16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017

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Effective 2017, the CAF Champions League and the Confederation Cup will see major new reforms.

 

Sixteen (16) clubs divided into four groups of four will participate at the group stages instead of the current eight at the pool stage.

 

The new format was one of the key highlights of the speech by CAF President Issa Hayatou, in his address at the 38th CAF Ordinary General Assembly held on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico.

 

In attendance was FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who was at the supreme and legislative meeting of the continent’s football governing body for the first time since assuming the leadership of the world governing body.

 

He was accompanied by Samuel Eto’o Fils, Luis Figo, Zvonimir Boban, football legends invited by FIFA for a gala match at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City.

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