2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup


The 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will be the 18th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.
The winners of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League in the 2021 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 – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2016–2020 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:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners6 points5 points
Runners-up5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists 3 points2 points
3rd place in groups2 points1 point
4th place in groups1 point0.5 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, associations may abandon their domestic competitions and select the representatives in CAF club competitions.
Associations are shown according to their 2016–2020 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 8 March 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.
AssociationTeamQualifying method
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2019–20 Botola third place
Tihad Casablanca2018–19 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
2019–20 Egyptian Premier League third place
2019–20 Egypt Cup winners
2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
2019–20 Tunisian Cup winners
AS Maniema Union2019–20 Linafoot third place
DC Motema Pembe2019–20 Linafoot third place
ES Sétif2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
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2019–20 South African Premier Division third place
2019–20 Nedbank Cup winners
2019–20 Zambian Super League third place
2020 Zambian Cup winners
Enyimba2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League third place by points per game at time of abandonment
Kano Pillars2019 Nigeria Federation Cup
Wakriya2019–20 Guinée Championnat National third place after 13 rounds
CI Kamsar2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
Bravos do Maquis2019–20 Girabola third place at time of abandonment
Sagrada Esperança2019–20 Angola Cup semi-finalists
2019–20 Sudan Premier League third place
2020 Sudan Cup winners
2019–20 Libyan Premier League third place
2020 Libyan Cup winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2020–21 CAF Champions League enter the [|play-off round].
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Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.