# 2014 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2014 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The defending champions CS Sfaxien did not enter the tournament as they qualified for the 2014 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage.
In the final, Al-Ahly of Egypt defeated Séwé Sport of Côte d'Ivoire on the away goals rule after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, to win their first title, and a record-extending 19th overall African title (having already won eight African Champions Cup/CAF Champions League titles, six CAF Super Cup titles and four African Cup Winners' Cup titles). They earned the right to play in the 2015 CAF Super Cup.

## Association team allocation

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. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2008–2012 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculated 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 were the following:
| | CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-up | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 1 point |
The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
* 2012 – 5
* 2011 – 4
* 2010 – 3
* 2009 – 2
* 2008 – 1

## Teams

The following teams entered the competition. Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2008–2012 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12) |||
| Tunisia (1st – 85 pts) | Étoile du Sahel | 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place |
| Tunisia (1st – 85 pts) | CA Bizertin | 2013 Tunisian Cup winner |
| Egypt (2nd – 70 pts) | Ismaily | 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place |
| Egypt (2nd – 70 pts) | Wadi Degla | 2013 Egypt Cup runner-up |
| Nigeria (3rd – 63 pts) | Bayelsa United | 2013 Nigeria Premier League third place |
| Nigeria (3rd – 63 pts) | Warri Wolves | 2013 Nigerian FA Cup runner-up |
| Sudan (4th – 54 pts) | Al-Ahly Shendi | 2013 Sudan Premier League third place |
| Sudan (4th – 54 pts) | Al-Ahli Atbara | 2013 Sudan Premier League fourth place |
| Morocco (5th – 53 pts) | MAS Fez | 2012–13 Botola third place |
| Morocco (5th – 53 pts) | Difaâ El Jadidi | 2013 Coupe du Trône winner |
| Congo DR (6th – 48 pts) | CS Don Bosco | 2013 Linafoot third place |
| Congo DR (6th – 48 pts) | MK Etanchéité | 2013 Coupe du Congo winner |
| Algeria (7th – 40 pts) | CS Constantine (one entrant only) | 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place |
| Mali (8th – 31 pts) | Djoliba | 2012–13 Malian Première Division third place |
| Mali (8th – 31 pts) | Club Olympique de Bamako | 2012–13 Malian Première Division fourth place |
| Congo (9th – 20 pts) | AS Kondzo | 2013 Congo Premier League third place |
| Congo (9th – 20 pts) | CARA Brazzaville | 2013 Congo Premier League fourth place |
| Angola (10th – 18 pts) | Petro de Luanda | 2013 Taça de Angola winner |
| Angola (10th – 18 pts) | Desportivo da Huíla | 2013 Taça de Angola runner-up |
| Cameroon (11th – 12 pts) | Union Douala | 2013 Elite One third place |
| Cameroon (11th – 12 pts) | Yong Sports Academy | 2013 Cameroonian Cup winner |
| Ghana (12th – 11 pts) | Ebusua Dwarfs | 2012–13 Ghanaian Premier League third place |
| Ghana (12th – 11 pts) | Medeama | 2012–13 Ghanaian FA Cup winner |
| Associations eligible to enter one team |||
| Zimbabwe (13th – 8 pts) | How Mine | 2013 Cup of Zimbabwe runner-up |
| Zambia (14th – 7 pts) | ZESCO United | 2013 Zambian Premier League runner-up |
| Ivory Coast (T-15th – 6 pts) | ASEC Mimosas | 2013 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner |
| Libya (T-15th – 6 pts) | Al-Ahli Tripoli | 2013–14 Libyan Premier League group A leader after round 7 |
| Niger (17th – 3 pts) | ASN Nigelec | 2013 Niger Cup winner |
| Botswana | Gaborone United | 2013 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner |
| Burkina Faso | AS SONABEL | 2013 Coupe du Faso runner-up |
| Burundi | Académie Tchité | 2013 Burundian Cup winner |
| Chad | ASLAD | 2013 Chad Cup winner |
| Equatorial Guinea | The Panthers | 2013 Equatoguinean Cup winner |
| Ethiopia | Defence Force | 2013 Ethiopian Cup winner |
| Gabon | CF Mounana | 2013 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner |
| Gambia | Gamtel | 2013 Gambian Cup winner |
| Guinea | CI Kamsar | 2013 Guinée Coupe Nationale runner-up |
| Guinea-Bissau | Estrela de Cantanhez | 2013 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winner |
| Kenya | AFC Leopards | 2013 FKF President's Cup winner |
| Liberia | Red Lions | 2013 Liberian Cup runner-up |
| Madagascar | ASSM Elgeco Plus | 2013 Coupe de Madagascar winner |
| Mozambique | Ferroviário da Beira | 2013 Taça de Moçambique winner |
| Namibia | African Stars | 2013 NFA Cup winner |
| Rwanda | AS Kigali | 2013 Rwandan Cup winner |
| Senegal | ASC Diaraf | 2013 Senegal FA Cup winner |
| Seychelles | St Michel United | 2013 Seychelles FA Cup winner |
| Sierra Leone | RSLAF | 2013 Sierra Leone National Premier League runner-up |
| South Africa | SuperSport United | 2012–13 Nedbank Cup runner-up |
| South Sudan | Al-Malakia | 2013 South Sudan National Cup winner |
| Tanzania | Azam | 2012–13 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up |
| Togo | AS Douanes Lomé | 2013 Togolese Championnat National runner-up |
| Uganda | Victoria University | 2013 Ugandan Cup winner |
| Zanzibar | Chuoni | 2012–13 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up |

### Notes

* ^ Egypt (EGY): The 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League third place would originally represent Egypt in this tournament, but due to its cancellation, the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place (last completed season) was selected to represent Egypt.
In addition to the teams above, the following eight teams entered the play-off round.
| Team | Qualifying method |
| Al-Ahly | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| AS Real Bamako | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| Séwé Sport | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| Horoya | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| Coton Sport | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| AC Léopards | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| Kaizer Chiefs | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
| Nkana | Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round |
The following associations did not enter a team:
* Benin
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Réunion
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Somalia
* Swaziland

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt unless otherwise stated).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 16 December 2013 (Marrakech, Morocco) | 7–9 February 2014 | 14–16 February 2014 |
| Qualifying | First round | 16 December 2013 (Marrakech, Morocco) | 28 February–2 March 2014 | 7–9 March 2014 |
| Qualifying | Second round | 16 December 2013 (Marrakech, Morocco) | 21–23 March 2014 | 28–30 March 2014 |
| Qualifying | Play-off round | 1 April 2014 | 18–20 April 2014 | 25–27 April 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 29 April 2014 | 16–18 May 2014 | 16–18 May 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 29 April 2014 | 23–25 May 2014 | 23–25 May 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 29 April 2014 | 6–8 June 2014 | 6–8 June 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 29 April 2014 | 25–27 July 2014 | 25–27 July 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 29 April 2014 | 8–10 August 2014 | 8–10 August 2014 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 29 April 2014 | 22–24 August 2014 | 22–24 August 2014 |
| Knock-out stage | Semi-finals | 29 April 2014 | 19–21 September 2014 | 26–28 September 2014 |
| Knock-out stage | Final | 29 April 2014 | 28–30 November 2014 | 5–7 December 2014 |

## Qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 16 December 2013.
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).

### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Malakia | 1–5 | CARA Brazzaville | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| AFC Leopards | 4–1 | Defence Force | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| SuperSport United | 3–0 | Gaborone United | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| AS Kigali | 2–1 | Académie Tchité | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Difaâ El Jadidi | 1–0 | AS SONABEL | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| RSLAF | 0–3 | Gamtel | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| The Panthers | 1–4 | Medeama | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Azam | 1–2 | Ferroviário da Beira | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| St Michel United | 3–3 (7–6 p) | ASSM Elgeco Plus | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| How Mine | 6–1 | Chuoni | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| AS Kondzo | 3–3 (a) | Yong Sports Academy | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| ASN Nigelec | 3–4 | CS Constantine | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Red Lions | w/o | Estrela de Cantanhez | — | — |
| Al-Ahli Tripoli | 1–2 | Club Olympique de Bamako | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Ahli Atbara | 1–1 (a) | MK Etanchéité | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| African Stars | 2–3 | Petro de Luanda | 2–0 | 0–3 |
| Ebusua Dwarfs | 1–0 | ASC Diaraf | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| AS Douanes Lomé | 3–1 | CI Kamsar | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| CS Don Bosco | 3–1 | Victoria University | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Union Douala | 4–2 | ASLAD | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| CF Mounana | 3–4 | Desportivo da Huíla | 3–1 | 0–3 |

#### Notes

* ^ Red Lions advanced to the first round after Estrela de Cantanhez withdrew.

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| CARA Brazzaville | 1–3 | Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| SuperSport United | 4–2 | AFC Leopards | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| AS Kigali | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Al-Ahly Shendi | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Gamtel | 0–6 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Medeama | 4–2 | MAS Fez | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Ferroviário da Beira | 0–1 | ZESCO United | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| How Mine | 6–4 | St Michel United | 5–1 | 1–3 |
| AS Kondzo | 0–2 | Bayelsa United | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Red Lions | 0–3 | CS Constantine | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Club Olympique de Bamako | 1–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| MK Etanchéité | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Ismaily | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Ebusua Dwarfs | 2–4 | Petro de Luanda | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| AS Douanes Lomé | 1–3 | Wadi Degla | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| CS Don Bosco | 2–2 (a) | Djoliba | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Union Douala | 3–4 | Warri Wolves | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Desportivo da Huíla | 0–3 | CA Bizertin | 0–1 | 0–2 |

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Étoile du Sahel | 5–1 | SuperSport United | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| AS Kigali | 1–3 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Medeama | 2–1 | ZESCO United | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| How Mine | 2–3 | Bayelsa United | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| CS Constantine | 1–6 | ASEC Mimosas | 1–0 | 0–6 |
| Ismaily | 0–1 | Petro de Luanda | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Wadi Degla | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Djoliba | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Warri Wolves | 1–2 | CA Bizertin | 0–0 | 1–2 |

### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 1 April 2014. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Ahly | 2–2 (a) | Difaâ El Jadidi | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| AS Real Bamako | 2–1 | Djoliba | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| AC Léopards | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Medeama | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Kaizer Chiefs | 1–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Coton Sport | 4–3 | Petro de Luanda | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Horoya | 0–1 | Étoile du Sahel | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Séwé Sport | 3–0 | Bayelsa United | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Nkana | 1–1 (a) | CA Bizertin | 0–0 | 1–1 |

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. 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 are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
* Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in all games
* Goals scored in all games

### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | LEO | COT | RBA | MIM |
| AC Léopards | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| Coton Sport | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 11 | 0–4 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| AS Real Bamako | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 Tiebreakers: AC Léopards and Coton Sport are ranked on head-to-head record.

### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | AHL | SEW | NKA | ESS |
| Al-Ahly | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Séwé Sport | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Nkana | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 4–3 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | |
* 1 2 Tiebreakers: Al-Ahly and Séwé Sport are ranked on head-to-head record.

## Knock-out stage

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).

### Bracket

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Séwé Sport | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | AC Léopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | AC Léopards | 0 | 0 | 0 | Séwé Sport | Séwé Sport | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | Al-Ahly (a) | Al-Ahly (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Coton Sport | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Ahly (a) | Al-Ahly (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Al-Ahly | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |

### Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Séwé Sport | 1–0 | AC Léopards | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Coton Sport | 1–3 | Al-Ahly | 0–1 | 1–2 |

### Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw.
2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on the away goals rule.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Kader Bidimbou | AC Léopards | 6 |
| 1 | Koffi Foba | ASEC Mimosas | 6 |
| 1 | Kudakwashe Musharu | How Mine | 6 |
| 4 | Roger Assalé | Séwé Sport | 5 |
| 4 | Kamilou Daouda | Coton Sport | 5 |
| 4 | Jocelyn Fenosoa | St Michel United | 5 |
| 4 | Ayoub Nanah | Difaâ El Jadidi | 5 |
| 8 | Césaire Gandzé | AC Léopards | 4 |
| 8 | Ladji Keita | Petro de Luanda | 4 |
| 8 | Ali Badra Sylla | AS Real Bamako | 4 |
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