Английская Википедия:2018 CAF Confederation Cup
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The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 15th 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.
Raja Casablanca won the title for the first time, defeating AS Vita Club in the final, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Champions League in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.[2]
TP Mazembe were the two-time defending champions, but as they qualified for the 2018 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.
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 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2012–2016 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]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winners | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runners-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:
- 2016 – 5
- 2015 – 4
- 2014 – 3
- 2013 – 2
- 2012 – 1
Teams
The following 54 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.[4]
- Teams in bold received a bye to the first round.
- The other teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2012–2016 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
- Notes
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A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2018 CAF Champions League entered the play-off round.
- Associations which did not enter a team
- Шаблон:Flagicon Cape Verde
- Шаблон:Flagicon Central African Republic
- Шаблон:Flagicon Chad
- Шаблон:Flagicon Eritrea
- Шаблон:Flagicon Guinea-Bissau
- Шаблон:Flagicon Lesotho
- Шаблон:Flagicon Namibia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Réunion
- Шаблон:Flagicon São Tomé and Príncipe
- Шаблон:Flagicon Sierra Leone
- Шаблон:Flagicon Somalia
- Шаблон:Flagicon Togo
- Шаблон:Flagicon Uganda
- Шаблон:Flagicon Zimbabwe
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[5] The regulations were modified with an additional draw before the quarter-finals.[6] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[7]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 13 December 2017 (Cairo, Egypt)[4] |
9–11 February 2018 | 20–21 February 2018 |
| First round | 6–7 March 2018 | 16–18 March 2018 | ||
| Play-off round | 21 March 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)[8] |
6–8 April 2018 | 17–18 April 2018 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 21 April 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)[9] |
6 May 2018 | |
| Matchday 2 | 16 May 2018 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 18 July 2018 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 29 July 2018 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 19 August 2018 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 29 August 2018 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 3 September 2018 (Cairo, Egypt)[10] |
16 September 2018 | 23 September 2018 |
| Semi-finals | 3 October 2018 | 24 October 2018 | ||
| Final | 25 November 2018 | 2 December 2018 | ||
Qualifying rounds
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Preliminary round
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First round
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Play-off round
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Group stage
Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Trim 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.
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Group A
2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Group B
2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Group C
2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Group D
2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Knockout stage
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Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Top goalscorers
See also
References
External links
- Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018, CAFonline.com
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