Fixture line in the First Round
One more tie in the preliminary round to be decided as Zanaco of Zambia visit Armed Forces of Gambia carrying a 3-0 lead from the first half at the weekend.
The winner of that encounter wilI join the 31 teams that have qualified to the round of 32 and will play Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland .
At this stage, the 16 winners will advance to the group stage, while the 16 losers will enter into the Confederation Cup play-off round were they will join the 16 winners of the first round from the CAF Confederation Cup.
Here are the confirmed fixtures of the first round :
1. St.George (Ethiopia) Vs KCCA (Uganda)
2. Zanaco /Armed Forces (Gambia Vs Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland)
3. Wydad Casablanca (Morrocco) Vs Williamvile AC (Ivory Coast)
4. Aduana Stars (Ghana) Vs ES Satif (Algeria)
5.Al-Ahly (Egypt) vs CF Mounana (Gabon)
6. MFM (Nigeria) Vs MC Alger (Algeria)
7. Horoya (Guinea) Vs Génération Foot (Senegal)
8. Young Africans (Tanzania) Township Rollers(Botswana)
9. Gor Mahia( Kenya) Vs Espérance de Tunis (Tunisia )
10. Étoile du Sahel (Tunisia) Vs Plateau United (Nigeria)
11. AS Togo-Port (Togo) Vs Al-Hilal (Sudan )
12. ZESCO United (Zambia) Vs ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast)
13.TP Mazembe (DRC) vs UD Songo (Mozambique)
14. Difaâ El Jadidi (Morocco) Vs AS Vita Club (DRC)
15.1º de Agosto (Angola) Vs Bidvest Wits (South Africa)
16. Rayon Sports (Rwanda) Vs Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
The ties of these two legged encounters will take place on the 6-7th March for the first round and 16-17th March for the second leg.
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