2012 CAF Confederation Cup

2012 CAF Confederation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	18 February – 25 November 2012
Teams	48+8 (from 37 associations)
Final positions
Champions	AC Léopards (1st title)
Runners-up	Djoliba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	285 (2.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rudy Guélord Bhebey Ndey Ismaïla Diarra Edward Sadomba (5 goals)

The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

AC Léopards from the Republic of the Congo won their first title, defeating Djoliba from Mali with a 4–3 win on aggregate in the final. They earned the right to play in the 2013 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2006-10 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

Ranking system

CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:^[1]

	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup
Winner	5 points	4 points
Runner-up	4 points	3 points
Losing semi-finalists	3 points	2 points
3rd place in groups	2 points	1 point
4th place in groups	1 point	1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:

• 2010 – 5
• 2009 – 4
• 2008 – 3
• 2007 – 2
• 2006 – 1

Entrants list

Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking. The top sixteen sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.

Association	Club	Qualifying method
Associations with two entrants (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia (1st - 97 pts)	CS Sfaxien	2010–11 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
	Club Africain	2010–11 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
Egypt (2nd - 81 pts)	ENPPI (one entrant only)	2010–11 Egypt Cup winner
Congo DR (3rd - 60 pts)	Saint Eloi Lupopo	2011 Linafoot third place
	US Tshinkunku	2011 Coupe du Congo winner
Nigeria (4th - 58 pts)	Warri Wolves	2010–11 Nigeria Premier League third place
	Heartland	2011 Nigerian FA Cup winner
Sudan (5th - 47 pts)	Alamal Atbara	2011 Sudan Premier League third place
	Al-Ahly Shendi	2011 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Algeria (6th - 45 pts)	ES Sétif (one entrant only)	2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Morocco (7th - 27 pts)	Wydad Casablanca	2010–11 Botola third place
	CODM Meknès	2011 Coupe du Trône runner-up
Mali (8th - 21 pts)	AS Real Bamako	2010–11 Malian Première Division third place
	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	2011 Malian Cup winner
Zimbabwe (9th - 18 pts)	Motor Action	2011 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League third place
	Hwange	2011 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League fourth place
Cameroon (11th - 14 pts)	Union Douala	2010–11 Cameroonian Premier League third place
	Unisport Bafang	2011 Cameroonian Cup runner-up
Côte d'Ivoire (=12th - 13 pts)^†	Séwé Sports	2011 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division third place
	ASEC Mimosas	2011 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner
Associations with one entrant (Fewer ranking points than the 12th CAF association)
Angola (=12th - 13 pts)^†	Interclube	2011 Angola Cup winner
Zambia (=12th - 13 pts)^†	Red Arrows	2011 Zambian Premier League runner-up
Ghana (15th - 6 pts)	Nania	2010–11 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Niger (=16th - 5 pts)	Sahel SC	2011 Niger Cup winner
South Africa (=16th - 5 pts)	Black Leopards	2011 Nedbank Cup runner-up
Equatorial Guinea (18th - 1 pt)	Atlético Semu	2011 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Benin	Dragons	2011 Benin Cup winner
Botswana	Extension Gunners	2011 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winner
Burkina Faso	Étoile Filante	2011 Coupe du Faso winner
Burundi	LLB Académic	2011 Burundian Cup winner
Central African Republic	AS Tempête Mocaf	2011 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale winner
Chad	Renaissance	2011 Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména winner
Congo	AC Léopards	2011 Coupe du Congo de Foot-ball winner
Ethiopia	Saint George SA	2010–11 Ethiopian Cup winner
Gabon	AS Mangasport	2011 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner
Gambia	Gamtel	2011 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea	FC Séquence	2011 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner
Guinea-Bissau	ADR Desportivo de Mansabá	2011 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winner
Kenya	Gor Mahia	2011 FKL Cup winner
Liberia	Invincible Eleven	2011 Liberian Cup winner
Madagascar	Tana Formation	2011 Coupe de Madagascar runner-up
Mozambique	Ferroviário de Maputo	2011 Taça de Moçambique winner
Rwanda	Kiyovu Sports	2010–11 Rwandan Premier League runner-up
Senegal	Casa Sport	2011 Senegal FA Cup winner
Sierra Leone	FC Kallon	2011 Sierra Leone National Premier League runner-up
Swaziland	Royal Leopards	2011 Swazi Cup winner
Tanzania	Simba	2010–11 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up
Zanzibar	Jamhuri	2011 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up

Notes

• Associations that did not enter a team: Libya (seeded 10th with 16 ranking points and entitled to two entrants), Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, Togo, Uganda
• ^† According to the formula for calculating the CAF 5-Year Ranking, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, and Zambia are tied 12th place with 13 ranking points. As stated in local media reports, Côte d'Ivoire have two entrants,^[2] while Angola and Zambia have one entrant.^[3][4]
• Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 19th.

Moreover, eight losers from the 2012 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round:

• Coton Sport
• AFAD Djékanou
• Djoliba
• Stade Malien
• Maghreb de Fès
• Al-Hilal
• Al-Merreikh
• Dynamos

Round and draw dates

Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.^[5]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	9 December 2011 (Cairo, Egypt)	17–19 February	2–4 March
	First round		23–25 March	6–8 April
	Second round (1st Round of 16)		27–29 April	11–13 May
	Play-off round (2nd Round of 16)	15 May 2012 (Cairo, Egypt)[6]	29 June–1 July	13–15 July
Group stage	Matchday 1		3–5 August
	Matchday 2		17–19 August
	Matchday 3		31 August–2 September
	Matchday 4		14–16 September
	Matchday 5		5–7 October
	Matchday 6		19–21 October
Knock-out stage	Semifinals		2–4 November	9–11 November
	Final		16–18 November	23–25 November

Qualifying rounds

The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 9 December 2011.^[7]

Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time was played).^[8]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dragons	1–2	Étoile Filante	1–0	0–2
Nania	w/o^1	FC Séquence	—	—
Union Douala	1–2	FC Kallon	1–0	0–2
Black Leopards	3–1	Motor Action	1–1	2–0
Red Arrows	0–1	Royal Leopards	0–0	0–1
AS Mangasport	0–5	Saint George SA	0–1	0–4
Kiyovu Sports	2–3	Simba	1–1	1–2
Ferroviário de Maputo	4–0	Gor Mahia	3–0	1–0
Séwé Sports	0–1	Unisport Bafang	0–1	0–0
AC Léopards	4–2	AS Tempête Mocaf	2–0	2–2
LLB Académic	5–0	Atlético Semu	3–0	2–0
Renaissance	4–2	Sahel SC	2–0	2–2
ADR Desportivo de Mansabá	w/o^2	Invincible Eleven	—	—
Gamtel	1–1 (4–3 p)	Casa Sport	1–0	0–1
Extension Gunners	2–3	Tana Formation	2–1	0–2
Jamhuri	1–7	Hwange	0–3	1–4

Notes

• Note 1: FC Séquence advanced to the first round after Nania withdrew.
• Note 2: Invincible Eleven advanced to the first round after ADR Desportivo de Mansabá withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile Filante	2–4	ASEC Mimosas	2–2	0–2
FC Séquence	0–5	CODM Meknès	0–2	0–3
FC Kallon	0–2	Warri Wolves	0–0	0–2
Black Leopards	6–4	Saint Eloi Lupopo	4–2	2–2
Royal Leopards	3–2	US Tshinkunku	1–1	2–1
Saint George SA	1–3	Club Africain	1–1	0–2
Simba	3–3 (a)	ES Sétif	2–0	1–3
Ferroviário de Maputo	0–3	Al-Ahly Shendi	0–1	0–2
Unisport Bafang	1–2	Heartland	0–0	1–2
AC Léopards	3–2	CS Sfaxien	1–2	2–0
LLB Académic	2–5	ENPPI	1–1	1–4
Renaissance	4–5	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	3–2	1–3
Invincible Eleven	1–6	Wydad Casablanca	0–2	1–4
Gamtel	2–3	AS Real Bamako	1–0	1–3
Tana Formation	2–2 (5–6 p)	Inter Luanda	2–0	0–2
Hwange	1–1 (a)	Alamal Atbara	1–1	0–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (a)	CODM Meknès	1–1	0–0
Warri Wolves	3–3 (a)	Black Leopards	3–1	0–2
Royal Leopards	2–5	Club Africain	0–1	2–4
Simba	3–3 (8–9 p)	Al-Ahly Shendi	3–0	0–3
Heartland	4–4 (a)	AC Léopards	3–2	1–2
ENPPI	3–4	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	3–1	0–3
Wydad Casablanca	3–1	AS Real Bamako	3–0	0–1
Inter Luanda	6–1	Alamal Atbara	4–1	2–0

Play-off round

In the play-off round, the winners from the second round played against the losers from the 2012 CAF Champions League second round.^[8] The winners of the CAF Confederation Cup second round hosted the second leg at home.

The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2012.^[9] For the play-off round draw, two teams were seeded (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking),^[10] and for the group stage draw, the winners of the play-off round ties involving them 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.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maghreb de Fès	1–2	AC Léopards	1–0	0–2
Al-Hilal	3–0	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	2–0	1–0
AFAD Djékanou	0–1	Wydad Casablanca	0–1	0–0
Al-Merreikh	3–2	Black Leopards	3–2	0–0
Djoliba	2–2 (4–3 p)	Club Africain	2–0	0–2
Dynamos	0–1	Inter Luanda	0–0	0–1
Stade Malien	4–1	CODM Meknès	3–0	1–1
Coton Sport	1–2	Al-Ahly Shendi	1–0	0–2

Group stage

The matchdays were 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, 14–16 September, 5–7 October, and 19–21 October.^[12]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Merreikh 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Inter Luanda 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 Al-Ahly Shendi 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3

AHL HIL MER INT Al-Ahly Shendi — 1–2 0–1 1–2 Al-Hilal 2–0 — 1–1 3–0 Al-Merreikh 2–0 3–2 — 1–0 Inter Luanda 0–1 1–1 0–0 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Djoliba 6 4 1 1 9 7 +2 13 AC Léopards 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 Wydad Casablanca 6 1 3 2 10 10 0 6 Stade Malien 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3

LEO DJO SMA WAC AC Léopards — 3–0 1–0 1–1 Djoliba 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 Stade Malien 1–1 0–2 — 3–3 Wydad Casablanca 3–1 1–2 1–1 —

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AC Léopards	2–1	Al-Merreikh	2–1	0–0
Al-Hilal	2–2 (6–7 p)	Djoliba	2–0	0–2

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djoliba	3–4	AC Léopards	2–2	1–2

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rudy Guélord Bhebey Ndey	AC Léopards	5
	Ismaïla Diarra	Cercle Olympique de Bamako	5
	Edward Sadomba	Al-Hilal	5
4	Moco	Inter Luanda	4
	Abdul Razak Fiston	LLB Académic	4
	Adane Girma	Saint George SA	4
	Alou Bagayoko	Djoliba	4
	Mudather El Tahir	Al-Hilal	4
	Ahmed El-Basha	Al-Merreikh	4
	Ezechiel Ndouassel	Club Africain	4

See also

• 2012 CAF Champions League
• 2013 CAF Super Cup

References

1. "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
2. "Super division 2011 (10e journée) / Asec-AFAD 1-2 : Les Académiciens en Ligue des Champions" [2011 Super Division (10th day) / Asec-AFAD 1-2: Academicians in the Champions League]. Le Patriote (Abidjan) (in French). 24 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
3. "CAF diminui participação angolana nas afrotaças" [Angolan participation in CAF club competitions decreases]. Agência AngolaPress (in Portuguese). 28 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
4. "Nkwazi Demoted, Arrows Finish Second". Lusaka Times. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
5. "Dates fixed for Inter-clubs Competitions 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
6. "CAF Meetings and Inter-Clubs Competitions draw set for May 15th 2012". Cafonline.com. 7 May 2012.
7. "Fixtures of the preliminary round - 16th CC 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
8. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
9. "CAF interclubs final draw result". Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
10. "Orange Champions League and Orange Confederation Cup club ranking" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
11. "Orange Confederation Cup Draw procedure" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
12. "Orange Confederation Cup fixtures" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.

External links

• CAF Confederation Cup