CAF Confederation Cup


The CAF Confederation Cup, officially named Total CAF Confederation Cup, is an annual club association football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football since 2004. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. It is the second-tier competition of African club football, ranking below the CAF Champions League.
The winner of the tournament faces the winner of the CAF Champions League in the following season's CAF Super Cup.

History

CAF Confederation Cup was founded as the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.
In 2013, CS Sfaxien became the first club to win three trophies after defeating TP Mazembe in the final.

Qualification

The domestic cup winners from all 55 CAF member associations are eligible to participate. The third-placed club in the domestic league of the top twelve placed CAF member associations also qualify.

Format

The competition is played into two phases A and B.

Phase A

The matches of the Preliminary and the 1/16th rounds are played according to the knock-out system with ties broken via the Away goals rule.
The sixteen teams eliminated from the 1/16th finals of the CAF Champions League will automatically qualify to play the additional 1/16th finals round of the CAF Confederation Cup.

Phase B

The winning team of the CAF Confederation Cup will take the engagement of playing the CAF Super Cup against the champion of the CAF Champions League. The match will be played in the following year to that of the concerned competition, in one match, on the CAF Champions League champion's venue.

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations.
Title SponsorOfficial SponsorsBall Supplier

  • Total
  • QNET
  • 1XBET
  • Mitre

    • Prize Money

    have increase prize money to be shared between the top sixteen clubs starting from 2017 to 2020.
    * Note: National Associations receive an additional equivalent share of 5% for each amount awarded to clubs.

    Media coverage

    Country/RegionChannels
    BeIN Sports
    Eurosport 2
    Sportfive
    beIN Sports
    Latin AmericaESPN
    ORTM
    Arryadia
    MENAbeIN Sports
    SuperSport
    Western BalkansArena Sport
    beIN Sports

    Records and statistics

    Finals

    Performances

    Overall Winners