2011 CAF Champions League group stage explained

Tourney Name:	CAF Champions League group stage
Year:	2011
Matches:	24
Goals:	54
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012

See main article: 2011 CAF Champions League. The 2011 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2011. The matchdays were: 15–17 July, 29–31 July, 12–14 August, 26–28 August, 9–11 September, and 16–18 September.^[1]

The group stage featured the eight winners from the second round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.^[2]

Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 May 2011, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.^[3]

The procedures for the group stage draw were announced on 12 May 2011.^[4] The teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

width=220	Pot 1	width=220	Pot 2	width=220	Pot 3	width=220	Pot 4
Al-Ahly ^{(43 pts)} Al-Hilal ^{(31 pts)}	Espérance ST ^{(24 pts)} Coton Sport ^{(12 pts)}	Enyimba ^{(11 pts)} MC Alger ^{(0 pts)}	Raja Casablanca ^{(0 pts)} Wydad AC^† ^{(0 pts)}

Notes:

Ranking score for teams is by their individual team 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking, the same ranking used to seed teams in the qualifying rounds.
^† Winner of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe

Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:^[2]

Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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External links

CAF Champions League

Notes and References

http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/interclub_2011_calendar.pdf Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/champions%20league.pdf Regulations of the CAF Champions League
http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CL_draw_15_05_2011.pdf Draw of the Group matches
http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Procedures%20of%20the%20draw%20CL-EN.pdf Official draw procedure for the group matches, semi-finals and finals of the 15th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League, “CL 2011”