Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honor |
Algeria | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | ES Sétif | MC Alger | 8th | 2014–15 |
Angola | 2017 Girabola | 1º de Agosto | Petro de Luanda | 11th | 2016 |
Benin | 2017 Benin Premier League | Buffles du Borgou | Energie FC | 4th | 2013-14 |
Botswana | 2016–17 Botswana Premier League | Township Rollers | Galaxy FC | 14th | 2015–16 |
Burkina Faso | 2016–17 Burkinabé Premier League | Rail Club du Kadiogo | Étoile Filante | 3rd | 2015-16 |
Burundi | 2016–17 Burundi Premier League | Le Messager | LLB S4A FC | 1st | – |
Cameroon | 2017 Elite One | Eding Sport | Coton Sport | 1st | – |
Cape Verde | 2017 Cape Verdean Football Championships | Sporting Clube da Praia | Ultramarina Tarrafal (São Nicolau) | 13th | 2012 |
Central African Republic | 2016–17 Central African Republic League | Olympic Real de Bangui | Anges de Fatima | 10th | 2012 |
Chad | 2017 LINAFOOT | Gazelle FC | Foullah Edifice FC | 4th | 2015 |
Comoros | 2017 Comoros Premier League | Ngaya Club de Mdé | Belle Lumière | 1st | — |
Congo | 2017 Ligue 1 | AC Léopards | AS Otôho d'Oyo | 4th | 2016 |
DR Congo | 2016–17 Linafoot | TP Mazembe | AS Vita Club | 16th | 2015–16 |
Djibouti | 2016–17 Djibouti Premier League | Garde Républicaine FC | Bahache/Université de Djibouti | 1st | — |
Egypt | 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League | Al Ahly | Misr Lel-Makkasa | 39th | 2015–16 |
Equatorial Guinea | 2017 Equatoguinean Primera División | Vegetarianos FC | FC Bata | 1st | — |
Ethiopia | 2016–17 Ethiopian Premier League | Kedus Giorgis | Dedebit | 28th | 2015-16 |
Gabon | 2016–17 Gabon Championnat National D1 | Mounana | Mangasport | 2nd | 2011-12 |
Gambia | 2016–17 GFA League First Division | GAMTEL | Fortune (Farato) | 1st | – |
Ghana | 2017 Ghanaian Premier League | Aduana Stars | WAFA | 2nd | 2009-10 |
Guinea | 2016–17 Guinée Championnat National | Horoya AC | Wakirya AC | 16th | 2015-16 |
Guinea-Bissau | 2016–17 Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau | Benfica de Bissau | Nuno Tristão de Bula | 1st | – |
Ivory Coast | 2016–17 Ligue 1 | ASEC Mimosas | WAC | 25th | 2010 |
Kenya | 2017 Kenyan Premier League | Gor Mahia | Tusker | 16th | 2015 |
Lesotho | 2016–17 Lesotho Premier League | Bantu | Lioli | 2nd | 2013–14 |
Liberia | 2016–17 Liberian First Division League | LISCR FC | Barrack Young Controllers | 3rd | 2011-12 |
Madagascar | 2017 THB Champions League | CNaPS Sports | AS St.-Michel Elgeco Plus | 1st | – |
Malawi | 2017 Malawi Premier Division | Be Forward Wanderers | Nyasa Big Bullets FC | 1st | – |
Mali | 2017 Malian Première Division | Stade Malien | USC Kita | 1st | – |
Mauritania | 2016–17 Ligue 1 Mauritania | ASAC Concorde | FC Tevragh-Zeïne | 2nd | 2008 |
Mauritius | 2016–17 Mauritian Premier League | Pamplemousses SC | Petite Rivière Noire FC | 4th | 2012 |
Morocco | 2016–17 Botola | Wydad Casablanca | Difaâ El Jadidi | 14th | 2014–15 |
Mozambique | 2017 Moçambola | Songo | Costa do Sol | 1st | – |
Niger | 2016–17 Niger Premier League | AS FAN | US Gendarmerie Nationale | 5th | 2010 |
Nigeria | 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League | Plateau United | MFM | 1st | – |
Rwanda | 2016–17 Rwanda National Football League | Rayon Sports F.C. | Police FC | 8th | 2013 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 2017 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship | UDRA | GD Os Operários | 2nd | 2014 |
Senegal | 2016–17 Senegal Premier League | Génération Foot | Guédiawaye | 1st | 2016–17 |
Seychelles | 2017 Seychelles First Division | Saint Louis Suns United | Côte d'Or | 15th | 1994 |
Somalia | 2016–17 Somali First Division | Dekedda SC | Banaadir SC | 1st | – |
South Africa | 2016–17 South African Premier Division | Bidvest Wits | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1st | — |
South Sudan | 2017 South Sudan Football Championship | Wau Salaam FC | Kator FC | 1st | – |
Sudan | 2017 Sudan Premier League | Al-Hilal | Al-Merreikh | 26th | 2016 |
Swaziland | 2016–17 Swazi Premier League | Mbabane Swallows | Young Buffaloes | 6th | 2013 |
Tanzania | 2016–17 Tanzanian Premier League | Young Africans | Simba SC | 27th | 2015–16 |
Togo | 2016–17 Togolese Championnat National | AS Togo-Port | AC Sèmassi de Sokodé | 1st | – |
Tunisia | 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | Espérance de Tunis | Étoile du Sahel | 27th | 2013–14 |
Uganda | 2016–17 Uganda Super League | KCCA | SC Villa | 12th | 2015-16 |
Zambia | 2017 Zambian Premier League | ZESCO United | Zanaco | 6th | 2015 |
Zimbabwe | 2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League | Platinum | Dynamos | 1st | – |