The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 22nd edition of the

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

and 50th overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the

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(CAF). The winners will automatically qualify for the next edition of the competition, and will also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League in the 2025 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to the CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached. For this season's edition, CAF used the 2019–2024 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs performance over the 5 years in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for the points are as follows: The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the season as follows: *2023–24: × 5 *2022–23: × 4 *2021–22: × 3 *2020–21: × 2 *2019–20: × 1

Teams

The following 52 teams from 40 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 2019–2023 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.'' ;Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Group stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caf Confederation Cup 2024-25 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup 2024 in African football 2025 in African football