CAF holds the draw for the group stages of the Champions League and the Confederation Cup on Wednesday 28 October 2026 in Cairo. Al Ahly, USM Alger and AS FAR are among the top seeds in the Confederation Cup.
At midday on Wednesday 28 October 2026, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will stage the draw ceremony for the group stages of the Champions League and the Confederation Cup for the 2026-2027 season at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Sixth of October, near Cairo, according to Al Chourouk, Sout Al Oumma and Kawowo Sports.
The event is not limited to the makeup of the groups. A two-day workshop for the directors of the qualified clubs will be held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Al Chourouk reports. The competition will run for more than six months, from the first matchday in late November to the final in May 2027.
A calendar spread over six months
The group stage begins on 27 and 28 November 2026 and runs for six matchdays, until 22-23 January 2027, Al Chourouk specifies. The first legs of the quarter-finals are scheduled for 26-28 February 2027, with the return legs on 5-7 March. The semi-final first legs will be played on 9-10 April, the return legs on 16-17 April, before a final scheduled between 9 and 31 May 2027.
Prize money and an incomplete Confederation Cup line-up
The winner of the Champions League will receive 6 million dollars, the winner of the Confederation Cup 4 million, and each club eliminated in the preliminaries will receive a solidarity grant of 100,000 dollars, according to Al Chourouk.
In the Confederation Cup, the Pot 1 seeds are, according to Sout Al Oumma, Al Ahly (Egypt), USM Alger (Algeria), AS FAR (Morocco) and the qualifier from the suspended match. The makeup of the Champions League pots was not specified by the sources.
The 16th Confederation Cup qualifier is not yet known: the CR Belouizdad – AS Douanes (Mauritania) match was postponed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after a complaint from Hafia Conakry, Sout Al Oumma reports, information confirmed by Kawowo Sports. The CAS decision therefore determines the final makeup of the group.
The other qualified clubs mentioned
Besides Al Ahly, USM Alger and AS FAR, the sources name ES Tunis, Raja Casablanca, CS Sfaxien, Azam FC and Singida Black Stars among the qualified clubs, without specifying their competition or their pot. The Cairo draw is due to settle the distribution of these clubs across the pots.