| Tourney Name: | CAF Confederation Cup group stage |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 58 |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup group stage matches took place between August and October 2012.[1] The matchdays were 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, 14–16 September, 5–7 October, and 19–21 October.[2]
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.[3]
The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2012, 14:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[4] For the group stage draw, the winners of the play-off round ties involving the two teams seeded in the play-off round (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking)[5] were seeded into Pot 1, and the winners of the remaining ties were seeded into Pot 2. Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.[6]
| Play-off round ties | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=225 | Team 1 (CL 2nd round losers) | v | width=225 | Team 2 (CC 2nd round winners) |
| Pot 1 | (top seed) Maghreb de Fès  | align=left | AC Léopards | |
(top seed) Al-Hilal  | align=left |  Cercle Olympique de Bamako | ||
| Pot 2 | AFAD Djékanou  | align=left | Wydad AC | |
| Al-Merreikh | align=left | Black Leopards | ||
| Djoliba | align=left |  Club Africain | ||
| align=left | Interclube | |||
| Stade Malien | align=left | CODM Meknès | ||
Coton Sport  | align=left | Al-Ahly Shendi | ||
The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:[3]
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Merreikh | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | |
| Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 11 | |
| Interclube | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 | |
| Al-Ahly Shendi | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
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| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djoliba | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 | |
| AC Léopards | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | |
| Wydad AC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |
| Stade Malien | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 3 |
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