- Source: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 14th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Starting from this season, the group stage was expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four, and the knockout stage expanded from 4 to 8 teams.
Defending champions TP Mazembe, which entered the Confederation Cup after losing in the 2017 CAF Champions League first round, defeated Supersport United in the final, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League in the 2018 CAF Super Cup.
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. 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 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2011–2015 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:
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
2015 – 5
2014 – 4
2013 – 3
2012 – 2
2011 – 1
Teams
The following 52 teams from 40 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 2011–2015 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2017 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.
Associations which did not enter a team
Notably one team takes part in the competition that does not currently play in their national top-division. They are MAS Fez (2nd tier).
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).
The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates:
Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September
Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September
Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 21 December 2016 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
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
== First round
=The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.
Notes:
= Play-off round
=The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 March 2017, 11:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg.
The 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. 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).
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.
= Group A
== Group B
== Group C
== Group D
=Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the eight 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
== Quarter-finals
=In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
= Semi-finals
=In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.
= 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 won 2–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
See also
2017 CAF Champions League
2018 CAF Super Cup
References
External links
Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com
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