Today, Tuesday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held the draw for the preliminary round of the African Champions League for the 2022-2023 season in Cairo.
Thus, the first leg matches of the first preliminary round will be held from September 9 to 11, while the return matches will be held from September 16 to 18.
As for the first round calculation, the Egyptians will face Zamalek (Egypt) Alec Sport (Chad), the American Monastir (Tunisia) will face its Rwandan counterpart (Rwanda), and Coton Sport (Benin) will face ASEC (Cote d’). Iji), while the Sudanese from Al Hilal and Al Marrij will respectively face Saint George (Ethiopia) and Arta Solar (Djibouti).
The two teams representing Morocco, defending champions Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca, were excluded from the first preliminary round matches, in addition to Al-Ahly (Egypt), Esperance Tunis (Tunisia), TP Mazembe (Democratic Republic of Congo), and Mamelodi Sundowns. (South Africa).
Wydad will face the winner of the game Rivers United (Nigeria) against Watanga FC (Liberia) in the second qualifying round, while the Greens will play from Raja against the quality of the match between AS Nigelek, champion of Niger, and Soar, champion of Guinea.
The Egyptians from Al-Ahly, the 10-time champions of this competition, will face in the second round the winner of the match between Monastir and APR, while Esperance Sportive will play against Gabonese Mandji Stadium or the Nigerians from Plateau United.
The first leg matches of the second round will be held on October 7 and 8, while the return match will be held on October 14 and 16.
The cluster stage matches can begin on Gregorian calendar month 10, 2023, and finish between March thirty-one and April 2.
The quarter-final matches will be held from April 21 to 23 (Away) and April 28-30 (return). As for the semi-finals, it will be scheduled between May 12 and 14, for the first leg matches, and May 19 and 21 for the return matches, while the final will be held between June 2 and 11, 2023.