The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 26 November 2023 and ended on 3 March 2024. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contains one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot. PotPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Teams Zamalek RS Berkane USM Alger Rivers United Diables Noirs Sagrada Esperança Modern Future Club Africain Académica do Lobito Dreams FC Académie SOAR Abu Salim Al Hilal Benghazi Stade Malien Sekhukhune United SuperSport United

Format In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21): Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Away goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots.

Schedule The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

MatchdayDatesMatchesMatchday 126 November 2023Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3Matchday 23 December 2023Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2Matchday 310 December 2023Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2Matchday 420 December 2023Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1Matchday 525 February 2024Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2Matchday 63 March 2024Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups All times are local.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

See also 2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage

Notes

References

External links CAFonline.com