Details of the Draw for the Group Stage of the CAF Champions League 2025/26
The draw will take place on Monday, November 3, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sixteen clubs that qualified from the second preliminary round will participate in the draw, where they will be divided into four groups, each containing four teams.
CAF has classified the clubs into four levels based on their results over the last five seasons in continental competitions, with the classification as follows:
Level One: Al Ahly (Egypt) – Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) – Esperance (Tunisia) – RS Berkane (Morocco)
Level Two: Simba (Tanzania) – Pyramids (Egypt) – Al Hilal (Sudan) – Young Africans (Tanzania)
Level Three: Petro de Luanda (Angola) – FAR Rabat (Morocco) – CR Belouizdad (Algeria) – Rivers United (Nigeria)
Level Four: Kabylie (Algeria) – Stade Malien – Lupopo (Congo) – Power Dynamos (Zambia)
CAF confirmed that the draw will be conducted in a balanced manner, with one team from each level placed in the same group to ensure equal opportunities and to avoid direct encounters between clubs from the same country.
Sixteen clubs that qualified from the second preliminary round will participate in the draw, where they will be divided into four groups, each containing four teams.
CAF has classified the clubs into four levels based on their results over the last five seasons in continental competitions, with the classification as follows:
Level One: Al Ahly (Egypt) – Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) – Esperance (Tunisia) – RS Berkane (Morocco)
Level Two: Simba (Tanzania) – Pyramids (Egypt) – Al Hilal (Sudan) – Young Africans (Tanzania)
Level Three: Petro de Luanda (Angola) – FAR Rabat (Morocco) – CR Belouizdad (Algeria) – Rivers United (Nigeria)
Level Four: Kabylie (Algeria) – Stade Malien – Lupopo (Congo) – Power Dynamos (Zambia)
CAF confirmed that the draw will be conducted in a balanced manner, with one team from each level placed in the same group to ensure equal opportunities and to avoid direct encounters between clubs from the same country.
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