2016 CAF Confederation Cup
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The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
TP Mazembe defeated MO Béjaïa in the final to win their first CAF Confederation Cup title, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League in the 2017 CAF Super Cup. Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2016 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter. 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 had never been reached.
For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2010–2014 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:
| 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:
- 2014 – 5
- 2013 – 4
- 2012 – 3
- 2011 – 2
- 2010 – 1
Teams
The following 59 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
| Losers of the 2016 CAF Champions League second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | Sudan Al-Merrikh | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel |
| Mali Stade Malien | Tanzania Young Africans | Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli | Algeria MO Béjaïa |
Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 December 2015 (Dakar, Senegal) | 12–14 February 2016 | 26–28 February 2016 |
| First round | 11–13 March 2016 | 18–20 March 2016 | ||
| Second round | 8–10 April 2016 | 19–20 April 2016 | ||
| Play-off round | 21 April 2016 (Cairo, Egypt) | 6–8 May 2016 | 17–18 May 2016 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 24 May 2016 (Cairo, Egypt) | 17–19 June 2016 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28–29 June 2016 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 15–17 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26–27 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 12–14 August 2016 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 23–24 August 2016 | |||
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 16–18 September 2016 | 23–25 September 2016 | |
| Final | 28–30 October 2016 | 4–6 November 2016 |
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Preliminary round
Notes
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo | 1–0 | Rwanda Police | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança Angola | 2–1 | Mozambique Liga Desportiva de Maputo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| MC Oran Algeria | 4–2 | Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Kawkab Marrakech Morocco | 3–2 | Liberia Barrack Young Controllers II | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Bidvest Wits South Africa | 3–7 | Tanzania Azam | 0–3 | 3–4 |
| Renaissance Chad | 0–7 | Tunisia Espérance de Tunis | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Harare City Zimbabwe | 2–5 | Zambia Zanaco | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Stade Gabèsien Tunisia | 2–1 | Guinea AS Kaloum | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Nasarawa United Nigeria | 2–4 | Algeria CS Constantine | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| Misr Lel Makkasa Egypt | 3–2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo CS Don Bosco | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2–2 (a) | Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Ittihad Tripoli Libya | 1–2 | Ghana Medeama | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| UMS de Loum Cameroon | 2–3 | Morocco FUS Rabat | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| SC Villa Uganda | 5–0 | Zanzibar JKU | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Olympic Burundi | 0–5 | Gabon CF Mounana | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Africa Sports Ivory Coast | 1–6 | Egypt ENPPI | 0–2 | 1–4 |
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo | 1–4 | Angola Sagrada Esperança | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| MC Oran Algeria | 0–1 | Morocco Kawkab Marrakech | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Azam Tanzania | 2–4 | Tunisia Espérance de Tunis | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Zanaco Zambia | 1–4 | Tunisia Stade Gabèsien | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| CS Constantine Algeria | 2–3 | Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan | 0–2 | Ghana Medeama | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| FUS Rabat Morocco | 7–1 | Uganda SC Villa | 7–0 | 0–1 |
| CF Mounana Gabon | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Egypt ENPPI | 2–0 | 0–2 |
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO Béjaïa Algeria | 1–1 (a) | Tunisia Espérance de Tunis | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Stade Malien Mali | 0–4 | Morocco FUS Rabat | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Étoile du Sahel Tunisia | 2–1 | Gabon CF Mounana | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2–2 (a) | Tunisia Stade Gabèsien | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya | 1–1 (a) | Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Merrikh Sudan | 1–2 | Morocco Kawkab Marrakech | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Young Africans Tanzania | 2–1 | Angola Sagrada Esperança | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa | 3–3 (a) | Ghana Medeama | 3–1 | 0–2 |
Notes
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.
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 semi-finals.
| 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 would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21): Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Away goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. |
Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | MOB | MED | YAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Algeria MO Béjaïa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Ghana Medeama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Tanzania Young Africans | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FUS | ESS | KAC | AHL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco FUS Rabat | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Morocco Kawkab Marrakech | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Algeria MO Béjaïa (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Morocco FUS Rabat | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Algeria MO Béjaïa | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étoile du Sahel Tunisia | 1–1 (a) | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| MO Béjaïa Algeria | 1–1 (a) | Morocco FUS Rabat | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.
| TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4–1 | Algeria MO Béjaïa |
|---|---|---|
| Bokadi 7' Kalaba 44', 62' Bolingi 77' | Khadir 75' |
TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
See also
External links
- , CAFonline.com