Kinshasa, November 2nd, 2025 (CPA).- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced for Monday, in Johannesburg, South Africa, the organisation of the draw for the group stage of its two 2025-2026 interclub competitions, CPA has learned on Sunday from the website of this continental sports body. ‘The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will organise the draw for the group stage of the 2025/26 Champions League and the 2025/26 Confederation Cup on Monday November 3rd, 2025,’ it is read. According to the source consulted on Sunday by CPA, this draw ceremony will take place in the Super Sport studios in Johannesburg, starting at 1:00 p.m. local time and the same time in Kinshasa for the CAF Cup and one hour later for the Champions League, adding that this event will be broadcast live on CAF’s digital platforms. This draw, it was announced, will mark the culmination of the final qualifying round of the 2025-2026 interclub competitions, the return matches of which will be played this weekend across the continent, after which the sixteen qualifying clubs will secure their place in the group stage in November.
Lupopo and Maniema Union await their opponents
Lupopo and Maniema Union await the draw (Archives’ Ph.)
A total of 32 clubs, including 16 in the CAF Champions League and 16 in the CAF Cup, are waiting to find out more about their group and opponents. As far as DRC is concerned, FC Saint Eloi Lupopo from Lubumbashi, in Haut-Katanga, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and AS Maniema Union from Kindu, in Maniema, in the centre-east of the country, will be competing in the CAF Cup. Qualifiers for the Champions’ League group stage. The 16 teams that have qualified for the Champions’ League group stage draw, including two from Egypt, two from Morocco and two from Tanzania, are: Al Ahly and Pyramids (title holders) from Egypt, Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa, Esperance Sportive de Tunis, Renaissance Sportive de Berkane and AS FAR from Morocco, Simba SC and Young Africans from Tanzania, Al Hilal from Sudan, Petro Athletico from Angola, Mouloudia Club of Algiers and Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie of Algeria, Rivers United of Nigeria, Stade Malien of Bamako, Power Dynamo of Zambia and Saint Eloi Lupopo of DRC. The 16 qualifiers for the CAF Cup are: Wydad AC (Morocco), Zamalek and Al Masry SC from Egypt, USM Alger (the title holder) and CR Belouizdad from Algeria, Kaizer Chiefs and Stellenbosch from South Africa, Zesco United from Zambia, AS Maniema Union from DRC, Djoliba AC from Mali, San Pedro FC from Ivory Coast, Azam FC and Singida Black Stars from Tanzania, Olympique de Safi from Morocco, AS Otoho from Congo and Nairobi United from Kenya.