The 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 22 November 2025 and ended on 15 February 2026. 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup.
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, and Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.
PotPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Teams Zamalek Wydad AC USM Alger CR Belouizdad Stellenbosch Al Masry Maniema Union Djoliba Kaizer Chiefs AS Otohô San Pédro Nairobi United Olympic Safi Azam Singida Black Stars ZESCO United
Format 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 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): Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams was still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Away goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots.
Schedule The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
MatchdayDatesMatchesMatchday 122–23 November 2025Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3Matchday 228–30 November 2025Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2Matchday 324–25 January 2026Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2Matchday 41 February 2026Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1Matchday 57–8 February 2026Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2Matchday 614–15 February 2026Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Groups All times are local.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
See also 2025–26 CAF Champions League group stage
References
External links TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, CAFonline.com