The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
TP Mazembe defeated MO Béjaïa in the final to win their first CAF Confederation Cup title, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League in the 2017 CAF Super Cup. Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2016 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Association team allocation All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level had never been reached.
For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2010–2014 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation CupWinner5 points4 pointsRunner-up4 points3 pointsLosing semi-finalists3 points2 points3rd place in groups2 points1 point4th place in groups1 point1 point
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: 2014 – 5 2013 – 4 2012 – 3 2011 – 2 2010 – 1
Teams The following 59 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodAssociations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12) TunisiaEspérance de Tunis2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third placeStade Gabèsien2014–15 Tunisian Cup runner-up EgyptENPPI2014–15 Egyptian Premier League third placeMisr Lel Makkasa2014–15 Egyptian Premier League fourth place DR CongoCS Don Bosco2014–15 Linafoot third placeFC Saint-Éloi Lupopo2015 Coupe du Congo winner AlgeriaMC Oran2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third placeCS Constantine2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fifth place SudanAl-Ahly Shendi2015 Sudan Premier League third placeKhartoum2015 Sudan Premier League fourth place Ivory CoastSC Gagnoa2014–15 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third placeAfrica Sports2015 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner MoroccoKawkab Marrakech2014–15 Botola third placeFUS Rabat2015 Coupe du Trône runner-up CameroonNew Star de Douala2015 Elite One third placeUMS de Loum2015 Cameroonian Cup winner CongoVita Club Mokanda2015 Congo Premier League sixth place before abandonedDiables Noirs2015 Coupe du Congo winner MaliUSFAS Bamako2014–15 Malian Première Division third placeAS Bakaridjan2014–15 Malian Première Division fourth place NigeriaNasarawa United2015 Nigeria Professional Football League third placeAkwa United2015 Nigerian FA Cup winner South AfricaBidvest Wits2014–15 South African Premier Division third placeAjax Cape Town2014–15 Nedbank Cup runner-upAssociations eligible to enter one team AngolaSagrada Esperança2015 Taça de Angola runner-up LibyaAl-Ittihad Tripoli2013–14 Libyan Premier League runner-up (no league in 2015) GhanaMedeama2015 Ghanaian FA Cup winner ZambiaZanaco2015 Zambian Premier League runner-up EthiopiaDefence Force2015 Ethiopian Cup winner NigerAS SONIDEP2015 Niger Cup winner ZimbabweHarare City2015 Cup of Zimbabwe winner BotswanaGaborone United2014–15 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner Burkina FasoUSFA2015 Coupe du Faso winner BurundiAtlético Olympic2015 Burundian Cup runner-up ChadRenaissance2015 Chad Premier League third place ComorosFomboni Club2015 Comoros Cup winner Equatorial GuineaDeportivo Mongomo2015 Equatoguinean Cup winner GabonCF Mounana2015 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner GambiaWallidan2015 Gambian Cup winner GuineaAS Kaloum2015 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner KenyaBandari2015 FKF President's Cup winner LiberiaBarrack Young Controllers II2015 Liberian Cup winner MadagascarAS Adema2015 Coupe de Madagascar runner-up MozambiqueLiga Desportiva de Maputo2015 Taça de Moçambique winner RwandaPolice2015 Rwandan Cup winner SenegalGénération Foot2015 Senegal FA Cup winner SeychellesLight Stars2015 Seychelles FA Cup winner South SudanAtlabara2015 South Sudan Football Championship champion TanzaniaAzam2014–15 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up UgandaSC Villa2014–15 Ugandan Cup winner ZanzibarJKU2014–15 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up
+Teams entering the play-off roundLosers of the 2016 CAF Champions League second round Mamelodi Sundowns Al-Merrikh TP Mazembe Étoile du Sahel Stade Malien Young Africans Al-Ahli Tripoli MO Béjaïa
+Associations which did not enter a team Benin Cape Verde Central African Republic Djibouti Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Lesotho Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Namibia Réunion São Tomé and Príncipe Sierra Leone Somalia Swaziland Togo
Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingPreliminary round11 December 2015(Dakar, Senegal)12–14 February 201626–28 February 2016First round11–13 March 201618–20 March 2016Second round8–10 April 201619–20 April 2016Play-off round21 April 2016(Cairo, Egypt)6–8 May 201617–18 May 2016Group stageMatchday 124 May 2016(Cairo, Egypt)17–19 June 2016Matchday 228–29 June 2016Matchday 315–17 July 2016Matchday 426–27 July 2016Matchday 512–14 August 2016Matchday 623–24 August 2016Knockout stageSemi-finals16–18 September 201623–25 September 2016Final28–30 October 20164–6 November 2016
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
Notes
First round
Second round
Play-off round
Notes
Group stage
Tiebreakers
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Rainford Kalaba TP Mazembe72 Jonathan Bolingi TP Mazembe6 Love Sagrada Esperança4 Mohammad El Fakih Kawkab Marrakech5 Abass Mohammed Medeama Mohammed Nahiri FUS Rabat7 Abdelilah Amimi Kawkab Marrakech4 Abdessalam Benjelloun FUS Rabat Ahmed Hosni Stade Gabèsien10 Ahmed Akaïchi Étoile du Sahel3 Amr Barakat Misr Lel Makkasa Mourad Batna FUS Rabat Hichem Essifi Stade Gabèsien Haythem Jouini Espérance de Tunis Tchétché Kipré Azam Hamza Lahmar Étoile du Sahel Raphael Manuvire Harare City Iheb Msakni Étoile du Sahel Nana Poku Misr Lel Makkasa
See also 2016 CAF Champions League 2017 CAF Super Cup
References
External links Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2016, CAFonline.com