{"id":34200,"date":"2017-04-27T08:58:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/the-draw-for-group-stage-of-the-confederation-cup\/"},"modified":"2017-04-27T08:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:58:14","slug":"the-draw-for-group-stage-of-the-confederation-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-draw-for-group-stage-of-the-confederation-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The draw for group stage of the Confederation Cup is completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{TP Mazembe of DR Congo face trips to South Africa, Guinea and Gabon as they bid to defend their Confederation Cup title.}<\/p>\n<p>The five-time African champions have been draw in a pool with SuperSport United, Horoya and Mounana in the expanded group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time winners CS Sfaxien of Tunisia will face South Africa&#8217;s Platinum Stars, debutants Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland and Mouloudia Alger from Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>Moroccan side FUS Rabat, who won the tournament in 2010, face two sides making the debuts in the group stages in Rivers United of Nigeria and Uganda&#8217;s KCCA.<\/p>\n<p>The group is completed by Tunisia&#8217;s Club Africain, who were crowned continental champions in 1991 and runners-up in this competition 20 years later.<\/p>\n<p>{{African Confederation Cup}}<\/p>\n<p>{{Group A\t                              Group B}}<\/p>\n<p>FUS Rabat (Morocco)\t              CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)<br \/>\nClub Africain (Tunisia)\t      Platinum Stars (South Africa)<br \/>\nRivers Utd (Nigeria)\t              Mouloudia Alger (Algeria)<br \/>\nKCCA (Uganda)\t                      Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland)<\/p>\n<p>{{Group C\t                               Group D}}<\/p>\n<p>Zesco Utd (Zambia)\t              TP Mazembe (DR Congo, holders),<br \/>\nRecreativo Libolo (Angola),\t      SuperSport Utd (South Africa)<br \/>\nAl Hilal Obeid (Sudan)\t       Horoya (Guinea)<br \/>\nSmouha (Egypt)\t                       CF Mounana (Gabon)<\/p>\n<p>Rivers United were the last team to qualify for the group stage with a 2-0 aggregate win over Rayon Sports after a goalless draw in Rwanda on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The first leg of the tie was postponed due to the the commemorations for the genocide in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>First group matches due to be played on the weekend of 12-14 May.<\/p>\n<p>The top two from each group will progress to the quarter-finals with the final set to be played over two legs in November.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-19638 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_95790899_621453554.jpg\" alt=\"DR Congo&#039;s TP Mazembe will defend their Confederation Cup title after being knocked out of the African Champions League for a second successive season\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{TP Mazembe of DR Congo face trips to South Africa, Guinea and Gabon as they bid to defend their Confederation Cup title.} The five-time African champions have been draw in a pool with SuperSport United, Horoya and Mounana in the expanded group stage. 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