| 2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates |
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| Teams | Main Competition:16 Total: 54 (from 42 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Wydad AC (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Al Ahly |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 134 (2.2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Tiago Azulão(6 goals) |
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The 2021–22 CAF Champions League (known as the 2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League[1] for sponsorship purposes) was the 58th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 26th season under the current CAF Champions League title.
Wydad Casablanca won their 3rd title with a 2–0 win against the defending champions, Al Ahly, in the finalatStade Mohammed VinCasablanca, Morocco, which hosted a second consecutive final. As winners, Wydad earned the right to play against RS Berkane, the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup, in the 2022 CAF Super Cup.[2]
A total of 42 out of the 56 CAF member associations entered this season's CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] For this season, the CAF utilized the 2017–2021 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculated points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF club competitions. The criteria for points were as follows:[3][4][5]
| 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 year as follows:
The following 54 teams from 42 out of the total 54 member associations entered this season's tournament.
Associations are shown according to their 2017–2021 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
Chad
Comoros
Eritrea
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Madagascar
Mauritius
Namibia
Réunion
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South SudanNotes:
The schedule for this season's edtition of the tournament were as follows:
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualification | First round | 13 August 2021 | 10–12 September 2021 | 17–19 September 2021 |
| Second round | 15–17 October 2021 | 22–24 October 2021 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 December 2021 | 11–12 February 2022 | |
| Matchday 2 | 18–19 February 2022 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 25–26 February 2022 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 11–12 March 2022 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 18–19 March 2022 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 1–2 April 2022 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 5 April 2022 | 15–16 April 2022 | 22–23 April 2022 |
| Semi-finals | 6–7 May 2022 | 13–14 May 2022 | ||
| Final | 30 May 2022 at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca | |||
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[10][11][12]
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time won't be played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 &14).[2]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CI Kamsar 
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0–2[A] |  Hearts of Oak |
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LPRC Oilers 
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4–2 |  ASKO Kara
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3–0 | 1–2 |
AS SONABEL 
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0–4 |  Stade Malien
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0–1 | 0–3 |
USGN 
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2–1 |  Le Messager Ngozi
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1–1 | 1–0 |
KMKM 
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0–4 |  Al Ittihad
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0–2 | 0–2 |
Arta/Solar7 
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1–4 |  Tusker
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1–1 | 0–3 |
Mogadishu City 
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1–2 |  APR
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0–0 | 1–2 |
AS Bouenguidi 
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1–3 |  AS Maniema Union
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1–1 | 0–2 |
AmaZulu 
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3–2 |  Nyasa Big Bullets
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0–1 | 3–1 |
Jwaneng Galaxy 
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2–1 |  DFC 8ème
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2–0 | 0–1 |
Young Africans 
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0–2 |  Rivers United
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0–1 | 0–1 |
Fasil Kenema 
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3–3 (a) |  Al Hilal
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2–2 | 1–1 |
Teungueth 
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0–2 |  ASEC Mimosas
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0–1 | 0–1 |
| Akwa United
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1–2 |  CR Belouizdad
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1–0 | 0–2 |
UD Songo 
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1–1 (3–4 p) |  AS Otohô
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1–0 | 0–1 |
Fovu de Baham 
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2–2 (a) |  Petro de Luanda
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2–2 | 0–0 |
ESAE 
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1–3 |  FC Nouadhibou
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1–1 | 0–2 |
Fortune FC 
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3–3 (4–5 p) | ES Sétif
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3–0 | 0–3 |
| Sagrada Esperança
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0–0 (5–4 p) |  FC Platinum
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0–0 | 0–0 |
Royal Leopards 
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2–2 (a) |  ZESCO United
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1–0 | 1–2 |
Express 
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2–2 (a) | Al Merrikh
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2–1 | 0–1 |
Akonangui 
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0–3 | Zanaco
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0–2 | 0–1 |
Notes:
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Hearts of Oak
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2–6 | Wydad AC
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1–0 | 1–6 |
| LPRC Oilers
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0–4 | Raja Casablanca
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0–2 | 0–2 |
| Stade Malien
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1–3 | Horoya
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0–1 | 1–2 |
| USGN
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2–7 | Al Ahly
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1–1 | 1–6 |
| Al Ittihad
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0–1 |  Espérance de Tunis
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0–0 | 0–1 |
| Tusker
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0–5 | Zamalek
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0–1 | 0–4 |
| APR
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1–5 | Étoile du Sahel
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1–1 | 0–4 |
| AS Maniema Union
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2–4 | Mamelodi Sundowns
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2–2 | 0–2 |
| AmaZulu
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1–1 (a) | TP Mazembe
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0–0 | 1–1 |
| Jwaneng Galaxy
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3–3 (a) | Simba
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0–2 | 3–1 |
| Rivers United
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1–2 | Al Hilal
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1–1 | 0–1 |
| ASEC Mimosas
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3–3 (a) | CR Belouizdad
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3–1 | 0–2 |
| AS Otohô
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2–4 | Petro de Luanda
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2–2 | 0–2 |
| FC Nouadhibou
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3–3 (a) | ES Sétif
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3–1 | 0–2 |
| Sagrada Esperança
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3–2 | Royal Leopards
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3–1 | 0–1 |
| Al Merrikh
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4–2 | Zanaco
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3–0 | 1–2 |
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
| Tiebreakers |
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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 were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 &21):[2]
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| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | AHL | HIL | MER | |
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| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Al Ahly
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Al Hilal
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4[a] | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Al Merrikh
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4[a] | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | ESS | AMZ | HOR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja CA
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | ES Sétif
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | AmaZulu
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Horoya
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | CRB | ESS | GAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 | Jwaneng Galaxy
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | PET | ZAM | SAG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wydad AC
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Zamalek
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6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Sagrada Esperança
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A | Mamelodi Sundowns
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Al Ahly
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| B | Raja Casablanca
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ES Sétif
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| C | Espérance de Tunis
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CR Belouizdad
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| D | Wydad AC
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Petro de Luanda
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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 April 2022, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[14]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||
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| Al Ahly | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Raja Casablanca | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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| ES Sétif | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| ES Sétif | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 30 May – Casablanca | |||||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| Wydad AC | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Petro de Luanda | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Petro de Luanda | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Wydad AC | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| CR Belouizdad | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
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| Wydad AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al Ahly
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3–2 | Raja Casablanca
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2–1 | 1–1 |
| ES Sétif
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1–0 | Espérance de Tunis
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0–0 | 1–0 |
| CR Belouizdad
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0–1 | Wydad AC
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0–1 | 0–0 |
| Petro de Luanda
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3–2 | Mamelodi Sundowns
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2–1 | 1–1 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahly
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6–2 | ES Sétif
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4–0 | 2–2 |
| Petro de Luanda
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2–4 | Wydad AC
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1–3 | 1–1 |
The final was played on 30 May 2022 at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca.
| Al Ahly | 0–2 | Wydad AC |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 45,000[15]
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
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| 1 | Tiago Azulão
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Petro de Luanda
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 2 | Mohamed Sherif
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Al Ahly
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Zouhair El Moutaraji
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Wydad AC
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1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
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Espérance de Tunis
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Yahya Jabrane
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Wydad AC
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Riad Benayad
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ES Sétif
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1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Elsamani Saadeldin
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Al Merrikh
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Kheireddine Merzougui
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CR Belouizdad
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2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Thapelo Morena
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Mamelodi Sundowns
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1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Kingsley Eduwo
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Espérance de Tunis
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1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gilbert Baruti
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Jwaneng Galaxy
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1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Guy Mbenza
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Wydad AC
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1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Percy Tau
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Al Ahly
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1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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