The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2021–22

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CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th edition of

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's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of

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and African Cup Winners' Cup. The defending champions

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were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the group stage of the that season's CAF Champions League. The

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was won by RS Berkane of

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5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation time against

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and RS Berkane at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo,

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, capturing their second title in the process. As winners, RS Berkane earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League, Wydad Casablanca, in the

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Association team allocation

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the competition, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their

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eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached. For the 2020–21 season, CAF utilized the 2016–2020

, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the previous 5 seasons in CAF's club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows: The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: *2020–21: x 5 *2019–20: × 4 *2018–19: × 3 *2018: × 2 *2017: × 1

Teams

The following 49 teams from 37 associations entered the competition. *Teams in bold received a bye to the second round. *The other teams entered the first round. ''Associations are shown according to their 2017–2021 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.'' Both the winners

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and runner-ups

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of the 2020–21 Tanzania FA Cup qualified for the

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resulting in the slot usually allocated to the winner or runner-up of the Tanzania FA Cup to be awarded to the fourth placed team in the 2020–21 Tanzanian Premier League. ;Notes

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Play-off round

Eliminated from 2021–22 CAF Champions League:

Group stage

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

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of the knockout stage.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Notes

References

External links

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