The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2021–22
TotalEnergies
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CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th edition of
Africa
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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
CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tou ...
and
African Cup Winners' Cup.
The
defending champions Raja Casablanca
Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...
were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the group stage of the
that season's CAF Champions League. The
final
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was won by
RS Berkane of
Morocco
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5–4 on
penalties after a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation time against
Orlando Pirates
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and
RS Berkane at the
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in
Uyo,
Nigeria
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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
2022 CAF Super Cup
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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
CAF 5-Year Ranking
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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
CAF 5-Year Ranking
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, 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
Simba SC
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Founded in 1936, the club, which broke away from another Tanzania Giants, Dar Young Africans was named Queens, in honor of her Majesty, the Queen of England. The ...
and runner-ups
Young Africans S.C.
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Nicknamed "Yanga" (Y ...
of the
2020–21 Tanzania FA Cup qualified for the
2021-22 CAF Champions League
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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.
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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
quarter-finals
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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
See also
*
2021–22 CAF Champions League
Notes
References
External links
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