2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored122 (2.54 per match)
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The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4][5] 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).[6]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams

Format

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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

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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):[2]

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

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The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1][7]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 12–14 May 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 23–24 May 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 2–4 June 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 20–21 June 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 30 June – 2 July 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 7–9 July 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAF FUS KCC RIV
1 Tunisia Club Africain 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 2–1 4–0 3–1
2 Morocco FUS Rabat 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9[a] 2–1 — 3–0 2–1
3 Uganda KCCA 6 3 0 3 8 12 −4 9[a] 2–1 3–1 — 2–1
4 Nigeria Rivers United 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 0–2 1–0 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.
FUS Rabat Morocco3–0Uganda KCCA
 Report
Club Africain Tunisia3–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
KCCA Uganda2–1Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
FUS Rabat Morocco2–1Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
KCCA Uganda2–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
Club Africain Tunisia2–1Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
KCCA Uganda3–1Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
FUS Rabat Morocco2–1Nigeria Rivers United
 Report
Club Africain Tunisia4–0Uganda KCCA
 Report

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS MCA MBS PST
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 Quarter-finals — 4–0 1–0 3–0
2 Algeria MC Alger 6 3 2 1 7 7 0 11 2–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 1–3 0–0 — 4–2
4 South Africa Platinum Stars 6 0 3 3 6 13 −7 3 1–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Platinum Stars South Africa1–1Algeria MC Alger
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini4–2South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
MC Alger Algeria2–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini0–0Algeria MC Alger
Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia3–0South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
MC Alger Algeria2–1Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Platinum Stars South Africa1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
MC Alger Algeria2–0South Africa Platinum Stars
 Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4–0Algeria MC Alger
 Report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZES HLU RLB SMO
1 Zambia ZESCO United 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10[a] Quarter-finals — 3–0 (awd.)[b] 1–0 1–0
2 Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[a] 1–0 — 2–0 2–1
3 Angola Recreativo do Libolo 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 3–0 1–0 — 0–0
4 Egypt Smouha 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
  2. ^ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.[9]
ZESCO United Zambia1–0Egypt Smouha
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Smouha Egypt2–0Angola Recreativo do Libolo
 Report
El-Hilal El-Obeid Sudan1–0Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Smouha Egypt1–1Sudan El-Hilal El-Obeid
 Report
El-Hilal El-Obeid Sudan2–1Egypt Smouha
 Report
Smouha Egypt1–1Zambia ZESCO United
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ZESCO United Zambia3–0
Awarded		Sudan El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM SSU HOR MOU
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 South Africa SuperSport United 6 2 4 0 13 8 +5 10 0–0 — 2–2 4–1
3 Guinea Horoya 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 0–0 — 1–0
4 Gabon CF Mounana 6 0 0 6 4 14 −10 0 0–1 3–5 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
SuperSport United South Africa2–2Guinea Horoya
 Report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Gabon CF Mounana
 Report
CF Mounana Gabon3–5South Africa SuperSport United
 Report
Horoya Guinea1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
CF Mounana Gabon0–1Guinea Horoya
Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2South Africa SuperSport United
 Report
Horoya Guinea1–0Gabon CF Mounana
 Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
Horoya Guinea0–0South Africa SuperSport United
Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Guinea Horoya
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

References

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  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Draw results for CC group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.
  8. ^ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.
  11. ^ "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.
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