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2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

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2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Dates13 February – 3 May 2015
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The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 13 February to 3 May 2015. A total of 63 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Draw

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The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following 55 teams were entered into the draw:

Byes to first round Entrants to preliminary round

Format

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Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[1]

Schedule

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The schedule of each round was as follows.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 13–15 February 2015 27 February–1 March 2015
First round 13–15 March 2015 3–5 April 2015
Second round 17–19 April 2015 1–3 May 2015
Play-off round 15–17 May 2015 5–7 June 2015

Bracket

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The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.[4]

Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Morocco RS Berkane 2 0 2
Mali Onze Créateurs (a) 1 1 2
Mali Onze Créateurs 2 0 2
Niger Sahel SC 1 0 1
Algeria MC Alger 0 0 0
Niger Sahel SC 0 2 2
Mali Onze Créateurs 0 0 0
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 2 3
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Bye
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 2 3
Libya Al-Ittihad 1 1 2
Libya Al-Ittihad 6 1 7
Chad Elect-Sport 1 0 1
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Mali Djoliba
Bye
Mali Djoliba 2 0 2
Egypt Petrojet 1 0 1
South Sudan Al-Ghazal 0 1 1
Egypt Petrojet 1 6 7
Mali Djoliba 1 1 2
Ghana Hearts of Oak (a) 2 0 2
Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 0 1
Benin AS Police 0 0 0
Ghana Hearts of Oak 2 3 5
Senegal Olympique de Ngor 1 2 3
Cameroon Unisport Bafang 1 1 2
Senegal Olympique de Ngor 0 3 3
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Guinea Horoya 1 3 4
Liberia Fassell 0 3 3
Guinea Horoya 1 0 1(3)
Algeria ASO Chlef (pen.) 0 1 1(5)
Algeria ASO Chlef 2 0 2
Sierra Leone Kamboi Eagles 0 1 1
Algeria ASO Chlef 1 0 1
Tunisia Club Africain 1 1 2
Tunisia Club Africain
Bye
Tunisia Club Africain (w/o)
Nigeria Dolphins
Equatorial Guinea Leones Vegetarianos 1 0 1(3)
Nigeria Dolphins (pen.) 0 1 1(5)
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Burkina Faso RC Bobo 0 0 0
Nigeria Warri Wolves 1 3 4
Nigeria Warri Wolves 2 0 2
Ethiopia Dedebit 0 0 0
Seychelles Côte d'Or 2 0 2
Ethiopia Dedebit 3 2 5
Nigeria Warri Wolves 2 1 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 1 0 1
Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi
Bye
Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi 2 1 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 1 5 6
Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 1 1 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 2 1 3
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Egypt Zamalek
Bye
Egypt Zamalek 3 3 6
Rwanda Rayon Sports 1 0 1
Cameroon Panthère du Ndé 0 0 0
Rwanda Rayon Sports 1 1 2
Egypt Zamalek 0 3 3
Morocco FUS Rabat 0 2 2
Morocco FUS Rabat
Bye
Morocco FUS Rabat 3 1 4
Togo AS Togo-Port 0 2 2
Togo AS Togo-Port 2 3 5
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 0 3 3
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Gabon CF Mounana 5 3 8
Zanzibar Polisi 0 1 1
Gabon CF Mounana 4 0 4
Zambia Power Dynamos 0 3 3
Sudan Al-Khartoum 1 0 1
Zambia Power Dynamos 0 2 2
Gabon CF Mounana 2 0 2
South Africa Orlando Pirates 2 3 5
South Africa Orlando Pirates
Bye
South Africa Orlando Pirates 2 2 4
Uganda URA 1 2 3
Uganda URA 3 1 4
Madagascar ASSM Elgeco Plus 2 0 2
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Tanzania Young Africans 2 1 3
Botswana Botswana Defence Force 0 2 2
Tanzania Young Africans 5 0 5
Zimbabwe FC Platinum 1 1 2
Kenya Sofapaka 1 1 2
Zimbabwe FC Platinum 2 2 4
Tanzania Young Africans 1 0 1
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 1 2
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Bye
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 1 2
Angola Benfica de Luanda 0 1 1
Angola Benfica de Luanda 2 1 3
Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 0 0 0
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
South Africa Bidvest Wits 3 0 3(6)
Eswatini Royal Leopards (pen.) 0 3 3(7)
Eswatini Royal Leopards 2 1 3
Angola Petro de Luanda 2 0 2
Comoros Volcan Club 0 0 0
Angola Petro de Luanda 1 4 5
Eswatini Royal Leopards 1 1 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0 4 4
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Bye
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 3 0 3
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 0 1 1
Mauritius Petite Rivière Noire 1 2 3
Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 2 5 7

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round included the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MC Alger Algeria 0–2 Niger Sahel SC 0–0 0–2
RS Berkane Morocco 2–2 (a) Mali Onze Créateurs 2–1 0–1
Al-Ittihad Libya 7–1 Chad Elect-Sport 6–1 1–0
Al-Ghazal South Sudan 1–7 Egypt Petrojet 0–1 1–6
Unisport Bafang Cameroon 2–3 Senegal Olympique de Ngor 1–0 1–3
Hearts of Oak Ghana 1–0 Benin AS Police 1–0 0–0
ASO Chlef Algeria 2–1 Sierra Leone Kamboi Eagles 2–0 0–1
Horoya Guinea 4–3 Liberia Fassell 1–0 3–3
Leones Vegetarianos Equatorial Guinea 1–1 (3–5 p) Nigeria Dolphins 1–0 0–1
Côte d'Or Seychelles 2–5 Ethiopia Dedebit 2–3 0–2
RC Bobo Burkina Faso 0–4 Nigeria Warri Wolves 0–1 0–3
Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 2–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 1–2 1–1
Panthère du Ndé Cameroon 0–2 Rwanda Rayon Sports 0–1 0–1
AS Togo-Port Togo 5–3 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 2–0 3–3
Al-Khartoum Sudan 1–2 Zambia Power Dynamos 1–0 0–2
CF Mounana Gabon 8–1 Zanzibar Polisi 5–0 3–1
URA Uganda 4–2 Madagascar ASSM Elgeco Plus 3–2 1–0
Sofapaka Kenya 2–4 Zimbabwe FC Platinum 1–2 1–2
Young Africans Tanzania 3–2 Botswana Botswana Defence Force 2–0 1–2
Benfica de Luanda Angola 3–0 Burundi Le Messager Ngozi 2–0 1–0
Volcan Club Comoros 0–5 Angola Petro de Luanda 0–1 0–4
Bidvest Wits South Africa 3–3 (6–7 p) Eswatini Royal Leopards 3–0 0–3
Petite Rivière Noire Mauritius 3–7 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 1–2 2–5
Sahel SC Niger2–0Algeria MC Alger
Ali 16'
Dan Kowa 52'
Report

Sahel SC won 2–0 on aggregate.


RS Berkane Morocco2–1Mali Onze Créateurs
Baltam 39'
Aziz 51'
Report Sissoko 71'

2–2 on aggregate. Onze Créateurs won on away goals.


Al-Ittihad Libya6–1Chad Elect-Sport
Abushnaf 40' (pen.), 42', 63'
Mohamed 46'
Al Badri 48'
Sabbou 81'
Report Ndoubam 44'

Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns.
Al-Ittihad won 7–1 on aggregate.


Al-Ghazal South Sudan0–1Egypt Petrojet
Report Shebeita 28'
Petrojet Egypt6–1South Sudan Al-Ghazal
El-Masry 12', 48'
Ragab 42', 88'
Gamal 65'
Owoboskini 85'
Report Rakuba 59'

Petrojet won 7–1 on aggregate.


Olympique de Ngor won 3–2 on aggregate.


Hearts of Oak won 1–0 on aggregate.


Note: The second leg was played outside of Sierra Leone due to Ebola outbreak (also brought forward by a week).
ASO Chlef won 2–1 on aggregate.


Horoya Guinea1–0Liberia Fassell
Nikièma 57' Report
Fassell Liberia3–3Guinea Horoya
Vitalis 27', 29', 39' (pen.) Report Dipita 11'
Koulibaly 32'
Kouyaté 56'

Note: Both legs were played outside of Guinea and Liberia due to Ebola outbreak (second leg also brought forward by a week).
Horoya won 4–3 on aggregate.


1–1 on aggregate. Dolphins won on penalties.


Dedebit won 5–2 on aggregate.


Warri Wolves won 4–0 on aggregate.


MK Étanchéité won 3–2 on aggregate.


Rayon Sports won 2–0 on aggregate.


CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo3–3Togo AS Togo-Port
Baleckita 11', 74'
Bagouadila 69'
Report Agbégniadan 9', 53'
Tsogbé 76' (pen.)

AS Togo-Port won 5–3 on aggregate.


Power Dynamos Zambia2–0Sudan Al-Khartoum
Ngonga 19', 90+4' (pen.) Report

Power Dynamos won 2–1 on aggregate.


CF Mounana won 8–1 on aggregate.


URA won 4–2 on aggregate.


FC Platinum won 4–2 on aggregate.


Young Africans won 3–2 on aggregate.


Benfica de Luanda won 3–0 on aggregate.


Petro de Luanda won 5–0 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate. Royal Leopards won on penalties.


Ferroviário da Beira won 7–3 on aggregate.

First round

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The first round included 32 teams: the 23 winners of the preliminary round, and the 9 teams that received byes to this round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Onze Créateurs Mali 2–1 Niger Sahel SC 2–1 0–0
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 3–2 Libya Al-Ittihad 1–1 2–1
Djoliba Mali 2–1 Egypt Petrojet 2–1 0–0
Hearts of Oak Ghana 5–3 Senegal Olympique de Ngor 2–1 3–2
Horoya Guinea 1–1 (3–5 p) Algeria ASO Chlef 1–0 0–1
Club Africain Tunisia w/o Nigeria Dolphins
Warri Wolves Nigeria 2–0 Ethiopia Dedebit 2–0 0–0
Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan 3–6 Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 2–1 1–5
Zamalek Egypt 6–1 Rwanda Rayon Sports 3–1 3–0
FUS Rabat Morocco 4–2 Togo AS Togo-Port 3–0 1–2
CF Mounana Gabon 4–3 Zambia Power Dynamos 4–0 0–3
Orlando Pirates South Africa 4–3 Uganda URA 2–1 2–2
Young Africans Tanzania 5–2 Zimbabwe FC Platinum 5–1 0–1
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 2–1 Angola Benfica de Luanda 1–0 1–1
Royal Leopards Eswatini 3–2 Angola Petro de Luanda 2–2 1–0
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–1 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 3–0 0–1

Onze Créateurs won 2–1 on aggregate.


Note: The second leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns.
ASEC Mimosas won 2–1 on aggregate.


Petrojet Egypt0–0Mali Djoliba
Report

Djoliba won 2–1 on aggregate.


Hearts of Oak won 5–3 on aggregate.


Note: The first leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
1–1 on aggregate. ASO Chlef won on penalties.


Club Africain won on walkover after Dolphins did not arrive on time for the first leg.[5][6]


Warri Wolves won 2–0 on aggregate.


MK Étanchéité won 6–3 on aggregate.


Zamalek Egypt3–1Rwanda Rayon Sports
Eid 6' (pen.), 45'
Imanishimwe 37' (o.g.)
Report Muganza 53'
Rayon Sports Rwanda0–3Egypt Zamalek
Report Eid 33'
Gabr 53'
Salah 56'

Zamalek won 6–1 on aggregate.


FUS Rabat Morocco3–0Togo AS Togo-Port
Batna 20', 69'
Njie 52'
Report

FUS Rabat won 4–2 on aggregate.


CF Mounana won 4–3 on aggregate.


Orlando Pirates won 4–3 on aggregate.


Young Africans won 5–2 on aggregate.


Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.


Royal Leopards won 3–2 on aggregate.


AS Vita Club won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Onze Créateurs Mali 0–3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–1 0–2
Djoliba Mali 2–2 (a) Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–2 1–0
ASO Chlef Algeria 1–2 Tunisia Club Africain 1–1 0–1
Warri Wolves Nigeria 3–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo MK Étanchéité 2–1 1–0
Zamalek Egypt 3–2 Morocco FUS Rabat 0–0 3–2
CF Mounana Gabon 2–5 South Africa Orlando Pirates 2–2 0–3
Young Africans Tanzania 1–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–1 0–1
Royal Leopards Eswatini 2–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 1–0 1–4

ASEC Mimosas won 3–0 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate. Hearts of Oak won on away goals.


Club Africain Tunisia1–0Algeria ASO Chlef
Meniaoui 43' Report
Attendance: 18,300
Referee: Hagi Wiish (Somalia)

Club Africain won 2–1 on aggregate.


Warri Wolves won 3–1 on aggregate.


FUS Rabat Morocco2–3Egypt Zamalek
Saâdane 40'
Batna 72'
Report Morsi 15'
Gaber 84'
Emam 90'

Zamalek won 3–2 on aggregate.


Orlando Pirates won 5–2 on aggregate.


Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.


AS Vita Club won 4–2 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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The play-off round included 16 teams: the eight winners of the Confederation Cup second round and the eight losers of the Champions League second round.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[7] The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.[1] Four ties contained a seeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot A) and an unseeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot B), and the other four ties contained a seeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot C) and an unseeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot D).[8] The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following 16 teams were entered into the draw:

Qualified from Confederation Cup Qualified from Champions League
Seeded (Pot C) Unseeded (Pot B) Seeded (Pot A) Unseeded (Pot D)

The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.[9]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly Egypt 3–3 (5–4 p) Tunisia Club Africain 2–1 1–2
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 5–1 Ghana Hearts of Oak 4–0 1–1
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo 4–3 Nigeria Warri Wolves 3–0 1–3
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 3–1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–0 1–1
Stade Malien Mali 4–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 2–0 2–3
AS Kaloum Guinea 1–6 South Africa Orlando Pirates 0–2 1–4
SM Sanga Balende Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–3 Egypt Zamalek 1–0 1–3
Raja Casablanca Morocco 2–3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–3

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on penalties (advanced to Group A).


Espérance de Tunis won 5–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).


AC Léopards won 4–3 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


CS Sfaxien won 3–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


Stade Malien won 4–3 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).


Note: The first leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
Orlando Pirates won 6–1 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


Zamalek won 3–2 on aggregate (advanced to Group B).


Étoile du Sahel won 3–2 on aggregate (advanced to Group A).

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Draws made for 2015 Orange Champions League, Confederations Cup". CAF. 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "12th Edition of CAF Confederation Cup CC 2015" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ^ "Dolphins bundled out of Caf Confederation Cup". Goal.com. 14 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Dolphins Eliminated". CAF. 19 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Live report: CAF Interclubs draw". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Ahly, Zamalek to be drawn apart". Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Fixtures of the 2nd 1/8th Final of the CC 2015" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
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