2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
| 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 20 August – 29 October 2023 Competition proper: 3 December – May 2024 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 51+16 (from 39 associations) |
The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] will be the 21st 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.
The winners will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League in the 2024 CAF Super Cup.[2]
while there is no official news yet, some media pointed out that the format of the competition will change starting the 2023-24 season so the CAF can use the competition to promote three teams to its newest competition, the Africa Super League.
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.[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 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2018–2023 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:[3][4][5]
| 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:
- 2022-23: × 5
- 2021–22: × 4
- 2020–21: × 3
- 2019–20: × 2
- 2018–19: × 1
Teams
The following 49 teams from 37 associations entered the competition.
- Teams in bold received a bye to the second round.
- The other teams entered the first round.
Associations are shown according to their 2018–2023 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
Schedule
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | First round | 2023 | 20 August 2023 | 27 August 2023 |
| Second round | 17 September 2023 | 1 october 2023 | ||
| Play-off round | October 2023 | 22 October 2023 | 29 October 2023 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 2023 | 3 December 2023 | |
| Matchday 2 | 10 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 20 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 11 February 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 18 February 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 28 February 2024 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | March 2024 | 17 March 2024 | 31 March 2024 |
| Semi-finals | 14 April 2024 | 21 April 2024 | ||
| Final | May 2024 | |||
See also
- 2023-24 CAF Champions League
- 2024 CAF Super Cup
- 2024 CAF Women's Champions League
Notes
References
- ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
- ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
- ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.