2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored122 (2.54 per match)
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The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4][5] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).[6]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams

Format

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.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1][7]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 12–14 May 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 23–24 May 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 2–4 June 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 20–21 June 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 30 June – 2 July 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 7–9 July 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAF FUS KCC RIV
1 Tunisia Club Africain 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 2–1 4–0 3–1
2 Morocco FUS Rabat 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9[a] 2–1 — 3–0 2–1
3 Uganda KCCA 6 3 0 3 8 12 −4 9[a] 2–1 3–1 — 2–1
4 Nigeria Rivers United 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 0–2 1–0 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.
FUS Rabat Morocco3–0Uganda KCCA
  • El Bahri 7'
  • Njie 42'
  • Benarif 76'
 Report
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Club Africain Tunisia3–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
  • Odumegwu 53'
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
KCCA Uganda2–1Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Rivers United Nigeria1–0Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
FUS Rabat Morocco2–1Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
KCCA Uganda2–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Rivers United Nigeria2–1Uganda KCCA
  • Ovoke 1'
  • Obomate 14'
 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Club Africain Tunisia2–1Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
KCCA Uganda3–1Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
  • Diakité 85'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Rivers United Nigeria0–2Tunisia Club Africain
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
FUS Rabat Morocco2–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Club Africain Tunisia4–0Uganda KCCA
 Report
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS MCA MBS PST
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 Quarter-finals — 4–0 1–0 3–0
2 Algeria MC Alger 6 3 2 1 7 7 0 11 2–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 1–3 0–0 — 4–2
4 South Africa Platinum Stars 6 0 3 3 6 13 −7 3 1–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Platinum Stars South Africa1–1Algeria MC Alger
  • Khunou 43'
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini4–2South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
MC Alger Algeria2–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini0–0Algeria MC Alger
Report
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia3–0South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
MC Alger Algeria2–1Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Platinum Stars South Africa1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
MC Alger Algeria2–0South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini1–3Tunisia CS Sfaxien
  • Tshishimbi 44'
 Report
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4–0Algeria MC Alger
 Report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Platinum Stars South Africa2–2Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZES HLU RLB SMO
1 Zambia ZESCO United 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10[a] Quarter-finals — 3–0 (awd.)[b] 1–0 1–0
2 Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[a] 1–0 — 2–0 2–1
3 Angola Recreativo do Libolo 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 3–0 1–0 — 0–0
4 Egypt Smouha 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
  2. ^ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.[9]
ZESCO United Zambia1–0Egypt Smouha
 Report
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)
Recreativo do Libolo Angola1–0Sudan El-Hilal El-Obeid
 Report
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)
Smouha Egypt2–0Angola Recreativo do Libolo
 Report
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
El-Hilal El-Obeid Sudan1–0Zambia ZESCO United
  • Moukoro 86'
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Smouha Egypt1–1Sudan El-Hilal El-Obeid
 Report
ZESCO United Zambia1–0Angola Recreativo do Libolo
 Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Recreativo do Libolo Angola3–0Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
El-Hilal El-Obeid Sudan2–1Egypt Smouha
  • Girfa 72'
  • Ladzagla 90+3'
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Smouha Egypt1–1Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
El-Hilal El-Obeid Sudan2–0Angola Recreativo do Libolo
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
ZESCO United Zambia3–0
Awarded		Sudan El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
Recreativo do Libolo Angola0–0Egypt Smouha
Report
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM SSU HOR MOU
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 South Africa SuperSport United 6 2 4 0 13 8 +5 10 0–0 — 2–2 4–1
3 Guinea Horoya 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 0–0 — 1–0
4 Gabon CF Mounana 6 0 0 6 4 14 −10 0 0–1 3–5 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
SuperSport United South Africa2–2Guinea Horoya
 Report
  • Dipita 33'
  • Kyei 51'
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Gabon CF Mounana
 Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
CF Mounana Gabon3–5South Africa SuperSport United
 Report
Referee: Abubakar Ago (Nigeria)
Horoya Guinea1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
  • Dipita 33'
 Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
CF Mounana Gabon0–1Guinea Horoya
Report
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2South Africa SuperSport United
 Report
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)
Horoya Guinea1–0Gabon CF Mounana
 Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
SuperSport United South Africa0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Horoya Guinea0–0South Africa SuperSport United
Report
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
CF Mounana Gabon0–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Guinea Horoya
 Report
  • Dipita 37'
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
SuperSport United South Africa4–1Gabon CF Mounana
 Report
  • Mensah 56'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

References

  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Draw results for CC group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.
  8. ^ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.
  11. ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.

External links

  • Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com
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