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The 2012 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

Al-Ahly from Egypt won a record seventh title, defeating Espérance ST from Tunisia with a 3–2 win on aggregate in the final. They qualified for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, and also earned the right to play in the 2013 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2012 CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2006-10 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

Ranking system

CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:^[1]

Entrants list

Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking. The top thirteen sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.

Round and draw dates

Qualifying rounds

The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 9 December 2011.^[8]

Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time was played).^[9]

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

The losing teams from the second round advanced to the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.^[9]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 May 2012.^[10] The eight teams were seeded into four pots (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking).^[11] Each group contained one team from each pot.^[12] The matchdays were 6–8 July, 20–22 July, 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, and 14–16 September.^[13]

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Final

Top scorers

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites|url=http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/10006-caf-disowns-club-ranking-published-by-some-websites.html|work=Cafonline.com|date=9 June 2011|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Super division 2011 (10e journée) / Asec-AFAD 1-2 : Les Académiciens en Ligue des Champions|trans-title=2011 Super Division (10th day) / Asec-AFAD 1-2: Academicians in the Champions League|language=French|url=http://news.abidjan.net/h/417509.html|accessdate=14 December 2011|newspaper=Le Patriote (Abidjan)|date=24 November 2011}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=CAF diminui participação angolana nas afrotaças|trans-title=Angolan participation in CAF club competitions decreases|language=Portuguese|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/pt_pt/noticias/desporto/2011/6/30/CAF-diminui-participacao-angolana-nas-afrotacas,90257fc2-a11f-4ded-84b4-dff35c8f9c78.html|accessdate=14 December 2011|work=Agência AngolaPress|date=28 July 2011}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=Nkwazi Demoted, Arrows Finish Second|url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/11/06/nkwazi-demoted-arrows-finish/ |accessdate=14 December 2011|newspaper=Lusaka Times|date=6 November 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Dates fixed for Inter-clubs Competitions 2012|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/2012%20Interclubs%20calendar.pdf|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=30 June 2011|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/14030-caf-meetings-and-inter-clubs-competitions-draw-set-for-may-15th-2012.html|title=CAF Meetings and Inter-Clubs Competitions draw set for May 15th 2012|publisher=Cafonline.com|date=7 May 2012}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2010/news/15477-champions-league-2nd-leg-final-date-moved.html|title=Champions League 2nd leg final date moved.|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=4 October 2012}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Fixtures of the preliminary round - 16th CL 2012|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/Fixtures%20CL%202012.pdf|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=9 December 2011|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
9. ^¹{{cite web|title=Regulations of the CAF Champions League|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/cl%20Eng.pdf|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/14184-caf-interclubs-final-draw-result.html|title=CAF interclubs final draw result|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=15 May 2012}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CL_players12/CC_CL_RANKING%20TEAMS.pdf|title=Orange Champions League and Orange Confederation Cup club ranking|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=15 May 2012}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CL_players12/Procedures%20of%20the%20draw%20CL.pdf|title=Orange Champions League Draw procedure|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=15 May 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/CL_fixtures_15_05.pdf|title=Orange Champions League fixtures|work=Confédération Africaine de Football|date=15 May 2012}}