The 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 10 September to 24 October 2021. A total of 54 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.
Times are in local times.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).
Entry roundSecond round(10 teams)First round(44 teams)Teams Al Ahly Espérance de Tunis Wydad AC Raja Casablanca Zamalek Mamelodi Sundowns TP Mazembe Horoya Étoile du Sahel Simba Al Hilal CR Belouizdad Petro de Luanda ES Sétif ZESCO United Zanaco Al Merrikh FC Platinum ASEC Mimosas Teungueth Loto-Popo FC Nouadhibou UD Songo AS Otohô Young Africans Rivers United Sagrada Esperança Jwaneng Galaxy AS SONABEL Le Messager Ngozi Fovu de Baham DFC 8ème AS Maniema Union Arta/Solar7 Akonangui Royal Leopards Fasil Kenema AS Bouenguidi Fortune FC Hearts of Oak CI Kamsar Tusker LPRC Oilers Al Ittihad Nyasa Big Bullets Stade Malien Akwa United USGN APR Mogadishu City AmaZulu ASKO Kara Express KMKM
Format
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).
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
RoundFirst legSecond legFirst round10–12 September 202117–19 September 2021Second round15–17 October 202122–24 October 2021
Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 13 August 2021.
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.
First round The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.
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LPRC Oilers won 3–2 on aggregate.
Stade Malien won 4–0 on aggregate.
USGN won 2–1 on aggregate.
Al Ittihad won 4–0 on aggregate.
Tusker won 4–1 on aggregate.
APR won 2–1 on aggregate.
AS Maniema Union won 3–1 on aggregate.
AmaZulu won 3–2 on aggregate.
Jwaneng Galaxy won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rivers United won 2–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Al Hilal won on away goals.
ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.
CR Belouizdad won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. AS Otohô won 4–3 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate. Petro de Luanda won on away goals.
FC Nouadhibou won 3–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. ES Sétif won 5–4 on penalties.
0–0 on aggregate. Sagrada Esperança won 5–4 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate. Royal Leopards won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate. Al Merrikh won on away goals.
Zanaco won 3–0 on aggregate.
Second round The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 10 teams that received byes to this round, and the 22 winners of the first round.
Wydad AC won 6–2 on aggregate.
Raja Casablanca won 4–0 on aggregate.
Horoya won 3–1 on aggregate.
Al Ahly won 7–2 on aggregate.
Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.
Zamalek won 5–0 on aggregate.
Étoile du Sahel won 5–1 on aggregate.
Mamelodi Sundowns won 4–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. AmaZulu won on away goals.
3–3 on aggregate. Jwaneng Galaxy won on away goals.
Al Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. CR Belouizdad won on away goals.
Petro de Luanda won 4–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on away goals.
Sagrada Esperança won 3–2 on aggregate.
Al Merrikh won 4–2 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links Total CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com