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2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage were played from 13 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates13 February – 3 April 2022
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored116 (2.42 per match)

Times are in local times.

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 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 next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.[1]

Pot 1
Team Pts
  TP Mazembe 45
  RS Berkane 41
  Pyramids 31
  Royal Leopards[note 1] 28
Pot 2
Team Pts
  Simba 24
  CS Sfaxien 21
  Coton Sport 16
  Orlando Pirates 16
Pot 3
Team Pts
  Al Masry 14
  Zanaco 10
  JS Saoura 6
  ASEC Mimosas 5
Pot 4
Team Pts
  Al Ahli Tripoli 3
  AS Otohô 1.5
  Al Ittihad –
  USGN –

Format edit

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 edit

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):[3]

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 edit

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 13 February 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 20 February 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 27 February 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 13 March 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 20 March 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 3 April 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL PYR CSS ZAN
1   Al Ahli Tripoli 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13[a] Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13[a] 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
3   CS Sfaxien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 1–0
4   Zanaco 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 2–3 0–2 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0
Pyramids  2–1  Al Ahli Tripoli
  • Issa   56'
  • El Karti   78'
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CS Sfaxien  1–0  Zanaco
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Zanaco  0–2  Pyramids
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Al Ahli Tripoli  2–1  CS Sfaxien
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Pyramids  1–0  CS Sfaxien
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Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Al Ahli Tripoli  2–0  Zanaco
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Zanaco  2–3  Al Ahli Tripoli
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CS Sfaxien  1–1  Pyramids
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Zanaco  1–0  CS Sfaxien
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Al Ahli Tripoli  1–0  Pyramids
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Pyramids  1–0  Zanaco
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Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORL ITT JSS ROL
1   Orlando Pirates 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–0 3–0
2   Al Ittihad 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 3–2 — 1–1 3–2
3   JS Saoura 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 0–2 1–0 — 2–0
4   Royal Leopards 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0 2–6 1–2 0–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Orlando Pirates  2–0  JS Saoura
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Al Ittihad  3–2  Orlando Pirates
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JS Saoura  2–0  Royal Leopards
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Al Ittihad  1–1  JS Saoura
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Royal Leopards  2–6  Orlando Pirates
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Orlando Pirates  3–0  Royal Leopards
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JS Saoura  1–0  Al Ittihad
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al Ittihad  3–2  Royal Leopards
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JS Saoura  0–2  Orlando Pirates
Report
Orlando Pirates  0–0  Al Ittihad
Report

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM MAS ASO COT
1   TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 1–0
2   Al Masry 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 10 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
3   AS Otohô 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 2–2 1–0 — 1–1
4   Coton Sport 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3 2–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Coton Sport  0–0  Al Masry
Report
TP Mazembe  1–0  AS Otohô
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
Al Masry  2–0  TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
TP Mazembe  1–0  Coton Sport
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AS Otohô  1–0  Al Masry
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Coton Sport  2–2  TP Mazembe
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Al Masry  1–0  AS Otohô
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Al Masry  2–0  Coton Sport
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Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
AS Otohô  2–2  TP Mazembe
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TP Mazembe  2–0  Al Masry
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Coton Sport  0–1  AS Otohô
Report

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB SIM ASE USG
1   RS Berkane 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10[a] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 5–3
2   Simba 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10[a] 1–0 — 3–1 4–0
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 3–1 3–0 — 2–1
4   USGN 6 1 2 3 9 14 −5 5 2–2 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: RS Berkane 3, Simba 3. Head-to-head goal differences: RS Berkane +1, Simba -1
Simba  3–1  ASEC Mimosas
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RS Berkane  5–3  USGN
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ASEC Mimosas  3–1  RS Berkane
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USGN  1–1  Simba
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USGN  2–0  ASEC Mimosas
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RS Berkane  2–0  Simba
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Simba  1–0  RS Berkane
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ASEC Mimosas  2–1  USGN
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USGN  2–2  RS Berkane
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ASEC Mimosas  3–0  Simba
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RS Berkane  1–0  ASEC Mimosas
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Simba  4–0  USGN
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Notes edit

  1. ^ Since the identity of the winners of the play-off round tie between JS Kabylie and Royal Leopards was not known at the time of the draw, the ranking of the higher-ranked team (JS Kabylie (28 pts)) was used for seeding of the draw.[2]
  2. ^ a b c CS Sfaxien play their group stage home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  3. ^ The Royal Leopards v Al Ittihad match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 6 March 2022 due to Royal Leopards late qualification.
  4. ^ a b c Royal Leopards F.C. play their group stage home matches at Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa), instead of their regular home stadium Simunye Park, Simunye, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ^ a b c JS Saoura play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  6. ^ AS Otohô v Coton Sport match, originally scheduled to be played on 20 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b c AS Otohô play their group stage home matches at Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa (DR Congo), instead of their regular home stadium Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat, Brazzaville (Congo), which did not meet CAF requirements.
  8. ^ a b c ASEC Mimosas play their group stage home matches at Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou (Benin), instead of their regular home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), which did not meet CAF requirements.

References edit

  1. ^ "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "كأس الكونفيدرالية .. تأجيل مباراة شبيبة القبائل ورويال ليوبار" [CAF Confederation Cup: JS Kabylie tie against Royal Leopards postponed] (in Arabic). Sada El Balad. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

External links edit


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