2011 CAF Confederation Cup group stage explained

Tourney Name:CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Year:2011
Matches:24
Goals:44
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2012

See main article: 2011 CAF Confederation Cup. The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup 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 play-off 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 (which followed the draw for the play-off round) 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 winners of the eight play-off round ties were divided into two pots. The winners of the ties involving the two top-seeded teams in the play-off round draw were in Pot 1, while the other six winners were in Pot 2. Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.

Play-off round ties
width=225Team 1 (CL 2nd round losers)vwidth=225Team 2 (CC 2nd round winners)
Pot 1align=left Kaduna United
Diaraf align=left JS Kabylie (top seed)
Pot 2Club Africain align=left Sofapaka
Al-Ittihad align=left Sunshine Stars
align=left Maghreb de Fès
align=left Motema Pembe
ASEC Mimosas align=left 1º de Agosto
Interclube align=left Difaa El Jadida

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/confederatio-cup.pdf Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup
  3. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CC_draw_15_05_2011.pdf Draw of the 2nd 1/8th final; Draw of the Group Matches
  4. http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Procedures%20of%20the%20draw%20CC-%20EN.pdf Official Draw for Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2011 2nd 1/8th finals; Official Draw for the group matches of the Orange CC 2011