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.

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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:

Tiebreakers

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

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/interclub_2011_calendar.pdf Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
  2. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/champions%20league.pdf Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  3. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CL_draw_15_05_2011.pdf Draw of the Group matches
  4. 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”