Tanzanian league defending champions Simba Sports Club will begin their quest towards winning their maiden continental title at home in a tricky first leg tie against their quarter finals rivals Wydad Casablanca in one of the last eight match-ups confirmed in the CAF Champions League and Confederations Cup draw conducted in Cairo on Wednesday night.In what looks like a tricky tie for the East African club – which is also home to Kenyan international Joash Onyango- Simba will host the CAF Champions League defending Champions in the first leg before travelling to Morocco for the second leg.##NAJAVA_MECA_7157077##The second quarter final will see 10-time CAF Champions League champions Al Ahly (Egypt) take on three time champions Raja Casablanca (Morocco) in a very promising tie while Algeria’s CR Belouizdad will face five time quarter finalists Mamelodi Sundowns in the third quarter final.The last tie will have JS Kabylie – appearing to the knockouts for the first time since 2010- hosting the first leg tie against four time Champions League champions Esperance Tunis (Tunisia).All quarter finals first leg ties are expected to kick off on the weekend of April 23 with the second leg coming up a week later.The 2022/23 #TotalEnergiesCAFCC bracket is set! ✅The final four will be:1. _______2. _______3. _______4. _______ pic.twitter.com/kmxQDEPOgm— TotalEnergies CAFCL – TotalEnergies CAFCC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) April 5, 2023 In the CAF Confederations Cup Draw, South African debutants and home to Kenyan Sven Yidah Marumo Gallants will battle it out with 2019/2020 finalists Pyramids FC from Egypt in the first quarter-final set to be hosted by the latter in the tie’s first leg.The second quarter final will see Tunisian debutants in the competition US Monastir face off with 1998 Confederations Cup finalists ASEC Mimosas while Algerian club USM Alger will look to bag their maiden continental silverware as they welcome former champions Asfar Club from Morocco in the third quarter final’s first leg.Omanyala back in action with a busy calendarAsfar are the only former champions in the last eight of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederations Cup that involved all eight teams coming from different countries.The last quarter finals will see Nigerian club Rivers United play East African club Young Africans from Tanzania – with this being the first time the club is making it into the quarter finals of the continental showpiece.QUARTER-FINAL 4:🇳🇬 Rivers United FC 🆚 @yangasc1935 🇹🇿#TotalEnergiesCAFCC pic.twitter.com/AXduNMsWXD— TotalEnergies CAFCL – TotalEnergies CAFCC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) April 5, 2023 In the semi-finals draw, winners of the fourth quarter final will host the first leg against winners of quarter final number one, with the winners of the second quarter final playing the winners of the third quarter final.Draw Summary.CAF Champions League.QF1: Simba SC (Tanzania0 vs Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)QF2: Al Ahly (Egypt) vs Raja Casablanca (Morocco)QF3: CR Belouizdad (Algeria) vs Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)QF4: JS Kabylie (Algeria) vs Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)Semifinals draw:QF4 vsQF2QF1 vs QF3CAF Confederations Cup.QF1: Pyramids (Egypt) vs Marumo Gallants (South Africa)QF2: US Monastir (Tunisia) vs ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast)QF3: USM Alger (Algeria) vs Asfar Club (Morocco)QF4: Rivers United (Nigeria) vs Young Africans (Tanzania).Semifinals draw:QF4 vs QF1QF2 vs QF3
