2008 CAF Confederation Cup

1

The 2008 CAF Confederation Cup was the fifth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home and away ties) in mid-February. The competition concluded on 22 November with CS Sfaxien winning the title.

Qualifying rounds

All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

1st legs played on 15โ€“17 February 2008 and 2nd legs played on 29 Februaryโ€“2 March 2008. 1 Clubs from the, , ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช kenya, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ rwanda and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ sierra leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations.

First round

1st legs played on 21โ€“23 March 2008 and 2nd legs played on 4โ€“6 April 2008.

Second round

1st legs played on 25โ€“27 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9โ€“11 May 2008. 1 The match was abandoned at halftime with Asante Kotoko winning 1-0 due a storm that flooded the pitch. The match was replayed next day.

Play-off round

The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage. First leg played 11/12/13 July and second leg played 25/26/27 July

Group stage

The group phase starts on the weekend of 15โ€“17 August and concludes on the weekend of 17โ€“19 October. There are no semi-finals; the group winners meet in a two-legged final.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

This article is derived from Wikipedia and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. View the original article.

Wikipediaยฎ is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
Bliptext is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation.

View original