2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup
| TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2026–2027 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualification: 16 September – 26 October 2025 Competition proper: To be confirmed |
| Teams | 58 (from 46 associations) |
← 2025–26 2027–28 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying rounds) | |
The 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes,[1] will be the 24th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup and the 52nd overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The winners of this edition of the competition will earned the right to play against the winners of the 2026–27 CAF Champions League in the 2027 CAF Super Cup.[2]
Association team allocation
All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to the CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] As a result, a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For this season's edition, CAF used the 2021–2026 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs performance over the 5 years in the CAF club competitions. The criteria for the points are as follows:[3][4]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winners | 6 points | 5 points |
| Runners-up | 5 points | 4 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing quarter-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 0.5 point |
The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the season as follows:
- 2025–26: × 5
- 2024–25: × 4
- 2023–24: × 3
- 2022–23: × 2
- 2021–22: × 1
Teams
The following 56 teams from 44 associations entered the competition.
- Bold received a bye to the second round.
- The other teams entered the first round.
Associations are shown according to their CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
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- Associations which did not enter a team
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Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.
Qualifying rounds
2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
First round
2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Second round
2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
See also
References
- ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAFonline.com. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- 1 2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFonline.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFonline.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.