The draw for the group stages of the 24/25 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League will be held in Cairo, Egypt later today and the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced the procedure of the draw.
Orlando Pirates – who return to the Group Stages of the competition for the first in five years, will be in Pot 3 along with Al Hilal (Sudan), GD Sagrada Esperança (Angola) and AS FAR (Morocco).
The draw format will be as follows:
The teams will be divided into four pots according to their CAF rankings.
Pot 4
- MC Alger (Algeria)
- AS Maniema Union (DR Congo)
- Djoliba de Bamako (Mali)
- Stade d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)
The draw for this pot will assign each team to one of the groups as follows:
- The first ball drawn will go directly to Group A in position A4.
- The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B4.
- The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C4.
- The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D4.
Pot 3
- Al Hilal (Sudan)
- Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
- GD Sagrada Esperança (Angola)
- AS FAR (Morocco)
The assignment of teams from Pot 3 will proceed similarly:
- The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A3.
- The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B3.
- The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C3.
- The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D3.
Pot 2
- CRB (Algeria)
- Raja CA (Morocco)
- Young Africans (Tanzania)
- Pyramids FC (Egypt)
The draw procedure for Pot 2 will follow the same format:
- The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A2.
- The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B2.
- The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C2.
- The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D2.
Pot 1
- Al Ahly SC (Egypt)
- Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
The final draw for Pot 1 will assign teams as follows:
- The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A1.
- The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B1.
- The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C1.
- The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D1.
The TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Draw will commence at 13h00 (South African Time)