2021-22_CAF_Confederation_Cup

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

International football competition


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.

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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]

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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.

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
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    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

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Qualifying rounds

First round

Notes:

  1. Matches involving Guinean clubs were played over a single leg in their opponent's country due to the political and security situation in Guinea following a coup d'état.[7]
  2. The first leg was originally scheduled to be played on 12 September 2021 at El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid, but was cancelled due to concerns over the suitability of the venue.[8] The match was played over a single leg at the venue for the second leg.

Second round

Notes:

  1. Gor Mahia won on a walkover after Al-Ahli Merowe withdrew from the second leg in Kenya.[9]
  2. Al Ahli SC won on a walkover after Biashara United failed to appear for the second leg in Libya.[10]
  3. Interclube won on a walkover after CFFA withdrew from the second leg in Angola.[11]

Play-off round

Eliminated from 2021–22 CAF Champions League:

Notes:

  1. Al Ittihad won on a walkover after Enyimba failed to travel to Libya for the first leg.[12]
  2. Orlando Pirates won on a walkover after LPRC Oilers withdrew from the second leg in South Africa.[13]

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

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Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0

Group B

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Source: CAF

Group C

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Group D

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Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: RS Berkane 3, Simba 3. Head-to-head goal differences: RS Berkane +1, Simba -1

Knockout stage

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
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Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 April 2022, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[15]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Libya Al Ittihad000
 
 
 
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
 
 
South Africa Orlando Pirates202
 
Tanzania Simba101 (3)
 
20 May – Uyo
 
South Africa Orlando Pirates (p)011 (4)
 
South Africa Orlando Pirates1 (4)
 
 
 
Morocco RS Berkane (p)1 (5)
 
Egypt Pyramids000
 
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe022
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe112
 
 
 
Morocco RS Berkane044
 
Egypt Al Masry202
 
 
Morocco RS Berkane (a)112
 

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

The final was played on 20 May 2022 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

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Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
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See also

Notes


    References

    1. "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. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
    3. "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.
    4. "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
    5. "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.
    6. EFA [@EFA] (August 10, 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.
    7. "Media Advisory on TotalEnergies CAF CC Match: Hay Al Wady v Ahly Tripoli". CAFONLINE.com. Confederation of African Football. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
    8. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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