia Club Africain
  • Goal 87' (pen.)
 Report
  • Kchouk Goal 59'
  • Haddad Goal 82'
Stade George V, Curepipe
Referee: (Djibouti)
Club Africain Tunisia4–2Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000
  • Khalifa Goal 8'
  • Rusike Goal 11'
  • Abdi Goal 36'
  • Ayadi Goal 38'
 Report
  • Goal 75'
  • Botlar Goal 88'
Referee: (Somalia)

Club Africain won 6–3 on aggregate.

Rivers United Nigeria2–0Rwanda Rayon Sports
 Report
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Rayon Sports Rwanda0–0Nigeria Rivers United
Report
Amahoro Stadium, Kigali
Referee: (Zimbabwe)

Rivers United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Barrack Young Controllers Liberia1–1South Africa SuperSport United
  • Goal 25'
 Report
  • Lakay Goal 11'
Referee: (Cape Verde)
SuperSport United South Africa5–0Liberia Barrack Young Controllers
  • Goal 5'
  • Brockie Goal 32', 53', 64' (pen.)
  • Lakay Goal 68'
 Report
Referee: (Cameroon)

SuperSport United won 6–1 on aggregate.

AS Tanda Ivory Coast2–0South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
Referee: (Togo)
Platinum Stars South Africa2–0Ivory Coast AS Tanda
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty scored
  • Penalty missed

2–2 on aggregate. Platinum Stars won 5–4 on penalties.

Horoya Guinea2–0Morocco IR Tanger
 Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: (Burkina Faso)
IR Tanger Morocco3–2Guinea Horoya
 Report
Grand Stade de Tanger, Tangier
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Horoya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
  2. ^ The kickoff of ZESCO United v Enugu Rangers match was delayed from 15:00 to 17:35 due to travel issues of Enugu Rangers.[10]
  3. ^ The Rail Club du Kadiogo v CS Sfaxien match was played behind closed doors due to sanctions imposed following incidents during the Champions League first round match between Rail Club du Kadiogo and USM Alger on 18 March 2017.[11]
  4. ^ a b Both legs between Rivers United and Rayon Sports were postponed by a week at the request of the Rwandese Association Football Federation in order to commemorate the Rwandan genocide during the period of 7–14 April.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ a b "Interclubs 2017: Draw Result". CAF. 21 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Total CAF Confederation Cup draw result" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ^ a b c "FIFA Suspends Malian Football Association (FEMAFOOT)". FIFA.com. 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "CAF CC: Rayon Sports qualifies to Play-off Round". Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association. 17 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Sierra Leone Sports: RSLAF withdraws from CAF competition". Awoko. 16 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Draw for CC 2nd 1/16th final set for March 21". CAF. 20 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Derbies, rivalries headline path to CC group phase". CAF. 21 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Change of time for Confederation Cup game". Zesco United. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Sanctions for RC Kadiogo and coach". CAF. 4 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Kwibuka 23: CAF postpones Rayon Sports matches to mid April". Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association. 27 March 2017.

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