Caf reveals Champions League and Confederation Cup quarter-final draw procedure

Caf Champions League and Caf Confederation Cup

The Confederation of African Football will conduct the 2020-21 Total Caf Champions League and Total Caf Confederation Cup quarter-final draw on Friday afternoon.

Caf Director of competitions Samson Adamu will be assisted by Cote d’Ivoire legend Abdoulaye Traore will run the draw process.

· Pick a ball from the runners-up pot (Pot 1) and show the team drawn.

· Pick 1 ball from the other pots (pots 2,3,4&5) except the pot that has the team that played in the same group of the runner-up team drawn in step 1 (to avoid having two teams from the same group playing each other).

· The picked balls in step 2 are put in the empty pot (Pot 6).

· Mix the three balls of Pot 6 before picking one ball to determine the team who will face the runner up drawn in step 1 for the Quarterfinal 1.

· The same process will be repeated three more times in order to determine the remaining fixtures (Quarterfinal 2, Quarterfinal 3 & Quarterfinal 4) while eliminating the pot of the ball drawn in step 4.

One Pot will contain all the quarter finals as follow: QF1 – QF2 – QF3 – QF4

· The first 2 balls drawn will play each other in SF1. The ball drawn first will play the first match at home and the ball drawn second will play the return match at home.

· The last 2 balls in the pot will play each other in SF2. The ball drawn first will play the first match at home and the ball drawn second will play the return match at home.

-       Simba SC (Tanzania) – Reached semi-finals in 1974

-       Al Ahly SC (Egypt) – Record nine-time champions, title holders

-       Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) – Champions in 2016

-       CR Belouizdad (Algeria) – Debut appearance in the last eight

-       Waydad AC (Morocco) – Two-time champions, last in 2017

-       Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) – Debut quarterfinals appearance

-       Espererance Sportive du Tunis (Tunisia) – Four-time champions, latest in 2018-19

-       MC Alger (Algeria) – Champions in 1976

· Pick a ball from the runners-up pot (Pot 1) and show the team drawn.

· Pick 1 ball from the other pots (pots 2,3,4&5) except the pot that has the team that played in the same group of the runner-up team drawn in step 1 (to avoid having two teams from the same group playing each other).

· The picked balls in step 2 are put in the empty pot (Pot 6).

· Mix the three balls of Pot 6 before picking one ball to determine the team who will face the runner up drawn in step 1 for the Quarterfinal 1.

· The same process will be repeated three more times in order to determine the remaining fixtures (Quarterfinal 2, Quarterfinal 3 & Quarterfinal 4) while eliminating the pot of the ball drawn in step 4.

One Pot will contain all the quarter finals as follow: QF1 – QF2 – QF3 – QF4

· The first 2 balls drawn will play each other in SF1. The ball drawn first will play the first match at home and the ball drawn second will play the return match at home.

· The last 2 balls in the pot will play each other in SF2. The ball drawn first will play the first match at home and the ball drawn second will play the return match at home.

-       Enyimba (Nigeria) – Twice CAF Champions League winners

-       Orlando Pirates (South Africa) - CAF Champions League winners in 1995, Confederation Cup runners up in 2015

-       JS Kabylie (Algeria) - Record three-time CAF Cup winners

-       Coton Sport (Cameroon) - CAF Champions League runners up in 2008, CAF Cup losing finalists in 2003

-       ASC Les Jaraaf des Dakar (Senegal) – Debut appearance in Confederation Cup quarterfinals

-       CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) - Record CAF Confederation Cup winners with three titles

-       Raja Club Athletic (Morocco) – Confederation Cup winners in 2018, three-time African Champions

-       Pyramids FC (Egypt) - Last season runners up