2018 CAF Champions league: 16 teams reach group stage, 16 losers drop to Confed. Cup play-off

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the second-leg, first-round matches played across African at the weekend in the 2018 CAF Champions league, here are the 16 qualifiers for the group stage.

Sixteen losers in Champions league first-round move over to the parallel 2018 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.

Results of the first-leg, first-round Confederation Cup are as follows, with first-named teams hosting and first-round results in brackets

KCCA, Uganda 1-0 (0-0) Saint George, Ethiopia
Note - KCCA qualify for group stage on 1-0 goals aggregate.

Mbabane Swallows, Swaziland 1-0 (2-1) Zanaco, Zambia
- Mbabane Swallows through on 3-1 aggregate.

Williamsville AC, Cote d'Ivoire 2-0 (2-7) Wydad Casablanca Morocco
- Wydad Casablanca through on 7-4 aggregate.

ES Sétif, Algeria 4-0 (0-1) Aduana Stars Ghana
- ES Setif qualify on 4-1 aggregate.

CF Mounana, Gabon 1-3 (4-0) Al-Ahly, Egypt
- Al-Ahly qualify on 7-1 aggregate.

MC Alger, Algeria 6-0 (1-2) MFM Nigeria
- MC Alger qualify 7-2 aggregate.

Génération Foot, Senegal 0-2 (1-2) Horoya, Guinea
- Horoya qualify on 4–1 aggregate.

Township Rollers, Botswana 0-0 (2-1) Young Africans, Tanzania
- Township Rollers through on 2-1 aggregate.

Espérance de Tunis, Tunisia 1-0 (0-0) Gor Mahia, Kenya
- Espérance through on 1-0 aggregate.

Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia 4-2 (0-1) Plateau United, Nigeria
- Etoile du Sahel qualify on 4-2 aggregate.

Al-Hilal, Sudan 3-1 (0-2) AS Togo-Port Togo
- AS Togo-Port Togo through on 3–3 away goal rule.

ASEC Mimosas, Cote d'Ivoire 2-1 (0-1) ZESCO United, Zambia
- ZESCO United through on 2-2 away goal rule.

UD Songo, Mozambique 3-0 (0-4) TP Mazembe, DR Congo
- TP Mazembe through on 4–3 aggregate.

AS Vita Club, DR Congo 2-2 (0-1) Difaâ El Jadidi, Morocco
- Difaâ El Jadidi through on 3-2 aggregate.

Bidvest Wits, South Africa 1-0 (0-1) 1º de Agosto Angola
- 1º de Agosto through on 3-2 penalties.

Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa 2-0 (0-0) Rayon Sports, Rwanda
- Mamelodi Sundowns qualify on 2-0 goals aggregate.

The list of qualifiers at a glance :-

1. KCCA, Uganda
2. Mbabane Swallows, Swaziland
3. Wydad Casablanca, Morocco
4. ES Setif, Algeria
5. Al-Ahly, Egypt
6. MC Alger, Algeria
7. Horoya, Guinea
8. Township Rollers, Botswana
9. Espérance de Tunis, Tunisia
10 Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia
11 AS Togo-Port, Togo
12 ZESCO United, Zambia
13 TP Mazembe, DR Congo
14 Difaâ El Jadidi, Morocco
15 1º de Agosto, Angola
16 Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa

The draw for the group stage will be held on 21 March 2018. The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, are drawn into four groups of four. The teams are seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons.

The 16 losers who will more to the play-off stage of the Confederation Cup are -

1. Saint George, Ethiopia
2. Zanaco, Zambia
3. Williamsville AC, Cote d'Ivoire
4. Aduana Stars Ghana
5. CF Mounana, Gabon
6. MFM, Nigeria
7. Génération Foot, Senegal
8. Young Africans, Tanzania
9. Gor Mahia, Kenya
10 Plateau United, Nigeria
11 Al-Hilal, Sudan
12 ASEC Mimosas, Cote d'Ivoire
13 UD Songo, Mozambique
14 AS Vita Club, DR Congo
15 Bidvest Wits, South Africa
16 Rayon Sports, Rwanda
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