The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st edition of

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF), under the current

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title after the merger of

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and

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. The winners will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League in the 2024 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking 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 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2018–2023 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following: The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: *2022–23: × 5 *2021–22: × 4 *2020–21: × 3 *2019–20: × 2 *2018–19: × 1

Teams

The following 52 teams from 41 associations entered the competition. *Teams in bold received a bye to the

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. *The other teams entered the

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. ''Associations are shown according to their 2018–2023 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.'' ; Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

References

External links

CAFonline.com
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