2018 CAF Confederation Cup

2018 CAF Confederation Cup
2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates March – December 2018
Teams Maximum of 69+16 (from Maximum of 56 associations)

The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] will be the 15th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The winners of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.[2]

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.[2] 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 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:[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:

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 2012–2016 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Association Team Qualifying method
TBC Title holders (2017 CAF Confederation Cup winner)
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Egypt Egypt
(1st – 85 pts)		 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League third place
2016–17 Egypt Cup winner
Tunisia Tunisia
(2nd – 76 pts)		 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
2016–17 Tunisian Cup winner
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR
(3rd – 70 pts)		 2016–17 Linafoot third place
2017 Coupe du Congo DR winner
Algeria Algeria
(4th – 62 pts)		 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
2016–17 Algerian Cup winner
South Africa South Africa
(5th – 45 pts)		 2016–17 South African Premier Division third place
2016–17 Nedbank Cup winner
Morocco Morocco
(6th – 41 pts)		 2016–17 Botola third place
2016–17 Coupe du Trône winner
Sudan Sudan
(7th – 35 pts)		 2017 Sudan Premier League third place
2017 Sudan Cup winner
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
(8th – 21 pts)		 2016–17 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
2017 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winner
Zambia Zambia
(9th – 18 pts)		 2017 Zambian Premier League third place
2017 Zambian Cup winner
Republic of the Congo Congo
(10th – 16 pts)		 2017 Congo Ligue 1 third place
2017 Coupe du Congo winner
Mali Mali
(11th – 15 pts)		 2017 Malian Première Division third place
2017 Malian Cup winner
Nigeria Nigeria
(12th – 13 pts)		 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
2017 Nigerian FA Cup winner
Associations eligible to enter one team
Cameroon Cameroon
(13th – 12 pts)		 2017 Cameroonian Cup winner
Libya Libya
(14th – 8 pts)		 2017 Libyan Cup winner
Ghana Ghana
(15th – 7 pts)		 2017 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Tanzania Tanzania
(16th – 5 pts)		 2016–17 Tanzania FA Cup winner
Angola Angola
(17th – 3 pts)		 2017 Taça de Angola winner
Ethiopia Ethiopia
(18th – 2 pts)		 2017 Ethiopian Cup winner
Benin Benin 2017 Benin Cup winner
Botswana Botswana 2016–17 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winner
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 2017 Coupe du Faso winner
Burundi Burundi 2017 Burundian Cup winner
Cape Verde Cape Verde 2017 Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde winner
Central African Republic Central African Republic 2017 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale winner
Chad Chad 2017 Chad Cup winner
Comoros Comoros 2017 Comoros Cup winner
Djibouti Djibouti 2017 Djibouti Cup winner
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 2017 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Eritrea Eritrea 2017 Eritrean Cup winner
Gabon Gabon 2017 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner
The Gambia Gambia 2016–17 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea Guinea 2017 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 2017 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winner
Kenya Kenya 2017 FKF President's Cup winner
Lesotho Lesotho 2017 Lesotho Independence Cup winner
Liberia Liberia 2017 Liberian Cup winner
Madagascar Madagascar 2017 Coupe de Madagascar winner
Malawi Malawi 2017 Malawi FAM Cup winner
Mauritania Mauritania 2017 Coupe du Président de la République winner
Mauritius Mauritius 2017 Mauritian Cup winner
Mozambique Mozambique 2017 Taça de Moçambique winner
Namibia Namibia 2017 NFA Cup winner
Niger Niger 2017 Niger Cup winner
Réunion Réunion 2017 Coupe de la Réunion winner
Rwanda Rwanda 2017 Rwandan Cup winner
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 2017 Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe winner
Senegal Senegal 2017 Senegal FA Cup winner
Seychelles Seychelles 2017 Seychelles FA Cup winner
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 2017 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winner
Somalia Somalia 2017 Somalia Cup winner
South Sudan South Sudan 2017 South Sudan National Cup winner
Swaziland Swaziland 2017 Swazi Cup winner
Togo Togo 2017 Coupe du Togo winner
Uganda Uganda 2017 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar Zanzibar 2017 Zanzibari Cup winner
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 2017 Cup of Zimbabwe winner
Teams entering the play-off round
Losers of the 2018 CAF Champions League first round
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See also

References

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

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