The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 February – 25 November 2012 |
| Teams | 48+8 (from 37 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  AC Léopards (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Djoliba |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 122 |
| Goals scored | 285 (2.34 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Rudy Ndey Ismaïla Diarra Edward Sadomba(5 goals) |
AC Léopards from the Republic of the Congo won their first title, defeating Djoliba from Mali with a 4–3 win on aggregate in the final. They earned the right to play in the 2013 CAF Super Cup.
Association team allocation edit
Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2006-10 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
Ranking system edit
CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:[1]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-up | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 1 point |
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:
- 2010 – 5
- 2009 – 4
- 2008 – 3
- 2007 – 2
- 2006 – 1
Entrants list edit
Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2006–2010 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking. The top sixteen sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.
- Notes
- Associations that did not enter a team: Libya (seeded 10th with 16 ranking points and entitled to two entrants), Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, Togo, Uganda
- † According to the formula for calculating the CAF 5-year ranking, Angola, Ivory Coast and Zambia are tied 12th place with 13 ranking points. As stated in local media reports, Ivory Coast have two entrants,[2] while Angola and Zambia have one entrant.[3][4]
- Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 19th.
Moreover, eight losers from the 2012 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round:
Round and draw dates edit
Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.[5]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 9 December 2011 (Cairo, Egypt) |
17–19 February | 2–4 March |
| First round | 23–25 March | 6–8 April | ||
| Second round (1st Round of 16) |
27–29 April | 11–13 May | ||
| Play-off round (2nd Round of 16) |
15 May 2012 (Cairo, Egypt)[6] |
29 June–1 July | 13–15 July | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 3–5 August | ||
| Matchday 2 | 17–19 August | |||
| Matchday 3 | 31 August–2 September | |||
| Matchday 4 | 14–16 September | |||
| Matchday 5 | 5–7 October | |||
| Matchday 6 | 19–21 October | |||
| Knock-out stage | Semifinals | 2–4 November | 9–11 November | |
| Final | 16–18 November | 23–25 November | ||
Qualifying rounds edit
The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 9 December 2011.[7]
Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time was played).[8]
Preliminary round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dragons 
|
1–2 |  Étoile Filante
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
Nania 
|
w/o1 |  FC Séquence
|
— | — |
Union Douala 
|
1–2 |  FC Kallon
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
Black Leopards 
|
3–1 | Motor Action
|
1–1 | 2–0 |
Red Arrows 
|
0–1 |  Royal Leopards
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
AS Mangasport 
|
0–5 |  Saint George SA
|
0–1 | 0–4 |
Kiyovu Sports 
|
2–3 |  Simba
|
1–1 | 1–2 |
Ferroviário de Maputo 
|
4–0 |  Gor Mahia
|
3–0 | 1–0 |
Séwé Sports 
|
0–1 | Unisport Bafang
|
0–1 | 0–0 |
| AC Léopards
|
4–2 |  AS Tempête Mocaf
|
2–0 | 2–2 |
LLB Académic 
|
5–0 |  Atlético Semu
|
3–0 | 2–0 |
Renaissance 
|
4–2 |  Sahel SC
|
2–0 | 2–2 |
ADR Desportivo de Mansabá 
|
w/o2 |  Invincible Eleven
|
— | — |
Gamtel 
|
1–1 (4–3 p) |  Casa Sport
|
1–0 | 0–1 |
Extension Gunners 
|
2–3 |  Tana Formation
|
2–1 | 0–2 |
Jamhuri 
|
1–7 | Hwange
|
0–3 | 1–4 |
- Notes
- Note 1: FC Séquence advanced to the first round after Nania withdrew.
- Note 2: Invincible Eleven advanced to the first round after ADR Desportivo de Mansabá withdrew.
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étoile Filante
|
2–4 | ASEC Mimosas
|
2–2 | 0–2 |
| FC Séquence
|
0–5 |  CODM Meknès
|
0–2 | 0–3 |
| FC Kallon
|
0–2 |  Warri Wolves
|
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Black Leopards
|
6–4 |  Saint Eloi Lupopo
|
4–2 | 2–2 |
| Royal Leopards
|
3–2 | US Tshinkunku
|
1–1 | 2–1 |
| Saint George SA
|
1–3 |  Club Africain
|
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Simba
|
3–3 (a) |  ES Sétif
|
2–0 | 1–3 |
| Ferroviário de Maputo
|
0–3 |  Al-Ahly Shendi
|
0–1 | 0–2 |
| Unisport Bafang
|
1–2 | Heartland
|
0–0 | 1–2 |
| AC Léopards
|
3–2 | CS Sfaxien
|
1–2 | 2–0 |
| LLB Académic
|
2–5 |  ENPPI
|
1–1 | 1–4 |
| Renaissance
|
4–5 | Cercle Olympique de Bamako
|
3–2 | 1–3 |
| Invincible Eleven
|
1–6 | Wydad AC
|
0–2 | 1–4 |
| Gamtel
|
2–3 | AS Real Bamako
|
1–0 | 1–3 |
| Tana Formation
|
2–2 (5–6 p) |  Interclube
|
2–0 | 0–2 |
| Hwange
|
1–1 (a) | Alamal Atbara
|
1–1 | 0–0 |
Second round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASEC Mimosas
|
1–1 (a) | CODM Meknès
|
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Warri Wolves
|
3–3 (a) | Black Leopards
|
3–1 | 0–2 |
| Royal Leopards
|
2–5 | Club Africain
|
0–1 | 2–4 |
| Simba
|
3–3 (8–9 p) | Al-Ahly Shendi
|
3–0 | 0–3 |
| Heartland
|
4–4 (a) | AC Léopards
|
3–2 | 1–2 |
| ENPPI
|
3–4 | Cercle Olympique de Bamako
|
3–1 | 0–3 |
| Wydad AC
|
3–1 | AS Real Bamako
|
3–0 | 0–1 |
| Interclube
|
6–1 | Alamal Atbara
|
4–1 | 2–0 |
Play-off round edit
In the play-off round, the winners from the second round played against the losers from the 2012 CAF Champions League second round.[8] The winners of the CAF Confederation Cup second round hosted the second leg at home.
The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2012.[9] For the play-off round draw, two teams were seeded (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking),[10] and for the group stage draw, the winners of the play-off round ties involving them were seeded into Pot 1, and the winners of the remaining ties were seeded into Pot 2. Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.[11]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maghreb de Fès
|
1–2 | AC Léopards
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal
|
3–0 | Cercle Olympique de Bamako
|
2–0 | 1–0 |
| AFAD Djékanou
|
0–1 | Wydad AC
|
0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Merreikh
|
3–2 | Black Leopards
|
3–2 | 0–0 |
| Djoliba
|
2–2 (4–3 p) | Club Africain
|
2–0 | 0–2 |
| Dynamos
|
0–1 | Interclube
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
| Stade Malien
|
4–1 | CODM Meknès
|
3–0 | 1–1 |
| Coton Sport
|
1–2 | Al-Ahly Shendi
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
Group stage edit
The matchdays were 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, 14–16 September, 5–7 October, and 19–21 October.[12]
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semifinals |
Group A edit
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Group B edit
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Knock-out stage edit
Bracket edit
| Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Al-Hilal
| 2 | 0 | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 4 | Djoliba (p)
| 0 | 2 | 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Djoliba
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| AC Léopards
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | AC Léopards
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Al-Merrikh
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Semifinals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hilal
|
2–2 (6–7 p) | Djoliba
|
2–0 | 0–2 |
| AC Léopards
|
2–1 | Al-Merrikh
|
2–1 | 0–0 |
Final edit
| Djoliba | 2–2 | AC Léopards |
|---|---|---|
Bagayoko  36' (pen.)S. Coulibaly 74' |
Report | Kivouri 22' Ngouelou 87' |
| AC Léopards | 2–1 | Djoliba |
|---|---|---|
| Gandzé 24' Ndey 45' |
Report | S. Coulibaly 34' |
AC Léopards won 4–3 on aggregate.
Top scorers edit
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudy Ndey
|
AC Léopards
|
5 |
| Ismaïla Diarra
|
Cercle Olympique de Bamako
|
5 | |
| Edward Sadomba
|
Al-Hilal
|
5 | |
| 4 | Moco
|
Interclube
|
4 |
| Abdul Razak Fiston
|
LLB Académic
|
4 | |
| Adane Girma
|
Saint George SA
|
4 | |
| Alou Bagayoko
|
Djoliba
|
4 | |
| Mudather El Tahir
|
Al-Hilal
|
4 | |
| Ahmed El-Basha
|
Al-Merreikh
|
4 | |
| Ezechiel Ndouassel
|
Club Africain
|
4 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Super division 2011 (10e journée) / Asec-AFAD 1-2 : Les Académiciens en Ligue des Champions" [2011 Super Division (10th day) / Asec-AFAD 1-2: Academicians in the Champions League]. Le Patriote (Abidjan) (in French). 24 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "CAF diminui participação angolana nas afrotaças" [Angolan participation in CAF club competitions decreases]. Agência AngolaPress (in Portuguese). 28 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Nkwazi Demoted, Arrows Finish Second". Lusaka Times. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Dates fixed for Inter-clubs Competitions 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "CAF Meetings and Inter-Clubs Competitions draw set for May 15th 2012". Cafonline.com. 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Fixtures of the preliminary round - 16th CC 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "CAF interclubs final draw result". Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Orange Champions League and Orange Confederation Cup club ranking" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Orange Confederation Cup Draw procedure" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Orange Confederation Cup fixtures" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 15 May 2012.