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2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
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The 2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 10 February to 18 March 2018.[1] A total of 59 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.[2]
Draw
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The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4]
The entry round of the 59 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).
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Format
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was 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 tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[2]
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1]
Bracket
The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 13 December 2017.[3][4] The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Saint George
| — | — | w/o | |||||||||
| 4 |  Al-Salam Wau
| — | — | ||||||||||
| Saint George
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 KCCA
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  CNaPS Sport
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | KCCA
| 1 | 1 | 2 (a) | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Zanaco
| 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Armed Forces
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Zanaco
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Mbabane Swallows
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Bantu
| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 | Mbabane Swallows
| 4 | 1 | 5 (a) | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Wydad AC
| Bye | |||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Wydad AC
| 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
 Williamsville AC
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Stade Malien
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Williamsville AC
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Al-Tahaddy
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Aduana Stars
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Aduana Stars
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
 ES Sétif
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | ES Sétif
| 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Olympic Real de Bangui
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Al-Ahly
| Bye | |||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Al-Ahly
| 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||
 CF Mounana
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Rail Club du Kadiogo
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | CF Mounana
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | AS Real Bamako
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 |  MFM
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| MFM
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MC Alger
| 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  AS Otôho
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | MC Alger
| 0 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  AS FAN
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Horoya
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Horoya
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
 Génération Foot
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Génération Foot
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Misr Lel-Makkasa
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Young Africans
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Saint Louis Suns United
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Young Africans
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Township Rollers
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Township Rollers
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Al-Merrikh
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Gor Mahia
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Leones Vegetarianos
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gor Mahia
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 Espérance de Tunis
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  ASAC Concorde
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis
| 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel
| Bye | |||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Plateau United
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Plateau United
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Eding Sport
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | AC Léopards
| 2 | 1 | 3 (3 p) | |||||||||
| 4 |  AS Togo-Port
| 1 | 2 | 3 (4 p) | |||||||||
| AS Togo-Port
| 2 | 1 | 3 (a) | ||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  LISCR
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Al-Hilal
| 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  JKU
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | ZESCO United
| 0 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| ZESCO United
| 0 | 2 | 2 (a) | ||||||||||
| ASEC Mimosas
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Buffles du Borgou
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | ASEC Mimosas
| 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  TP Mazembe
| Bye | |||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| TP Mazembe
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
 UD Songo
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Ngaya Club
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | UD Songo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Difaâ El Jadidi
| 10 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Sport Bissau e Benfica
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Difaâ El Jadidi
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| AS Vita Club
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | AS Vita Club
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Mighty Wanderers
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  1º de Agosto
| 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 |  FC Platinum
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1º de Agosto
| 1 | 0 | 1 (3 p) | ||||||||||
 Bidvest Wits
| 0 | 1 | 1 (2 p) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Bidvest Wits
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 |  Pamplemousses
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Preliminary round | First round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Rayon Sports
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  LLB Académic FC
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rayon Sports
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Mamelodi Sundowns
| Bye | |||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||
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Preliminary round
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The preliminary round included the 54 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.
Notes:
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Referee: Ahmed Mahrous Mahmoud Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
Saint George won on walkover after Al-Salam Wau failed to arrive for the first leg.[6][5]
Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
2–2 on aggregate. KCCA won on away goals.
Referee: Patrick Ngoleka (Malawi)
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)
Zanaco won 6–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
5–5 on aggregate. Mbabane Swallows won on away goals.
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)
Williamsville AC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
Aduana Stars won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: David Ndong Esono Mokuy (Equatorial Guinea)
ES Sétif won 6–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)
Referee: Issa Abdelhadi (Chad)
CF Mounana won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)
Referee: Kokou Ognankotan Ntale (Togo)
MFM won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
MC Alger won 9–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)
Horoya won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Génération Foot won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Young Africans won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
Referee: Bilal Abdallah Ismael (Djibouti)
Township Rollers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Kabanga Yannick Malala (DR Congo)
Gor Mahia won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Baba Leno (Guinea)
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
Espérance de Tunis won 6–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Maudo Jallow (Gambia)
Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)
Plateau United won 4–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Abdullahi Shuaibu (Nigeria)
3–3 on aggregate. AS Togo-Port won 4–3 on penalties.
Referee: Gilberto dos Santos (Guinea-Bissau)
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)
ZESCO United won 7–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Esterline Gonçalves Género (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Almoustapha (Niger)
ASEC Mimosas won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Referee: Nomore Murambiwa Musundire (Zimbabwe)
UD Songo won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)
Difaâ El Jadidi won 10–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Ring Nyier Akech Malong (South Sudan)
Referee: António Muachihuissa Caxala (Angola)
AS Vita Club won 6–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)
Mandava Stadium, Zvishavane
Referee: Christopher Harrison (South Africa)
1º de Agosto won 5–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)
Bidvest Wits won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
Referee: Mfaume Ali Nassoro (Tanzania)
Rayon Sports won 2–1 on aggregate.
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First round
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The first round included 32 teams: the 27 winners of the preliminary round, and the 5 teams that received byes to this round.
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
KCCA won 1–0 on aggregate
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
Mbabane Swallows won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
Wydad AC won 7–4 on aggregate.
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
ES Sétif won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Al-Ahly won 7–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
MC Alger won 7–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Horoya won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Township Rollers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Étoile du Sahel won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)
3–3 on aggregate. AS Togo-Port won on away goals.
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
2–2 on aggregate. ZESCO United won on away goals.
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
TP Mazembe won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Difaâ El Jadidi won 3–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
1–1 on aggregate. 1º de Agosto won 3–2 on penalties.
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Mamelodi Sundowns won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Notes
- The teams from Mali were listed as Mali A (Stade Malien) and Mali B (AS Real Bamako) at the time of the qualifying round draw.
- The identity of the team from Benin was not known at the time of the qualifying round draw.
- Teams from Libya are not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
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