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

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and 50th overall season of

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's secondary

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF). The winners,

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, earned the right to play against the winners of the

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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

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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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

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