CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League (French: CAF Ligue des Champions ) is the main African club football competition, similar to the European Champions League, from 1964 to 1996, similar to the European model, as "African Cup of Champions Clubs " ( engl.: Africa Cup of Nations the national champion ) and discharged from the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF ) will be organized. The season begins with the first round in January and ends on a regular basis with the final end of October or early November of each year.

Was the forerunner competition African Cup of Champions Clubs played out in pure knockout system has been introduced with the introduction of the Champions League, a group stage. First are played in knockout system with return game as had three rounds. Thereafter, in a group stage with two groups of four teams in return game, the participants are determined at the semi-finals. The first and second place in each group qualify for this new knockout phase, which will be held until the final in return game.

The winner of this competition will qualify respectively for the African Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The finals and prize

1 One month after the return match was scheduled, but since Kotoko did not compete, probably because they had not been informed by the Ghanaian Association, Mazembe was declared the winner a playoff.

Rankings

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