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CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011

12-03-2010

CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011

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The Confederation of African Football, CAF, is informing the general public the entry procedures for CAF Club Competitions for 2011 season, and the deadline for registration was November 30^th 2010.

CAF calculates points based on the clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the Orange Champions League and Orange Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:

Orange Champions League	Orange Confederation Cup
Winner : 5 points	Winner : 4 points
Runner up : 4 points	Runner up : 3 points
Semi-finalists : 3 points	2^nd of the groups : 2 points
3^rd of the groups : 2 points	3^rd & 4^th of groups : 1 point
4^th of the groups : 1 point

The points shall be multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:

2009 – 5

2008 – 4

2007 – 3

2006 – 2

2005 – 1

The top 12 countries ranked over the period 2005-2009 earn the right to engage 2 clubs in each CAF Club Competitions for the year 2011.

Based on the above criteria, the following table highlights the top 12 countries:

Country	Points
1. Tunisia	96
2. Egypt	87
3. Nigeria	75
4. Sudan	54
5. RD Congo	46
6. Algeria	27
7. Morocco	20
8. Mali	20
9. Cameroon	19
10.Cote d’Ivoire	18
11.Angola	18
12.Zimbabwe	17