The 2018 THB Champions League was the 52nd season of the THB Champions League, the top level football competition in Madagascar. The season began on 22 June 2018 and ended on 23 September 2018.[1]
Qualification
For the 2018 THB Champions League, 24 teams qualified to the tournament. All 22 regional league champions and 2 regional league runner-ups qualified to the tournament. Itasy provided the 2017 champions and Boeny provided the 2017 cup champions, so the runner-ups of the Itasy and Boeny regional leagues qualified to the tournament. Racing Soma Beach was runner-up of the Boeny regional league, while RTS-Jet Mada was runner-up of the Itasy regional league. The teams that won their regional leagues are:
All the teams above and the runner-ups of the Boeny and Itasy leagues qualified to the tournament.
Format
The format for the 2018 THB Champions League had 3 phases. 24 teams qualified to the tournament.
In Phase 1, all 24 teams would be separated in 4 groups of 6 teams. In each group, the teams play a round-robin, then after all the matches ends, the first 3 out of 6 teams in the groups qualify to the Phase 2. In Phase 2, the 12 teams qualified would be separated in 2 groups of 6 teams. In each group, the teams play a round-robin, then after all the matches ends, the first 2 out of all teams in the groups qualify to the Poule des As (final phase). In the Poule des As, the teams play a home and away round-robin, then the first place in the group becomes champions.
Phase 1
Played between 22 June and 1 July. Final standings: [1]