2011 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

This was a knock-out stage of the 40 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

First legs: 28–30 January 2011; Second legs: 11–13 and 25–27 February 2011.

ASC Tevragh-Zeïna won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Poathy Kiende Claude Mvé Mintsa

Missile won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Bienvenue Kombo

AC Léopards won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Ibrahima Diakhaté

Donald Wellington Becaye Kama

Touré Kunda Footpro won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Charaf Eddine Attia

Abobakr Rajeb Bouchouk

4–4 on aggregate; Al-Nasr won on penalties and advanced to the first round.

0–0 on aggregate; Sahel SC won on penalties and advanced to the first round.

Kader Fall Idriss Belamri

Maghreb de Fès won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Ashanti Gold won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Saker

Foullah Edifice won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

0–0 on aggregate; Sofapaka won on penalties and advanced to the first round.

Nchanga Rangers advanced to the first round after Highlanders withdrew following the first leg.

1–1 on aggregate; AS Adema won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

Godfrey Serunkuma Sibusiso Vilakazi

Wits won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Mahdi Kernas

3–3 on aggregate; Difaa El Jadida won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

Willy Namedji

Zaaf Gnoumou Ernest Yélémou

USFA won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Africa Sports won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Clovis Ngalame Edwin Mbon Ayuk

Tiko United won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Salakiaku Matondo Rino Inassawa

Bokota Labama

Motema Pembe won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

2–2 on aggregate; Victors won on penalties and advanced to the first round.

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Temesgan Tekle

Dedebit won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

This was a knock-out stage of 32 teams; the 20 teams advancing from the preliminary round, and 12 teams that received byes to this round.

First legs: 18–20 March 2011; Second legs: 1–3 April 2011.

JS Kabylie won 3–1 on aggregate and advances to the second round.

Dany Karl Max

Missile won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Bena

1º de Agosto won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Alaa Masskini

Cheikh Tidiane Samb

FUS Rabat won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Al-Khartoum advanced to the second round after Al-Nasr withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya, but match did not take place.

Mohamed Chihani

Maghreb de Fès won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Danilo Petrolli Bueno

Etoile Sahel won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Linus Adams

Kaduna United won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Hosny Abd Rabo

Bob Mugalia
Titus Mulama
Patrick Kagogo

Sofapaka won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Tady Agiti

Saint Eloi Lupopo won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Note: First leg originally played on 20 March 2011 (kick-off 15:00 UTC+02:00), but abandoned after half-time with score 0–0 due to torrential rain, and replayed the next day.

Tita

AS Adema won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Ibrahima Camara

Abdessamad Rafik

Difaa El Jadida won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

USFA advanced to the second round after Africa Sports withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg (at Accra, Ghana on 3 April 2011) due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire. but match did not take place.

Ajani Ibrahim

Sunshine Stars won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Motema Pembe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Mohamed Halim Abdelrahman Mohie Ahmed Abdel-Ghani

Haras El Hodood won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

This was a knock-out stage of the 16 teams that advanced from the first round; winners advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers from the CAF Champions League second round.

First legs: 22–24 April 2011; Second legs 6–8 May 2011.

Claude Mvé Mintsa Max Dany-Karl

Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif Saad Tedjar Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti ? Momo Epandé

3–3 on aggregate; JS Kabylie won on penalties and advanced to the play-off round.

1º de Agosto won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.

Tarik Sektioui
Hamza Abourazzouk

Abd al-Hamied Ammari

Maghreb de Fès won 5–3 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.

Kaduna United advanced to the play-off round after being awarded the tie by CAF, as Etoile Sahel refused to travel to Nigeria for the first leg due to security concerns arising from rioting in the country following the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. First leg was scheduled to be played on 23 April 2011 in Abeokuta (moved from Kaduna by Kaduna United due to the rioting), but Etoile Sahel did not travel and asked the CAF for a postponement.

Oswald Kalamba

2–2 on aggregate; Sofapaka won on the away goals rule and advanced to the play-off round.

Abderrahim Chakir

Difaa El Jadida won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.

Sunshine Stars won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.

Ahmed Said

3–3 on aggregate; Motema Pembe won on penalties and advanced to the play-off round.

Play-off round

This was a knock-out stage of 16 teams: the eight teams that advanced from the second round, and the eight teams that were eliminated in the CAF Champions League second round. In each tie, a winner from the Confederation Cup second round would play against a loser from the Champions League second round, with the Confederation Cup winner hosting the second leg at home. Moreover, the top-seeded Confederation Cup winner and the top-seeded Champions League loser would not be drawn against each other. Winners advanced to the group stage.

;Winners from Confederation Cup second round

• ALG JS Kabylie (top seed)
• ANG 1º de Agosto
• COD Motema Pembe
• KEN Sofapaka
• MAR Difaa El Jadida
• MAR Maghreb de Fès
• NGA Kaduna United
• NGA Sunshine Stars ;Losers from Champions League second round
• ALG ES Sétif (top seed)
• ANG Interclube
• CIV ASEC Mimosas
• LBY Al-Ittihad
• SEN Diaraf
• TAN Simba (loser of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe)
• TUN Club Africain
• ZAM ZESCO United

First legs: 27–29 May 2011; Second legs: 10–12 June 2011.

Rabiu Baita

Kaduna United won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Saad Tedjar

JS Kabylie won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

John Baraza
John Onami

Club Africain won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Sunshine Stars advanced to the group stage. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya.

Maghreb de Fès won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Salakiaku Matondo

Motema Pembe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

ASEC Mimosas won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

Interclube won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.

References

References

1. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/interclub_2011_calendar.pdf Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011]
2. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/ccFIXTURE2011_doc.pdf Fixtures for preliminary round, first qualifying round, and second qualifying round]
3. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CC_draw_15_05_2011.pdf Draw of the 2nd 1/8th final; Draw of the Group Matches]
4. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/confederatio-cup.pdf Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup]
5. [http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/7892-cl-and-cc-matches-postponed.html CL and CC: matches postponed]
6. [http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/02/17/rangers-secure-chiefs-pirates-friendlies/ Zambia: Rangers Secure Chiefs and Pirates Friendlies]
7. [http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/8543-caf-interclubs-matches-venues-and-dates-reviewed.html CAF Interclubs matches venues and dates reviewed]
8. link. (2011-05-21)
9. [http://www.lefaso.net/spip.php?article41471&rubrique5 USFA # Africa Sport : Le forfait des Ivoiriens consommé]
10. [http://www.starafrica.com/fr/football/news/article/article/coupe-de-la-confederationcaf-lusfa-j-158422.html Coupe de la Confédération/CAF : L’Usfa jouera contre l'Africa sport d'Abidjan à Accra] {{webarchive. link. (2011-04-07)
11. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9470574.stm Etoile du Sahel out of Confed Cup]
12. [http://tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/sports/3973-presidential-election-crisis-fall-out-etoile-pulls-out-of-caf-cup-against-kaduna-utd-fc.html Presidential Election Crisis Fall-Out: Etoile Pulls Out Of CAF Cup Against Kaduna Utd FC] {{webarchive. link. (2011-04-25 (Nigerian Tribune))
13. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Procedures%20of%20the%20draw%20CC-%20EN.pdf Orange CAF Confederation Cup draw procedures]
14. [http://www.rfi.fr/afrique-foot/20110527-coupe-confederation-rattrapage-radies-ligue-champions Coupe de la Confédération: Rattrapage pour les radiés de la Ligue des champions]