2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage explained
| Tourney Name: | CAF Confederation Cup group stage |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 42 |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seedings.[3]
The following eight teams were entered into the draw, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw:
Format
Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]
- 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;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
- Goal difference in all games;
- Goals scored in all games;
- Away goals scored in all games;
- Drawing of lots.
Groups
The matchdays were 26–28 June, 10–12 July, 24–26 July, 7–9 August, 21–23 August, and 11–13 September 2015.[4]
Group A
------------The Stade Malien v Espérance de Tunis match was suspended at the 49th minute due to heavy rain, and was resumed on 10 August 2015, 16:30 UTC±0, from the point of abandonment.[5] [6] --------
Group B
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup. Confédération Africaine de Football. 1 December 2014.
- Web site: Live report: CAF Interclubs draw. CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
- Web site: Ahly, Zamalek to be drawn apart. Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
- Web site: CAF Full Calendar . CAFonline.com . 28 February 2015 . 28 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161053/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx . 14 February 2015 .
- Web site: Stade Malien – Esperance continues on Monday. CAF. 9 August 2015.
- Web site: Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien-Espérance Tunis interrompu et reporté à lundi. Afrik-Foot.com. 9 August 2015. French.
