# 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 17 June to 24 August 2016. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.
The eight teams, all winners of the play-off round, were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses): two teams in Pot 1 and six teams in Pot 2. One team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2 were drawn into each group, with each team then assigned a random "position" in the group to determine the fixtures.
| Pot | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| Teams | TP Mazembe (52 pts) Étoile du Sahel (27 pts) | FUS Rabat (3 pts) MO Béjaïa Al-Ahli Tripoli Young Africans Medeama Kawkab Marrakech |

## Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):
* Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
* Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
* Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
* If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
* Goal difference in all games;
* Goals scored in all games;
* Away goals scored in all games;
* Drawing of lots.

## Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| Matchday 1 | 17–19 June 2016 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 28–29 June 2016 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 15–17 July 2016 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |
| Matchday 4 | 26–27 July 2016 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 5 | 12–14 August 2016 | Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 6 | 23–24 August 2016 | Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | MOB | MED | YAN |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 13 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | MO Béjaïa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | Knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Medeama | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Young Africans | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FUS | ESS | KAC | AHL |
| 1 | FUS Rabat | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kawkab Marrakech | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |