2012 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

2012 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates4 August – 21 October 2012
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored58 (2.42 per match)
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The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup group stage matches took place between August and October 2012.[1] The matchdays were 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, 14–16 September, 5–7 October, and 19–21 October.[2]

The group stage featured the eight winners from the play-off round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Seeding

The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2012, 14:00 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[4] For the group stage draw, the winners of the play-off round ties involving the two teams seeded in the play-off round (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking)[5] were seeded into Pot 1, and the winners of the remaining ties were seeded into Pot 2. Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.[6]

Play-off round ties
Team 1 (CL 2nd round losers) v Team 2 (CC 2nd round winners)
Pot 1 (top seed) Maghreb de Fès Morocco Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
(top seed) Al-Hilal Sudan Mali Cercle Olympique de Bamako
Pot 2 AFAD Djékanou Ivory Coast Morocco Wydad AC
Al-Merreikh Sudan South Africa Black Leopards
Djoliba Mali Tunisia Club Africain
Dynamos Zimbabwe Angola Interclube
Stade Malien Mali Morocco CODM Meknès
Coton Sport Cameroon Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
Notes
  • Winners of each tie shown in bold

Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:[3]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. Goals scored in all games

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sudan Al-Merreikh 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14
Sudan Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11
Angola Interclube 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5
Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3
Al-Merreikh Sudan1–0Angola Interclube
El-Basha 86' Report
Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)
Al-Hilal Sudan1–1Sudan Al-Merreikh
Sadomba 46' Report Osunwa 45+1'
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Interclube Angola0–1Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
Report Yakubu 84'
Referee: Rainhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Al-Merreikh Sudan2–0Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
Osunwa 70'
El-Basha 82'		 Report
Referee: Ghead Grisha (Egypt)
Interclube Angola1–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Kialunda 35' Report Sadomba 71'
Referee: Anthony Ramsy Raphael (Malawi)
Al-Hilal Sudan3–0Angola Interclube
Sané 13'
Mudather 32'
Muhannad 42'		 Report
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan0–1Sudan Al-Merreikh
Report Eder Lima 75'
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Al-Hilal Sudan2–0Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
Sadomba 42', 70' Report
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Interclube Angola0–0Sudan Al-Merreikh
Report
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)
Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan1–2Angola Interclube
Sadam 8' (pen.) Report Joél Mpongo 5' (pen.)
Moco 64'
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Al-Merreikh Sudan3–2Sudan Al-Hilal
Abdalla 10'
Sakuwaha 15' (pen.), 83'		 Report Muhannad 40', 90+2'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mali Djoliba 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9
Morocco Wydad AC 6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6
Mali Stade Malien 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo1–1Morocco Wydad AC
Moukassa 10' Report El Mnassfi 60'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Stade Malien Mali0–2Mali Djoliba
Report Y. Coulibaly 4'
Cissé 70'
Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)
Djoliba Mali1–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Bagayoko 65' Report Bhebey Ndey 4'
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)
Wydad AC Morocco1–1Mali Stade Malien
Lakhal 43' Report M. Coulibaly 87'
Referee: Mohammed Farouk (Egypt)
Stade Malien Mali1–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Cissé 35' Report Lakolo 41'
Referee: Ali Kalyango (Uganda)
Djoliba Mali2–1Morocco Wydad AC
Bagayoko 76'
Sidibé 90+4' (pen.)		 Report Houassi 38'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
Wydad AC Morocco1–2Mali Djoliba
El Mnassfi 25' Report Bagayoko 11'
A. Bangoura 90+2'
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo1–0Mali Stade Malien
Gandzé 25' Report
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Wydad AC Morocco3–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Koné 21'
El Hillali 53'
El Mnassfi 90+1'		 Report Bhebey Ndey 73'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
Djoliba Mali2–1Mali Stade Malien
Traoré 44' (pen.)
I. Bangoura 72' (pen.)		 Report Diarra 66'
Referee: Said Kordi (Tunisia)
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo3–0Mali Djoliba
Kombo 8'
Lakolo 66'
Kivouri 78'		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

References

  1. ^ "Dates fixed for Inter-clubs Competitions 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Orange Confederation Cup fixtures" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ "CAF interclubs final draw result". Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Orange Champions League and Orange Confederation Cup club ranking" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Orange Confederation Cup Draw procedure" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.