The draw procedures for the 2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Quarter-Finals have officially been revealed.
Set to take place on Tuesday, 12 March in Cairo, the Quarter-Finals draw for the eight (8) clubs in both competitions will officially map out the exciting knockout stages of the two competitions.
The TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Quarter-Finals draw will take place first at 14h00 Local Time (12h00 GMT), followed by the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League draw at 15h00 Local Time (13h00 GMT).
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League clubs:
Al Ahly (Egypt), ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Atletico Petroleos (Angola), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Simba SC (Tanzania), Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia), Young Africans (Tanzania).
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup clubs:
USM Alger (Algeria), Zamalek (Egypt), Dreams FC (Ghana), RS Berkane (Morocco), Modern Future (Egypt), Abu Salem (Libya), Rivers United (Nigeria), Stade Malien (Mali).
Official Draw Procedures:
Six pots will be utilised to determine the draw as follows:
- Pot 1 – To contain all 2nd placed teams (runners-up) from their respective groups.
- Pot 2 – To contain three balls of 1st placed team of Group A
- Pot 3 – To contain 3 balls of 1st place team of Group B
- Pot 4 – To contain 3 balls of 1st place team of Group C.
- Pot 5 – To contain 3 balls of the 1st place team of Group D
- Pot 6 – To remain empty.
Draw Steps:
- Pick a ball from the runners-up pot (Pot 1) and show the drawn team.
- Pick 1 ball from the other 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.
- The 3 picked balls 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 runners-up draw in Step 1 for Quarter-Final 1.
- Same process to be repeated three times to determine the remaining Quarter-Final fixtures.
*According to the regulations, The runners-up shall play the first-leg matches of the quarter-finals at home”.
