2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates13 February – 3 April 2022
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored116 (2.42 per match)

The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage were played from 13 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.

Times are in local times.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 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 next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.[1]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 45
Morocco RS Berkane 41
Egypt Pyramids 31
Eswatini Royal Leopards[note 1] 28
Pot 2
Team Pts
Tanzania Simba 24
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 21
Cameroon Coton Sport 16
South Africa Orlando Pirates 16
Pot 3
Team Pts
Egypt Al Masry 14
Zambia Zanaco 10
Algeria JS Saoura 6
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 5
Pot 4
Team Pts
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 3
Republic of the Congo AS Otohô 1.5
Libya Al Ittihad –
Niger USGN –

Format

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

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):[3]

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

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 13 February 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 20 February 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 27 February 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 13 March 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 20 March 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 3 April 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL PYR CSS ZAN
1 Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13[a] Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–1 2–0
2 Egypt Pyramids 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13[a] 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 1–0
4 Zambia Zanaco 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 2–3 0–2 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0
Pyramids Egypt2–1Libya Al Ahli Tripoli
 Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Zambia Zanaco
 Report
Zanaco Zambia0–2Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya2–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Pyramids Egypt1–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya2–0Zambia Zanaco
 Report
Zanaco Zambia2–3Libya Al Ahli Tripoli
 Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–1Egypt Pyramids
 Report
Zanaco Zambia1–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya1–0Egypt Pyramids
 Report
Pyramids Egypt1–0Zambia Zanaco
 Report

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORL ITT JSS ROL
1 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–0 3–0
2 Libya Al Ittihad 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 3–2 — 1–1 3–2
3 Algeria JS Saoura 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 0–2 1–0 — 2–0
4 Eswatini Royal Leopards 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0 2–6 1–2 0–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Orlando Pirates South Africa2–0Algeria JS Saoura
 Report
Al Ittihad Libya3–2South Africa Orlando Pirates
 Report
JS Saoura Algeria2–0Eswatini Royal Leopards
 Report
Al Ittihad Libya1–1Algeria JS Saoura
 Report
JS Saoura Algeria1–0Libya Al Ittihad
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al Ittihad Libya3–2Eswatini Royal Leopards
 Report
JS Saoura Algeria0–2South Africa Orlando Pirates
Report
Orlando Pirates South Africa0–0Libya Al Ittihad
Report

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM MAS ASO COT
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 1–0
2 Egypt Al Masry 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 10 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
3 Republic of the Congo AS Otohô 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 2–2 1–0 — 1–1
4 Cameroon Coton Sport 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3 2–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Coton Sport Cameroon0–0Egypt Al Masry
Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Republic of the Congo AS Otohô
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
Al Masry Egypt2–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
AS Otohô Republic of the Congo1–0Egypt Al Masry
 Report
Coton Sport Cameroon2–2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Al Masry Egypt1–0Republic of the Congo AS Otohô
 Report
Al Masry Egypt2–0Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
AS Otohô Republic of the Congo2–2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Egypt Al Masry
 Report
Coton Sport Cameroon0–1Republic of the Congo AS Otohô
Report

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB SIM ASE USG
1 Morocco RS Berkane 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10[a] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 5–3
2 Tanzania Simba 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10[a] 1–0 — 3–1 4–0
3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 3–1 3–0 — 2–1
4 Niger USGN 6 1 2 3 9 14 −5 5 2–2 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: RS Berkane 3, Simba 3. Head-to-head goal differences: RS Berkane +1, Simba -1
Simba Tanzania3–1Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
 Report
RS Berkane Morocco5–3Niger USGN
 Report
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast3–1Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
USGN Niger1–1Tanzania Simba
 Report
USGN Niger2–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
 Report
RS Berkane Morocco2–0Tanzania Simba
 Report
Simba Tanzania1–0Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–1Niger USGN
 Report
USGN Niger2–2Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast3–0Tanzania Simba
 Report
RS Berkane Morocco1–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Simba Tanzania4–0Niger USGN
 Report

Notes

  1. ^ Since the identity of the winners of the play-off round tie between JS Kabylie and Royal Leopards was not known at the time of the draw, the ranking of the higher-ranked team (JS Kabylie (28 pts)) was used for seeding of the draw.[2]
  2. ^ a b c CS Sfaxien play their group stage home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  3. ^ The Royal Leopards v Al Ittihad match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 6 March 2022 due to Royal Leopards late qualification.
  4. ^ a b c Royal Leopards F.C. play their group stage home matches at Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela (South Africa), instead of their regular home stadium Simunye Park, Simunye, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ^ a b c JS Saoura play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  6. ^ AS Otohô v Coton Sport match, originally scheduled to be played on 20 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b c AS Otohô play their group stage home matches at Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa (DR Congo), instead of their regular home stadium Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat, Brazzaville (Congo), which did not meet CAF requirements.
  8. ^ a b c ASEC Mimosas play their group stage home matches at Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou (Benin), instead of their regular home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

  1. ^ "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "كأس الكونفيدرالية .. تأجيل مباراة شبيبة القبائل ورويال ليوبار" [CAF Confederation Cup: JS Kabylie tie against Royal Leopards postponed] (in Arabic). Sada El Balad. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.