2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates 9 August 2019 – 24 May 2020
Teams Maximum 68+16 (from Maximum 56 associations)

The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] will be the 17th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

This season will be the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2][3]

The winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League in the 2020 CAF Super Cup.[4]

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.[4] 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 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2014–2018 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][6][7]

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:

  • 2018 – 5
  • 2017 – 4
  • 2016 – 3
  • 2015 – 2
  • 2014 – 1

Teams

Associations are shown according to their 2014–2018 CAF 5-Year Ranking (as of 23 September 2018, to be confirmed by CAF) – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association Team Qualifying method
TBD Title holders (2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup winners)[Note TH]
Morocco Morocco (1st – ≥114 pts) 2018–19 Botola third place
2019 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
Tunisia Tunisia (2nd – ≥110.5 pts) 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
2018–19 Tunisian Cup winners
Egypt Egypt (3rd – ≥106 pts) 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League third place
2018–19 Egypt Cup winners
Algeria Algeria (4th – ≥93 pts) 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
2018–19 Algerian Cup winners
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo (5th – ≥90 pts) 2018–19 Linafoot third place
2019 Coupe du Congo DR winners
South Africa South Africa (6th – 66 pts) 2018–19 South African Premier Division third place
2018–19 Nedbank Cup winners
Sudan Sudan (7th – 40.5 pts) 2019 Sudan Premier League third place
2019 Sudan Cup winners
Zambia Zambia (8th – 39 pts) 2019 Zambian Premier League third place
2019 Zambian Cup winners
Angola Angola (9th – ≥24 pts) 2018–19 Girabola third place
2019 Angola Cup winners
Nigeria Nigeria (10th – ≥23 pts) 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
2019 Nigerian FA Cup winners
Guinea Guinea (11th – 19 pts) 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National third place
2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale winners
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (12th – 17.5 pts) 2018–19 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
2019 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Team Qualifying method
Mozambique Mozambique (13th – 17 pts) 2019 Taça de Moçambique winners
Republic of the Congo Congo (14th – 15 pts) 2019 Coupe du Congo winners
Libya Libya (15th – 14.5 pts) 2019 Libyan Cup winners
Uganda Uganda (16th – 14 pts) 2019 Uganda Cup winners
Rwanda Rwanda (17th – 10 pts) 2019 Rwandan Cup winners
Swaziland Swaziland (18th – 9 pts) 2019 Swazi Cup winners
Ethiopia Ethiopia (19th – 8 pts) 2019 Ethiopian Cup winners
Cameroon Cameroon (20th – 7 pts) 2019 Cameroonian Cup winners
Ghana Ghana (T-21st – 5.5 pts) 2019 Ghanaian FA Cup winners
Mali Mali (T-21st – 5.5 pts) 2019 Malian Cup winners
Botswana Botswana (T-23rd – 5 pts) 2018–19 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
Kenya Kenya (T-23rd – 5 pts) 2019 FKF President's Cup winners
Togo Togo (T-23rd – 5 pts) 2019 Coupe du Togo winners
Tanzania Tanzania (T-26th – 4 pts) 2018–19 Tanzania FA Cup winners
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (T-26th – 4 pts) 2019 Cup of Zimbabwe winners
Gabon Gabon (28th – 2 pts) 2019 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winners
Benin Benin 2019 Benin Cup winners
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 2019 Coupe du Faso winners
Burundi Burundi 2019 Burundian Cup winners
Cape Verde Cape Verde 2019 Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde winners
Central African Republic Central African Republic 2019 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale winners
Chad Chad 2019 Chad Cup winners
Comoros Comoros 2019 Comoros Cup winners
Djibouti Djibouti 2019 Djibouti Cup winners
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 2019 Equatoguinean Cup winners
Eritrea Eritrea 2019 Eritrean Cup winners
The Gambia Gambia 2019 Gambian Cup winners
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 2019 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winners
Lesotho Lesotho 2019 Lesotho Independence Cup winners
Liberia Liberia 2019 Liberian Cup winners
Madagascar Madagascar 2019 Coupe de Madagascar winners
Malawi Malawi 2019 Malawi FAM Cup winners
Mauritania Mauritania 2019 Coupe du Président de la République winners
Mauritius Mauritius 2019 Mauritian Cup winners
Namibia Namibia 2019 Namibia FA Cup winners
Niger Niger 2019 Niger Cup winners
Réunion Réunion 2019 Coupe de la Réunion winners
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 2019 Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe winners
Senegal Senegal 2019 Senegal FA Cup winners
Seychelles Seychelles 2019 Seychelles FA Cup winners
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 2019 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners
Somalia Somalia 2019 Somalia Cup winners
South Sudan South Sudan 2019 South Sudan National Cup winners
Zanzibar Zanzibar 2019 Zanzibari Cup winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of 2019–20 CAF Champions League first round
TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD
TBD TBD TBD TBD
Notes
  1. ^ Title holders (TH): The association of the title holders is not allowed to enter more than the eligible number of teams according to the CAF 5-Year Ranking. As a result, if the title holders do not qualify through their domestic competitions but choose to defend their title, they will replace a team from their association, either the cup winners if the association is eligible to enter one team, or the league third place if the association is eligible to enter two teams (Regulations IV. 5).[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round TBC 2019 9–11 August 2019 23–25 August 2019
First round 13–15 September 2019 27–29 September 2019
Play-off round 9 October 2019 27 October 2019 3 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 10 November 2019 29 November – 1 December 2019
Matchday 2 6–8 December 2019
Matchday 3 27–29 December 2019
Matchday 4 14–16 February 2020
Matchday 5 21–23 February 2020
Matchday 6 6–8 March 2020
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 11 March 2020 3–5 April 2020 10–12 April 2020
Semi-finals 24–26 April 2020 1–3 May 2020
Final 17 May 2020 24 May 2020

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
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