CAF Champions League, Confederations Cup Preliminary Draw Holds Today

CAF Champions League, Confederations Cup Preliminary Draw Holds Today

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The draw for the 2023/24 season of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup preliminary stages will hold today (Tuesday).

This signal the kick-off of this year’s CAF club competition continental football.

The preliminary stages draw will be conducted on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 14h00 Cairo time (11h00 GMT) at the CAF Headquarters starting with the CAF Confederation Cup and followed closely by the CAF Champions League, live across all CAF TV Partners, CAF official website CAFONLINE.COM and the official CAF YouTube Channel, CAF TV.

54 clubs from 42 countries are engaged in this season's CAF Champions League, while 52 clubs representing 41 countries will compete in the CAF Confederation Cup.

CAF Interclub competitions, including the CAF Women’s Champions League have shown tremendous growth over the last few seasons, thanks to CAF’s increased investment in broadcast technology and global marketing engagement across its competitions.

Last season’s finals of both competitions saw record-breaking viewership numbers and attendance, with this trend expected to increase and filter down into the knockout and group stages of both competitions as the appetite for premium African football content continues to be on the rise globally.

Egypt’s Al Ahly are the current holders of the CAF Champions League after their fiercely contested victory over Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca. At the same time, USM Alger of Algeria hold the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup title after overcoming Tanzania’s Young Africans in one of the tournament’s most memorable finals.

Nigeria Professional League (NPL) Champions Enyimba, and runners-up Remo Stars of Ikenne are the representatives from the most populous country in Africa, for the CAF Champions League, while ex-champions, 2022 NPL Champions Rivers United and Bendel Insurance will be battling it out as representatives in the CAF Confederations Cup.