The draw for the 2022-2023 CAF Interclub competitions Preliminary Rounds will be conducted on Tuesday, 09 August 2022 in Cairo, Egypt and not on Monday as earlier planned, CAF has announced.In the draw which will mark the beginning of this season’s quest to claim top honours, teams from across the continent will find out their opponents in the first preliminary round both in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.Updated: TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminaries Draw on Tuesday 09 August 2022 https://t.co/TY7Ixre6SA— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) August 7, 2022 According to the guidelines already released by the continental body in June, the first leg of the first preliminary round in both continental competitions has been scheduled to kick off between 9-11 September with the return legs taking place a week later from 16-18 September.The second preliminary round matches will then be played in October before the Confederation Cup additional second preliminary round encounters bring the group stage qualifiers to an end in November this year.Africa Super League set for Wednesday launchThe group stage is slated to take place from 10-12 February till 31 March to 2 April next year before ushering the quarterfinals and semifinals in April and May respectively.Algeria, Angola, DR Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Tunisia will enter two teams in each of the two competitions by virtue of being the12 highest ranked national associations according to CAF’s latest Interclubs Competitions rankings.Kenyan league champions Tusker FC omitted from CAF Champions LeagueQualified CAF CL TeamsAlgeria – CR Beouizdad, JS KabylieAngola – Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, CD Primeiro AgostoBenin – Coton Sport BeninBotswana – Gaborone UnitedBurkina Faso – Rail Club du KadiogoBurundi – Flambeau du CentreCameroon – Coton SportCentral Africa – Olympic Real de BanguiChad – Elect SportComoros – Volcan Club de MoroniCongo – AS OtohoCIV – Asec MimosasDjibouti – Arta Solar 7DR Congo – TP Mazembe, AS Vita ClubEgypt – Zamalek, Al AhlyEq Guinea – Club Deportivo MongomoEswatini – Royal LeopardsEthiopia – St. GeorgeGabon – ASO Stade MandjiGambia – HawksGhana – Asante KotokoGuinea – Horoya, Super OlymienLesotho – MatlamaLiberia – WatangaLibya – Al Ittihad, Al Ahli TripoliMadagascar – CFFA
