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2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

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2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
9 August – 3 November 2019
Competition proper:
1 December 2019 – 25 October 2020
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 53+16 (from 44 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco RS Berkane (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Pyramids
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored133 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Karim El Berkaoui
(8 goals)

The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 17th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.

This season is the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2][3] However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the semi-finals and final of the competition to be postponed until October 2020. Moreover, for the first time, the final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF,[4] and was played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.[5]

The winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League in the 2020–21 CAF Super Cup.[6] Zamalek were the title holders, but as they qualified for the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.

Association team allocation

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All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[6] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2015–2019 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:[7][8][9]

CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Winners 6 points 5 points
Runners-up 5 points 4 points
Losing semi-finalists 4 points 3 points
Losing quarter-finalists (from 2017) 3 points 2 points
3rd place in groups 2 points 1 point
4th place in groups 1 point 0.5 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

  • 2018–19 – 5
  • 2018 – 4
  • 2017 – 3
  • 2016 – 2
  • 2015 – 1

This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations is that Tanzania is included while Ivory Coast is excluded.[10][11]

Teams

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The following 53 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2015–2019 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association Team Qualifying method
 Tunisia (1st – 154 pts) CS Sfaxien 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
US Ben Guerdane 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
 Morocco (2nd – 153 pts) Hassania Agadir 2018–19 Botola third place
RS Berkane 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners[Note MAR]
 Egypt (3rd – 120.5 pts) Pyramids 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League third place
Al-Masry 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
 Algeria (4th – 92 pts) Paradou AC 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CR Belouizdad 2018–19 Algerian Cup winners
 DR Congo (5th – 87 pts) DC Motema Pembe 2018–19 Linafoot third place
AS Maniema Union 2019 Coupe du Congo DR winners
 South Africa (6th – 76.5 pts) Bidvest Wits 2018–19 South African Premier Division third place
TS Galaxy 2018–19 Nedbank Cup winners
 Zambia (7th – 40.5 pts) Buildcon 2019 Zambia Super League third place
Zanaco 2019 Zambia Super League fourth place
 Sudan (8th – 35 pts) Al-Ahly Shendi 2018–19 Sudan Premier League third place
Al-Khartoum 2018–19 Sudan Premier League fourth place
 Nigeria (9th – 32.5 pts) Enugu Rangers 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Niger Tornadoes 2019 Nigeria Federation Cup runners-up
 Guinea (10th – 30 pts) Santoba 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National third place
CI Kamsar 2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
 Tanzania (12th – 18 pts) Azam 2018–19 Tanzania FA Cup winners
KMC 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Team Qualifying method
 Ivory Coast (13th – 15 pts) FC San Pédro 2019 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
 Kenya (14th – 14 pts) Bandari 2019 FKF President's Cup winners
 Congo (16th – 11.5 pts) Étoile du Congo 2018–19 Congo Ligue 1 runners-up
 Uganda (17th – 11 pts) Proline 2019 Uganda Cup winners
 Libya (18th – 10 pts) Al-Ittihad 2018 Libyan Cup winners[Note LBY]
 Ghana (19th – 9 pts) Ashanti Gold 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition Tier 2 winners
 Rwanda (T-20th – 8 pts) AS Kigali 2019 Rwandan Cup winners
 Zimbabwe (T-20th – 8 pts) Triangle United 2018 Cup of Zimbabwe winners
 Eswatini (22nd – 7 pts) Young Buffaloes 2019 Eswatini Cup winners
 Ethiopia (23rd – 6 pts) Fasil Kenema 2019 Ethiopian Cup winners
 Botswana (T-24th – 4 pts) Jwaneng Galaxy 2018–19 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
 Togo (T-24th – 4 pts) Maranatha 2018–19 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
 Cameroon (T-26th – 3 pts) Stade Renard de Melong 2019 Cameroonian Cup winners
 Mali (T-26th – 3 pts) Djoliba 2018 Malian Cup runners-up[Note MLI]
 Burkina Faso (28th – 2.5 pts) Salitas 2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
 Gabon (29th – 1.5 pts) AS Pélican 2019 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
 Benin ESAE 2019 Benin Cup winners
 Burundi Rukinzo 2019 Burundian Cup runners-up
 Chad AS CotonTchad 2019 Chad Premier League runners-up
 Djibouti Arta/Solar7 2019 Djibouti Cup winners
 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui 2019 Equatoguinean Cup winners
 Liberia LISCR 2019 Liberian FA Cup winners
 Madagascar CNaPS Sport 2019 Coupe de Madagascar runners-up
 Malawi Masters Security 2018 Malawi Carlsberg Cup winners
 Mauritania ASC Snim 2019 Coupe du Président de la République winners
 Mauritius Bolton City 2019 Mauritian Cup winners
 Niger USGN 2019 Niger Cup runners-up
 Seychelles Saint Louis Suns United 2018–19 Seychelles FA Cup winners
 Somalia Mogadishu City 2018 Somalia Cup winners
 South Sudan Amarat United 2019 South Sudan National Cup winners
 Zanzibar Malindi 2019 Zanzibari Cup winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of 2019–20 CAF Champions League first round
Libya Al-Nasr Guinea Horoya Togo ASC Kara Nigeria Enyimba
Kenya Gor Mahia Equatorial Guinea Cano Sport Senegal Génération Foot Ghana Asante Kotoko
Uganda KCCA Seychelles Côte d'Or Mauritania FC Nouadhibou Chad Elect-Sport
Tanzania Young Africans Mozambique Songo Zambia Green Eagles Madagascar Fosa Juniors
Notes
  1. ^
    Libya (LBY): For the second consecutive season, Libya were represented by Al-Ittihad, the 2018 Libyan Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Libyan Premier League was suspended and the Libyan Cup was not played in 2018–19.
  2. ^
    Mali (MLI): For the second consecutive season, Mali were represented by Djoliba, the 2018 Malian Cup runners-up, as the Malian Première Division and Malian Cup were not played in 2018–19.
  3. ^
    Morocco (MAR): For the second consecutive season, Morocco were represented by RS Berkane, the 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Moroccan Throne Cup was not completed in time.
Associations which did not enter a team
Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[12]

On 24 November 2019, CAF made a change to all fixtures dates starting from the group stage matchday 4 to the final, due to rescheduling of the 2020 African Nations Championship from January/February to April. The quarter-finals draw date was also changed.[13]

Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 3 May (first legs) and 10 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020,[14] and the final, originally scheduled for 24 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020.[15] On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in Morocco.[16] On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume with the semi-finals played on 22 September, and the final played on 27 September.[17] On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 19–20 October, and the final to 25 October.[18]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 21 July 2019 9–11 August 2019 23–25 August 2019
First round 13–15 September 2019 27–29 September 2019
Play-off round 9 October 2019 27 October 2019 3 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 12 November 2019 1 December 2019
Matchday 2 8 December 2019
Matchday 3 29 December 2019
Matchday 4 12 January 2020
Matchday 5 26 January 2020
Matchday 6 2 February 2020
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 5 February 2020 1 March 2020 8 March 2020
Semi-finals 19–20 October 2020
Final 25 October 2020

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 21 July 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[19][20]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[6]

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Snim Mauritania 0–7 Benin ESAE 0–5 0–2
USGN Niger 1–3 Libya Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–2
Maranatha Togo 3–0 Liberia LISCR 3–0 0–0
AS Pélican Gabon 2–2 (4–1 p) Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union 1–1 1–1
Paradou AC Algeria 3–1 Guinea CI Kamsar 3–0 0–1
Bolton City Mauritius 3–2 Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy 3–1 0–1
Mogadishu City Somalia 0–1 Zanzibar Malindi 0–0 0–1
Akonangui Equatorial Guinea 1–4 Ghana Ashanti Gold 1–1 0–3
Niger Tornadoes Nigeria 4–5 Guinea Santoba 1–2 3–3
TS Galaxy South Africa 2–0 Seychelles Saint Louis Suns United 1–0 1–0
Buildcon Zambia 1–2 Eswatini Young Buffaloes 0–1 1–1
Arta/Solar7 Djibouti 1–4 Sudan Al-Khartoum 1–1 0–3
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–0 Cameroon Stade Renard de Melong 2–0 2–0
AS Kigali Rwanda 2–1 Tanzania KMC 0–0 2–1
Proline Uganda 3–0 Malawi Masters Security 3–0 0–0
Bandari Kenya 1–1 (a) Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi 0–0 1–1
US Ben Guerdane Tunisia 5–1 South Sudan Amarat United 5–1 0–0
Fasil Kenema Ethiopia 2–3 Tanzania Azam 1–0 1–3
Triangle United Zimbabwe 5–0 Burundi Rukinzo 5–0 0–0
Pyramids Egypt 5–1 Republic of the Congo Étoile du Congo 4–1 1–0
CR Belouizdad Algeria 4–0 Chad AS CotonTchad 2–0 2–0

First round

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The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESAE Benin 0–0 (3–2 p) Burkina Faso Salitas 0–0 0–0
Al-Ittihad Libya 1–1 (a) Morocco Hassania Agadir 1–1 0–0
Maranatha Togo 2–3 Mali Djoliba 1–2 1–1
AS Pélican Gabon 3–4 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 2–1 1–3
Paradou AC Algeria 3–1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3–1 0–0
Bolton City Mauritius 1–5 Zambia Zanaco 1–2 0–3
Malindi Zanzibar 2–7 Egypt Al-Masry 1–4 1–3
Ashanti Gold Ghana 3–4 Morocco RS Berkane 3–2 0–2
Santoba Guinea 0–3 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro 0–0 0–3
TS Galaxy South Africa 4–1 Madagascar CNaPS Sport 1–0 3–1
Young Buffaloes Eswatini 1–3 South Africa Bidvest Wits 1–0 0–3
Al-Khartoum Sudan 3–3 (1–3 p) Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 1–2 2–1
AS Kigali Rwanda 2–3 Uganda Proline 1–1 1–2
Bandari Kenya 3–2 Tunisia US Ben Guerdane 2–0 1–2
Azam Tanzania 0–2 Zimbabwe Triangle United 0–1 0–1
Pyramids Egypt 2–1 Algeria CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0

Play-off round

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The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 October 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[21] The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg. The 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Horoya Guinea 5–2 Kenya Bandari 4–2 1–0
Young Africans Tanzania 1–5 Egypt Pyramids 1–2 0–3
Enyimba Nigeria 4–1 South Africa TS Galaxy 2–0 2–1
Génération Foot Senegal 1–1 (3–4 p) Benin ESAE 0–1 1–0
Asante Kotoko Ghana 1–2 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro 1–0 0–2
KCCA Uganda 1–4 Algeria Paradou AC 0–0 1–4
Gor Mahia Kenya 2–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 1–1 1–2
UD Songo Mozambique 1–8 South Africa Bidvest Wits 1–2 0–6
Elect-Sport Chad 0–5 Mali Djoliba 0–1 0–4
Green Eagles Zambia 2–3 Morocco Hassania Agadir 1–1 1–2
Cano Sport Equatorial Guinea 2–8 Zambia Zanaco 1–3 1–5
Fosa Juniors Madagascar 2–5 Morocco RS Berkane 2–0 0–5
Côte d'Or Seychelles 0–6 Egypt Al-Masry 0–4 0–2
ASC Kara Togo 2–2 (a) Nigeria Enugu Rangers 2–1 0–1
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 4–3 Zimbabwe Triangle United 2–0 2–3
Al-Nasr Libya 4–2 Uganda Proline 2–2 2–0

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 12 November 2019, 12:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[22][23] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, 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 in parentheses). Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Teams

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PYR MAS RAN FCN
1 Egypt Pyramids 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–1 6–0
2 Egypt Al-Masry 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 1–2 4–2 1–0
3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6 1–3 1–1 1–1
4 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–1 2–3 0–0
Source: CAF

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOR NAS DJO BID
1 Guinea Horoya 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 1–0 2–1
2 Libya Al-Nasr 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8[a] 0–2 1–1 2–1
3 Mali Djoliba 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1 8[a] 0–0 0–1 1–0
4 South Africa Bidvest Wits 6 0 2 4 2 7 −5 2 0–0 0–0 0–2
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al-Nasr 4, Djoliba 1.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB ZAN DCM ESA
1 Morocco RS Berkane 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Zambia Zanaco 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10[a] 1–1 2–1 3–0
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[a] 1–0 1–1 1–0
4 Benin ESAE 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 1–5 0–0 0–2
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Zanaco 4, DC Motema Pembe 1.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAS ENY PAC SNP
1 Morocco Hassania Agadir 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–3 3–0
2 Nigeria Enyimba 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 1–1 4–1 1–0
3 Algeria Paradou AC 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 0–2 1–0 0–0
4 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro 6 0 3 3 3 10 −7 3 1–1 2–5 0–0
Source: CAF

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, the quarter-finals were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.

The semi-finals were originally to be played over two legs, but were played as single matches after the format change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was also not to be played and the winners would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[6]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Bracket

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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 February 2020, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[24][25]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Zambia Zanaco011
 
 
 
Egypt Pyramids303
 
Egypt Pyramids2
 
 
 
Guinea Horoya0
 
Nigeria Enyimba101
 
 
 
Guinea Horoya123
 
Egypt Pyramids0
 
 
 
Morocco RS Berkane1
 
Egypt Al-Masry202
 
 
 
Morocco RS Berkane213
 
Morocco RS Berkane2
 
 
 
Morocco Hassania Agadir1
 
Libya Al-Nasr000
 
 
Morocco Hassania Agadir527
 

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zanaco Zambia 1–3 Egypt Pyramids 0–3 1–0
Al-Nasr Libya 0–7 Morocco Hassania Agadir 0–5 0–2
Al-Masry Egypt 2–3 Morocco RS Berkane 2–2 0–1
Enyimba Nigeria 1–3 Guinea Horoya 1–1 0–2

Semi-finals

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, all semi-final matches, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May 2020 (second legs), were postponed until further notice.[14] The matches were later rescheduled as single matches in Morocco for 19–20 October 2020, at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat and Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca.[18]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pyramids Egypt 2–0 Guinea Horoya
RS Berkane Morocco 2–1 Morocco Hassania Agadir

Final

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final, originally scheduled for 24 May 2020, 19:00 GMT, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco, was postponed until further notice.[26][15] The final was later rescheduled for 25 October 2020.[18]

Pyramids Egypt0–1Morocco RS Berkane
Report
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Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF F Total[27]
1 Morocco Karim El Berkaoui Morocco Hassania Agadir 1 3 3 1 8
2 Nigeria Stanley Dimgba Nigeria Enyimba 3 1 4
Egypt Mohamed Farouk Egypt Pyramids 1 2 1
4 Morocco Alaedine Ajaray Morocco RS Berkane 3 3
Nigeria Austin Amutu Egypt Al-Masry 2 1
Ghana John Antwi Egypt Pyramids 1 1 1
Morocco Mohamed Aziz Morocco RS Berkane 1 2
Senegal Malick Cissé Morocco Hassania Agadir 1 2
Guinea Boniface Haba Guinea Horoya 1 1 1
Zambia Rodgers Kola Zambia Zanaco 2 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Vinny Kombe Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 2 1
Morocco Hamdi Laachir Morocco RS Berkane 1 1 1
Nigeria Victor Mbaoma Nigeria Enyimba 1 2
Nigeria Augustine Oladapo Nigeria Enyimba 1 1 1
Burkina Faso Eric Traoré Egypt Pyramids 2 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Final match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.

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