2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Dates	9 February – 18 April 2019
	← 2017 2018–19 →

The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 9 February to 18 April 2018.^[1] A total of 70 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.^[2]

Draw

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 54 teams entered into the draw is determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).

Entry round	First round (10 teams)	Preliminary round (44 teams)
Teams	Zamalek (43 pts) USM Alger (35 pts) SuperSport United (20 pts) Club Africain (15 pts) Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid (10 pts) Enyimba (8 pts) Nkana (2 pts) DC Motema Pembe Raja Casablanca Al-Ahly Shendi	Al-Masry US Ben Guerdane AS Maniema Union CR Belouizdad Cape Town City RS Berkane AS Tanda Africa Sports Green Buffaloes CARA Brazzaville CS La Mancha Djoliba^{[note 1]} Onze Créateurs^{[note 1]} Akwa United New Star Al-Ittihad Tripoli Asante Kotoko Simba Petro de Luanda Welayta Dicha Energie^{[note 2]} Jwaneng Galaxy Étoile Filante Olympique Star Ngazi Sport Gendarmerie Nationale Deportivo Niefang AS Mangasport Banjul Hawks Hafia AFC Leopards ELWA United Fosa Juniors Masters Security FC Nouadhibou AS Port-Louis 2000 Costa do Sol Sahel APR Mbour Petite-Côte Anse Réunion Al-Hilal Juba Young Buffaloes Zimamoto

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]

Round	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	9–11 February 2018	20–21 February 2018
First round	6–7 March 2018	16–18 March 2018
Play-off round	6–8 April 2018	17–18 April 2018

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 play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

Preliminary round					First round

1	Petro de Luanda	5	0	5

4	Masters Security	0	0	0
					Petro de Luanda	0	1	1

					SuperSport United	0	2	2
3	SuperSport United			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Costa do Sol	1	1	2

4	Jwaneng Galaxy	0	0	0
					Costa do Sol	0	2	2 (a)

					Cape Town City	1	1	2 (a)
3	Young Buffaloes	0	0	0

2	Cape Town City	1	1	2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Energie	1	1	2

4	Hafia	0	1	1
					Energie	0	2	2

					Enyimba	2	3	5
3	Enyimba			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Djoliba	—	—	w/o

4	ELWA United	—	—
					Djoliba	1	1	2 (a)

					APR	0	2	2 (a)
3	APR	4	2	6

2	Anse Réunion	0	1	1

Preliminary round					First round

1	Ngazi Sport	1	1	2

4	AS Port-Louis 2000	1	4	5
					AS Port-Louis 2000	0	0	0

					Fosa Juniors	2	1	3
3	AFC Leopards	1	0	1 (a)

2	Fosa Juniors	1	0	1 (a)

Preliminary round					First round

1	AS Mangasport	0	1	1

4	AS Maniema Union	1	1	2
					AS Maniema Union	2	1	3 (a)

					USM Alger	2	1	3 (a)
3	USM Alger			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Olympique Star	0	1	1

4	Étoile Filante	0	0	0
					Olympique Star	0	0	0

					Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	0	6	6
3	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	DC Motema Pembe			Bye

4
					DC Motema Pembe	1	0	1

					Deportivo Niefang	1	1	2
3	New Star	2	0	2 (a)

2	Deportivo Niefang	1	1	2 (a)

Preliminary round					First round

1	AS Tanda	0	0	0

4	CS La Mancha	0	1	1
					CS La Mancha	3	1	4

					Al-Ahly Shendi	0	2	2
3	Al-Ahly Shendi			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1	3	4

4	Sahel	0	0	0
					Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1	0	1 (2 p)

					Akwa United	0	1	1 (3 p)
3	Akwa United	1	2	3

2	Banjul Hawks	2	0	2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Asante Kotoko	1	0	1 (6 p)

4	CARA Brazzaville	0	1	1 (7 p)
					CARA Brazzaville	3	1	4

					US Ben Guerdane	0	3	3
3	US Ben Guerdane	—	—	w/o

2	Al-Hilal Juba	—	—

Preliminary round					First round

1	Onze Créateurs	1	0	1

4	CR Belouizdad	1	2	3
					CR Belouizdad	3	0	3

					Nkana	0	1	1
3	Nkana			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Simba	4	1	5

4	Gendarmerie Nationale	0	0	0
					Simba	2	0	2 (a)

					Al-Masry	2	0	2 (a)
3	Al-Masry	4	1	5

2	Green Buffaloes	0	2	2

Preliminary round					First round

1	RS Berkane	2	1	3

4	Mbour Petite-Côte	1	1	2
					RS Berkane	3	1	4

					Club Africain	1	0	1
3	Club Africain			Bye

2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Raja Casablanca			Bye

4
					Raja Casablanca	1	4	5

					FC Nouadhibou	1	2	3
3	Africa Sports	1	0	1

2	FC Nouadhibou	1	1	2

Preliminary round					First round

1	Zimamoto	1	0	1

4	Welayta Dicha	1	1	2
					Welayta Dicha	2	1	3 (4 p)

					Zamalek	1	2	3 (3 p)
3	Zamalek			Bye

2

Preliminary round

The preliminary round included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Petro de Luanda	5–0	Masters Security	5–0	0–0
Young Buffaloes	0–2	Cape Town City	0–1	0–1
Costa do Sol	2–0	Jwaneng Galaxy	1–0	1–0
Energie	2–1	Hafia	1–0	1–1
APR	6–1	Anse Réunion	4–0	2–1
Djoliba	w/o^{[w/o 1]}	ELWA United	—	—
AFC Leopards	1–1 (a)	Fosa Juniors	1–1	0–0
Ngazi Sport	2–5	AS Port-Louis 2000	1–1	1–4
AS Mangasport	1–2	AS Maniema Union	0–1	1–1
Olympique Star	1–0	Étoile Filante	0–0	1–0
New Star	2–2 (a)	Deportivo Niefang	2–1	0–1
AS Tanda	0–1	CS La Mancha	0–0	0–1
Akwa United	3–2	Banjul Hawks	1–2	2–0
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	4–0	Sahel	1–0	3–0
US Ben Guerdane	w/o^{[w/o 2]}	Al-Hilal Juba	—	—
Asante Kotoko	1–1 (6–7 p)	CARA Brazzaville	1–0	0–1
Onze Créateurs	1–3	CR Belouizdad	1–1	0–2
Al-Masry	5–2	Green Buffaloes	4–0	1–2
Simba	5–0	Gendarmerie Nationale	4–0	1–0
RS Berkane	3–2	Mbour Petite-Côte	2–1	1–1
Africa Sports	1–2	FC Nouadhibou	1–1	0–1
Zimamoto	1–2	Welayta Dicha	1–1	0–1

Notes:

^ Djoliba won on walkover after ELWA United withdrew.^[5]
^ US Ben Guerdane won on walkover after Al-Hilal Juba failed to arrive for the first leg.^[6]

10 February 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Petro de Luanda	5–0	Masters Security
Mano-Mano 40' Tony 74', 77', 82' Diney 90+3'	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Jonas Shongedi (Namibia)

20 February 2018

14:30 UTC+2

Masters Security	0–0	Petro de Luanda
	Report

Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre

Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

Petro de Luanda won 5–0 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

16:00 UTC+2

Young Buffaloes	0–1	Cape Town City
	Report	Akosah-Bempah 81'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: João Goma (Angola)

20 February 2018

19:30 UTC+2

Cape Town City	1–0	Young Buffaloes
Ralani 57'	Report

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Referee: Dharamveer Hurbungs (Mauritius)

Cape Town City won 2–0 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

15:30 UTC+2

Costa do Sol	1–0	Jwaneng Galaxy
Tisdell 88'	Report

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Abdoul Kanoso (Madagascar)

21 February 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Jwaneng Galaxy	0–1	Costa do Sol
	Report	Isac 20'

Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone

Referee: José Álvaro Clemente Chitumba (Angola)

Costa do Sol won 2–0 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Energie	1–0	Hafia
Santou 42'	Report

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Kokou Fagla (Togo)

20 February 2018

16:30 UTC±0

Hafia	1–1	Energie
Ab. Camara 10'	Report	Guera 90'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: António Rodrigues (Cape Verde)

Energie won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

15:30 UTC+2

APR	4–0	Anse Réunion
Bizimana 12', 71', 90+1' Bigirimana 79'	Report

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Lemma Nigussie (Ethiopia)

20 February 2018

17:30 UTC+4

Anse Réunion	1–2	APR
Rose 34'	Report	Rugwiro 47' Bigirimana 62'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

APR won 6–1 on aggregate.

9 February 2018

19:00 UTC±0

Djoliba	Cancelled	ELWA United
	Report

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Mohamed Cheikh Mhamed Vall (Mauritania)

20 February 2018

16:00 UTC±0

ELWA United	Cancelled	Djoliba
	Report

Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia

Referee: Allou Franc Eric Miessan (Ivory Coast)

Djoliba won on walkover after ELWA United withdrew.^[5]

11 February 2018

15:00 UTC+3

AFC Leopards	1–1	Fosa Juniors
Arkoh 3'	Report	Andrianinosy 15'

Bukhungu Stadium, Kakamega

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

21 February 2018

14:30 UTC+3

Fosa Juniors	0–0	AFC Leopards
	Report

Rabemananjara Stadium, Mahajanga

Referee: Allister Barra (Seychelles)

1–1 on aggregate. Fosa Juniors won on away goals.

10 February 2018

15:00 UTC+3

Ngazi Sport	1–1	AS Port-Louis 2000
Fanomezantsoa 66'	Report	Ernest 2'

Stade de Moroni, Moroni

Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

20 February 2018

15:15 UTC+4

AS Port-Louis 2000	4–1	Ngazi Sport
Lafoudre 41', 81', 89' Botlar 56'	Report	Zayed 88'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Kutlwano Leso (Botswana)

AS Port-Louis 2000 won 5–2 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

15:30 UTC+1

AS Mangasport	0–1	AS Maniema Union
	Report	Amongo 83'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Mandeng Cosmas (Cameroon)

21 February 2018

15:30 UTC+2

AS Maniema Union	1–1	AS Mangasport
Mbambu 18' (pen.)	Report	Hassan 37'

Stade Joseph Kabila, Kindu

Referee: Prince Arcy Dongombe (Central African Republic)

AS Maniema Union won 2–1 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Olympique Star	0–0	Étoile Filante
	Report

Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura

Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagirumukiza (Rwanda)

21 February 2018

15:30 UTC±0

Étoile Filante	0–1	Olympique Star
	Report	Saidi 56'

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou

Referee: Harouna Coulibaly (Mali)

Olympique Star won 1–0 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

15:30 UTC+1

New Star	2–1	Deportivo Niefang
Ngongang 35', 83'	Report	Diarra 87'

Limbe Stadium, Limbe

Referee: Isidore Essono Nze (Gabon)

20 February 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Deportivo Niefang	1–0	New Star
Asu 29'	Report

Estadio de Bata, Bata

Referee: Quadri Ololade Adebimpe (Nigeria)

2–2 on aggregate. Deportivo Niefang won on away goals.

10 February 2018

16:00 UTC±0

AS Tanda	0–0	CS La Mancha
	Report

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Reginald Lathbridge (Ghana)

20 February 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CS La Mancha	1–0	AS Tanda
Mbenza 51'	Report

Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

Referee: Alhadi Mahamat (Chad)

CS La Mancha won 1–0 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Akwa United	1–2	Banjul Hawks
Mbaoma 72'	Report	Jallow 11' Charty 34'

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Daudu Williams (Sierra Leone)

21 February 2018

18:00 UTC±0

Banjul Hawks	0–2	Akwa United
	Report	Olisema 38', 46'

Independence Stadium, Bakau

Referee: Ousmane Camara (Guinea)

Akwa United won 3–2 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

18:00 UTC+1

Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1–0	Sahel
Eisa 90'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Haithem Kossaï (Tunisia)

21 February 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Sahel	0–3	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
	Report	Alaqoub 17', 32' Tubal 25'

Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché, Niamey

Referee: Abderazzek Arab (Algeria)

Al-Ittihad Tripoli won 4–0 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

14:00 UTC+1

US Ben Guerdane	Cancelled	Al-Hilal Juba
	Report

Stade du 7 Mars, Ben Gardane

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

21 February 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Juba	Cancelled	US Ben Guerdane
	Report

Juba Stadium, Juba

Referee: Numbi Pierre Kibingo (DR Congo)

US Ben Guerdane won on walkover after Al-Hilal Juba failed to arrive for the first leg.^[7]^[6]

11 February 2018

15:00 UTC±0

Asante Kotoko	1–0	CARA Brazzaville
Mohammed 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

21 February 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CARA Brazzaville	1–0	Asante Kotoko
Ondongo 38'	Report
Penalties
Ondongo Kibongani Okiélé Massa	7–6	Annan O. Owusu Frimpong Nafiu Mohammed Adams J. Owusu Opoku Mahama Boahene

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)

1–1 on aggregate. CARA Brazzaville won 7–6 on penalties.

9 February 2018

16:30 UTC±0

Onze Créateurs	1–1	CR Belouizdad
Samaké 40' (pen.)	Report	Bechou 61'

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

20 February 2018

17:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	2–0	Onze Créateurs
Bouchar 30' Lakroum 69'	Report

Stade du 20-Août-1955, Algiers

Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

CR Belouizdad won 3–1 on aggregate.

10 February 2018

19:30 UTC+2

Al-Masry	4–0	Green Buffaloes
Salah 14' Bancé 40' Koffi 56' Issa 81'	Report

Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)

20 February 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Green Buffaloes	2–1	Al-Masry
Katiba 10' Kabamba 87'	Report	Gomaa 15'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka

Referee: Joaquin Esono (Equatorial Guinea)

Al-Masry won 5–2 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Simba	4–0	Gendarmerie Nationale
Hamisi 1' Bocco 33', 45' Okwi 90'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Alier Michael James (South Sudan)

20 February 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Gendarmerie Nationale	0–1	Simba
	Report	Okwi 53'

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Simba won 5–0 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

18:30 UTC±0

RS Berkane	2–1	Mbour Petite-Côte
El Kaabi 63' (pen.) Laba 72'	Report	Sow 42'

Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

21 February 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Mbour Petite-Côte	1–1	RS Berkane
Sow 43'	Report	El Kaabi 66'

Stade Caroline Faye, M'Bour

Referee: Boukari Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso)

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Africa Sports	1–1	FC Nouadhibou
Thomas 42'	Report	Voullany 51'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Lazard Tsiba (Congo)

21 February 2018

15:30 UTC±0

FC Nouadhibou	1–0	Africa Sports
Manu 61' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Municipal, Nouadhibou

Referee: Bakary Camara (Gambia)

FC Nouadhibou won 2–1 on aggregate.

11 February 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Zimamoto	1–1	Welayta Dicha
Ali 32'	Report	Djako 43'

Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City

Referee: Hafiz Abdelghani Alamen (Sudan)

21 February 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Welayta Dicha	1–0	Zimamoto
Djako 28' (pen.)	Report

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Welayta Dicha won 2–1 on aggregate.

First round

The first round included 32 teams: the 22 winners of the preliminary round, and the 10 teams that received byes to this round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Petro de Luanda	1–2	SuperSport United	0–0	1–2
Costa do Sol	2–2 (a)	Cape Town City	0–1	2–1
Energie	2–5	Enyimba	0–2	2–3
Djoliba	2–2 (a)	APR	1–0	1–2
AS Port-Louis 2000	0–3	Fosa Juniors	0–2	0–1
AS Maniema Union	3–3 (a)	USM Alger	2–2	1–1
Olympique Star	0–6	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	0–0	0–6
DC Motema Pembe	1–2	Deportivo Niefang	1–1	0–1
CS La Mancha	4–2	Al-Ahly Shendi	3–0	1–2
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1–1 (2–3 p)	Akwa United	1–0	0–1
CARA Brazzaville	4–3	US Ben Guerdane	3–0	1–3
CR Belouizdad	3–1	Nkana	3–0	0–1
Simba	2–2 (a)	Al-Masry	2–2	0–0
RS Berkane	4–1	Club Africain	3–1	1–0
Raja Casablanca	5–3	FC Nouadhibou	1–1	4–2
Welayta Dicha	3–3 (4–3 p)	Zamalek	2–1	1–2

6 March 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Petro de Luanda	0–0	SuperSport United
	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Simões Guambe (Mozambique)

16 March 2018

19:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	2–1	Petro de Luanda
Mnyamane 79', 83'	Report	Élio 49'

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

SuperSport United won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Costa do Sol	0–1	Cape Town City
	Report	Masina 65'

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho)

18 March 2018

16:00 UTC+2

Cape Town City	1–2	Costa do Sol
Kewuti 15'	Report	Tisdell 3' Miocha 83'

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

2–2 on aggregate. Costa do Sol won on away goals.

7 March 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Energie	0–2	Enyimba
	Report	Santou 3' (o.g.) Oladepo 8'

Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou

Referee: Mohamed Cheikh Mhamed Vall (Mauritania)

18 March 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Enyimba	3–2	Energie
Bashir 1' Okonkwo 68', 90' (pen.)	Report	Elegbedé 62' Odjouhassi 88'

U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

Enyimba won 5–2 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Djoliba	1–0	APR
Niang 48'	Report

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)

17 March 2018

15:30 UTC+2

APR	2–1	Djoliba
Bizimana 19' Nshuti 75'	Report	Bagayoko 9'

Amahoro Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Idris Mehammed Osman (Eritrea)

2–2 on aggregate. Djoliba won on away goals.

7 March 2018

15:30 UTC+4

AS Port-Louis 2000	0–2	Fosa Juniors
	Report	Andrianarimanana 35', 53'

Stade George V, Curepipe

Referee: Bilal Abdallah Ismael (Djibouti)

18 March 2018

14:30 UTC+3

Fosa Juniors	1–0	AS Port-Louis 2000
Razafindrakoto 63'	Report

Rabemananjara Stadium, Mahajanga

Referee: Elly Ally Sasii (Tanzania)

Fosa Juniors won 3–0 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

14:00 UTC+2

AS Maniema Union	2–2	USM Alger
Mbuka 45' Mozinzi 51'	Report	Ardji 18' Darfalou 29'

Stade Joseph Kabila, Kindu

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

18 March 2018

18:00 UTC+1

USM Alger	1–1	AS Maniema Union
Darfalou 82'	Report	Manzoki 90'

Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers

Referee: Jerry Yekeh (Liberia)

3–3 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.

7 March 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Olympique Star	0–0	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
	Report

Stade Urukundo, Ngozi

Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

17 March 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	6–0	Olympique Star
El Tahir 3', 81' Girfa 7', 33' Ladzagla 19' Abdelraheem 63'	Report

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, El-Obeid

Referee: Ayman El Sharif (Libya)

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid won 6–0 on aggregate.

6 March 2018

15:30 UTC+1

DC Motema Pembe	1–1	Deportivo Niefang
Tshibamba 21'	Report	Sidibé 35'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Joseph Odey Ogabor (Nigeria)

18 March 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Deportivo Niefang	1–0	DC Motema Pembe
Mikue 15'	Report

Estadio de Bata, Bata

Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa Almoustapha (Niger)

Deportivo Niefang won 2–1 on aggregate.

6 March 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CS La Mancha	3–0	Al-Ahly Shendi
Mbenza 22' (pen.) Agbodo 65' Mantouari 81'	Report

Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

Referee: Jean Marc Ganamandji (Central African Republic)

16 March 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahly Shendi	2–1	CS La Mancha
Elhussain 7' Magbi 62' (pen.)	Report	Ngoma 47'

Shendi Stadium, Shendi

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

CS La Mancha won 4–2 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

17:00 UTC+1

Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1–0	Akwa United
Eisa 83'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Kokou Ognankotan Ntale (Togo)

18 March 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Akwa United	1–0	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Asuquo 46'	Report
Penalties
Etim Olisema Kester Nya	3–2	Shafshuf Al Badri

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Joaquin Esono (Equatorial Guinea)

1–1 on aggregate. Akwa United won 3–2 on penalties.

7 March 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CARA Brazzaville	3–0	US Ben Guerdane
Kivutuka 3' Thoury 22' Louamba 79'	Report

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Referee: Issa Abdelhadi (Chad)

18 March 2018

14:00 UTC+1

US Ben Guerdane	3–1	CARA Brazzaville
Loua Loua 13' Yahia 57' Zoghlami 83'	Report	Louamba 73'

Stade du 7 Mars, Ben Gardane

Referee: Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali (Benin)

CARA Brazzaville won 4–3 on aggregate.

6 March 2018

17:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	3–0	Nkana
Benkablia 46' Lamhene 59' Draoui 71'	Report

Stade du 20-Août-1955, Algiers

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

17 March 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Nkana	1–0	CR Belouizdad
Apanene 47' (pen.)	Report

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Swaziland)

CR Belouizdad won 3–1 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

18:00 UTC+3

Simba	2–2	Al-Masry
Bocco 10' (pen.) Okwi 74' (pen.)	Report	Gomaa 12' Shoukry 26' (pen.)

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Thando Ndzandzeka (South Africa)

17 March 2018

19:30 UTC+2

Al-Masry	0–0	Simba
	Report

Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Yonas Zekarias Ghebre (Eritrea)

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Masry won on away goals.

6 March 2018

17:00 UTC±0

RS Berkane	3–1	Club Africain
Aziz 24' Laba 31' Akhmis 75'	Report	Khalifa 89' (pen.)

Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

17 March 2018

15:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	0–1	RS Berkane
	Report	El Kaabi 72'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

RS Berkane won 4–1 on aggregate.

6 March 2018

19:00 UTC±0

Raja Casablanca	1–1	FC Nouadhibou
Khaldane 69'	Report	Voullany 79'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

17 March 2018

15:30 UTC±0

FC Nouadhibou	2–4	Raja Casablanca
Gaye 12' Moustapha 63'	Report	Iajour 5', 44' Hafidi 15' Benhalib 69'

Stade Municipal, Nouadhibou

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Raja Casablanca won 5–3 on aggregate.

7 March 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Welayta Dicha	2–1	Zamalek
Melayu 16' Dawit 77'	Report	Fathy 36'

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Ishmael Chizinga (Malawi)

18 March 2018

18:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	2–1	Welayta Dicha
Madbouly 45+1' (pen.), 48'	Report	Usman 51'
Penalties
Madbouly Morsy Ibrahim Hefny Abdel Aziz	3–4	Djako Holeta Usman Kumma

Al-Salam Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

3–3 on aggregate. Welayta Dicha won 4–3 on penalties.

Play-off round

The play-off round included 32 teams: the 16 winners of the Confederation Cup first round and the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.^[8]^[9] The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg.

The 32 teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses):^[10]

Pot A contained the four highest-ranked losers of the Champions League first round.
Pot B contained the four highest-ranked winners of the Confederation Cup first round.
Pot C contained the twelve lowest-ranked losers of the Champions League first round.
Pot D contained the twelve lowest-ranked winners of the Confederation Cup first round.

First, a team from Pot A and a team from Pot D were drawn into four ties. Next, a team from Pot B and a team from Pot C were drawn into four ties. Finally, the remaining teams from Pot C and Pot D were drawn into the last eight ties.^[11]

Pot	Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Qualified from	Champions League	Confederation Cup	Champions League	Confederation Cup
Teams	Al-Hilal (21 pts) AS Vita Club (15 pts) Saint George (10.5 pts) Zanaco (10 pts)	USM Alger (35 pts) SuperSport United (20 pts) Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid (10 pts) Enyimba (8 pts)	ASEC Mimosas (5 pts) CF Mounana (2.5 pts) Young Africans (2 pts) Williamsville AC Aduana Stars Gor Mahia UD Songo MFM Plateau United Rayon Sports Génération Foot Bidvest Wits	CR Belouizdad CARA Brazzaville CS La Mancha Al-Masry Deportivo Niefang Welayta Dicha Fosa Juniors Djoliba Raja Casablanca RS Berkane Costa do Sol Akwa United

The 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zanaco	0–5	Raja Casablanca	0–2	0–3
AS Vita Club	6–1	CS La Mancha	1–0	5–1
Saint George	1–1 (3–4 p)	CARA Brazzaville	1–0	0–1
Al-Hilal	3–3 (a)	Akwa United	2–0	1–3
Gor Mahia	2–2 (a)	SuperSport United	1–0	1–2
UD Songo	4–3	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	3–1	1–2
Plateau United	2–5	USM Alger	2–1	0–4
Bidvest Wits	1–1 (a)	Enyimba	1–1	0–0
Aduana Stars	7–3	Fosa Juniors	6–1	1–2
Young Africans	2–1	Welayta Dicha	2–0	0–1
Génération Foot	3–3 (a)	RS Berkane	3–1	0–2
CF Mounana	2–3	Al-Masry	1–1	1–2
ASEC Mimosas	1–0	CR Belouizdad	1–0	0–0
Williamsville AC	3–2	Deportivo Niefang	2–0	1–2
MFM	0–1	Djoliba	0–1	0–0
Rayon Sports	3–2	Costa do Sol	3–0	0–2

7 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

Zanaco	0–2	Raja Casablanca
	Report	Benhalib 67' Hadraf 75'

National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

18 April 2018

20:00 UTC+1

Raja Casablanca	3–0	Zanaco
Benhalib 15' Iajour 18' Banoun 78'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Raja Casablanca won 5–0 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

AS Vita Club	1–0	CS La Mancha
Ngoma 87'	Report

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

17 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CS La Mancha	1–5	AS Vita Club
Mbenza 40' (pen.)	Report	Mundele 8', 59', 61', 88' Moloko 79'

Stade Municipal, Pointe-Noire

Referee: Mutaz Khairalla (Sudan)

AS Vita Club won 6–1 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Saint George	1–0	CARA Brazzaville
Girma 78'	Report

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

18 April 2018

15:30 UTC+1

CARA Brazzaville	1–0	Saint George
Mbo 36'	Report
Penalties
Louamba Diafouka Chancy Thoury Ankira	4–3	Adane Assefa

Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville

Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

1–1 on aggregate. CARA Brazzaville won 4–3 on penalties.

8 April 2018

19:30 UTC+2

Al-Hilal	2–0	Akwa United
Shelesh 20' Al-Jerif 25'	Report

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

18 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Akwa United	3–1	Al-Hilal
Ibe 45', 52', 65' (pen.)	Report	Bashir 29'

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Hilal won on away goals.

8 April 2018

15:00 UTC+3

Gor Mahia	1–0	SuperSport United
Tuyisenge 78' (pen.)	Report

Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

18 April 2018

19:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	2–1	Gor Mahia
Shakava 60' (o.g.) Mnyamane 68'	Report	Kahata 61'

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

2–2 on aggregate. Gor Mahia won on away goals.

7 April 2018

15:00 UTC+2

UD Songo	3–1	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Amorim 21' Kambala 34' Pelembe 61'	Report	Tetteh 89'

Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

18 April 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	2–1	UD Songo
Amin 32' Ladzagla 61'	Report	Kambala 21'

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, El-Obeid

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

UD Songo won 4–3 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Plateau United	2–1	USM Alger
Osanga 21' James 74'	Report	Yaya 55'

Agege Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

17 April 2018

18:00 UTC+1

USM Alger	4–0	Plateau United
Darfalou 29', 49' Beldjilali 43' Benkhemassa 79'	Report

Stade du 5-Juillet-1962, Algiers

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

USM Alger won 5–2 on aggregate.

6 April 2018

20:00 UTC+2

Bidvest Wits	1–1	Enyimba
Klate 3'	Report	Mustapha 5'

Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

18 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Enyimba	0–0	Bidvest Wits
	Report

U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

1–1 on aggregate. Enyimba won on away goals.

8 April 2018

15:00 UTC±0

Aduana Stars	6–1	Fosa Juniors
Opoku 8', 84' Adams 33' (pen.), 40' (pen.) Mumuni 62' (pen.) Adjei 86'	Report	Randrianantenaina 4'

Agyeman Badu Stadium, Dormaa Ahenkro

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

18 April 2018

14:30 UTC+3

Fosa Juniors	2–1	Aduana Stars
Marobe 4' (pen.) Andrinirina 41'	Report	Asamoah 61'

Rabemananjara Stadium, Mahajanga

Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)

Aduana Stars won 7–3 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Young Africans	2–0	Welayta Dicha
Daudi 1' Martin 54'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

18 April 2018

16:00 UTC+3

Welayta Dicha	1–0	Young Africans
Djako 2'	Report

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

Young Africans won 2–1 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Génération Foot	3–1	RS Berkane
Ndiaye 49', 58', 63'	Report	El Kaabi 37'

Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar

Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

18 April 2018

19:00 UTC+1

RS Berkane	2–0	Génération Foot
Aziz 33' Diouf 75' (o.g.)	Report

Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

3–3 on aggregate. RS Berkane won on away goals.

6 April 2018

15:00 UTC+1

CF Mounana	1–1	Al-Masry
Atchabao 56'	Report	Gomaa 15'

Stade Augustin Monédan de Sibang, Libreville

Referee: Kokou Ognankotan Ntale (Togo)

17 April 2018

19:30 UTC+2

Al-Masry	2–1	CF Mounana
Koffi 59' Issa 74'	Report	Ameka 65'

Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Al-Masry won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 April 2018

15:00 UTC±0

ASEC Mimosas	1–0	CR Belouizdad
Agbégniadan 50'	Report

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

17 April 2018

17:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	0–0	ASEC Mimosas
	Report

Stade du 20-Août-1955, Algiers

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

ASEC Mimosas won 1–0 on aggregate.

7 April 2018

16:00 UTC±0

Williamsville AC	2–0	Deportivo Niefang
J.-F. N'da 13' Zan Bi 54'	Report

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

18 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

Deportivo Niefang	2–1	Williamsville AC
Koné 3' (o.g.) Pogadjo 70'	Report	Karidioula 90+1'

Estadio de Bata, Bata

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Williamsville AC won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 April 2018

16:00 UTC+1

MFM	0–1	Djoliba
	Report	Niapégué 78'

Agege Stadium, Lagos

Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)

18 April 2018

17:00 UTC±0

Djoliba	0–0	MFM
	Report

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

Djoliba won 1–0 on aggregate.

6 April 2018

18:00 UTC+2

Rayon Sports	3–0	Costa do Sol
Shabani 45+1' (pen.), 84' Muhire 78'	Report

Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

18 April 2018

19:00 UTC+2

Costa do Sol	2–0	Rayon Sports
Isac 30', 45+1'	Report

Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Rayon Sports won 3–2 on aggregate.

Notes

^ ^a ^b The teams from Mali were listed as Mali 1 (Onze Créateurs) and Mali 2 (Djoliba) 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.
^ ^a ^b Teams from Libya are not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.