CAF Confederation Cup: 15 teams qualify for group stage

The following teams are through to the group stage of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup after matches were concluded on Sunday in the second-leg, play-off round, played across Africa.

The qualifiers are defending champions RS Berkane of Morocco, Raja Casablanca of Morocco, Enyimba of Nigeria, Pyramids of Egypt, CS Sfaxien of Tunisia, ES Sétif of Algeria, JS Kabylie of Algeria, Orlando Pirates of South Africa, Coton Sport of Cameroon, Al Ahly Benghazi of Libya, ASC Diaraf of Senegal, NAPSA Stars of Zambia, Salitas of Burkina Faso, Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia, and Nkana of Zambia.

RS Berkane advanced directly to the group stage as the winners of the first round with the best CAF 5-Year Ranking following Gazelle’s withdrawal from the competition after being transferred from the Champions League.

Namungo FC (Tanzania) vs 1º de Agosto, Angola, is postponed.

Here are the second-leg results. First-leg results are in brackets.

Rivers United, Nigeria 1-0 Enyimba, Nigeria (0-1) – Enyimba through on 5-4 penalties.

ASC Diaraf, Senegal 1-0 FC Platinum, Zimbabwe (1-0) – Diaraf through on 2-0 aggregate.

US Monastir, Tunisia 1-0 Raja Casablanca, Morocco (0-1) – Raja qualify on 6-5 penalty shootout.

AS Kigali, Rwanda 1-1 CS Sfaxien, Tunisia (1-4) – Sfaxien qualified on 5-1 aggregate.

TAS Casablanca, Morocco 2-1 Nkana, Zambia (0-2) – Nkana qualify on 3-2 goals aggregate.

NAPSA Stars, Zambia 2-2 Gor Mahia, Kenya (1-0) – NAPSA qualify on 3-2 aggregate.

Salitas, Burkina Faso 3-1 vs AS Bouenguidi, Gabon (0-1) – Salitas qualify on 3-2 aggregate.

ES Sétif, Algeria 0-0 Asante Kotoko, Ghana (2-1) – ES Sétif through qualify on 2-1 aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia walk over Young Buffaloes, Eswatini (2-1) – win by walk over after winning the first leg 2-1.

Coton Sport, Cameroon 1-0 AS SONIDEP, Niger (1-0) – Coton Sport through on 2-0 aggregate.

DC Motema Pembe, DR Congo 1-1 Al Ahly Benghazi, Libya (1-1) – Benghazi through on 8-7 penalty shootout.

JS Kabylie, Algeria 1-0 Stade Malien, Mali (1-2) – JS Kabylie qualify on away goals rule.

Pyramids, Egypt 2-0 RC Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (2-0) – Pyramids advance on 4-0 aggregate win.

Orlando Pirates, South Africa 1-0 Jwaneng Galaxy, Botswana (3-0) – Orlando Pirates through on 4-0 aggregate.

The draw for the group stage will be held on 22 February, 2021, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

(PANA/NAN)

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