CAF to stage the TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Preliminary Draw in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday

Following the overwhelming success of the previous TotalEnergies CAF Champions League leading to increased TV audiences, the Confédération Africain de Football (“CAF”) is taking the Preliminary Draw to Tanzania’s capital, Dar es Salaam for the first time ever.

The Preliminary Draw will be conducted on Saturday, 09 August at 13h00 local time (10h00 GMT) and will be LIVE on CAF’s YouTube Page and also CAF’s broadcast partners.

Azam Media, CAF’s strategic partner in the region, will host the Draw in its studios – once again building from the previous success of hosting draws in TV studios.

CAF has previously hosted the draws at SuperSport and beIN Sport studios – both key partners in the growth and development of the Interclub together with Canal+.

East Africa continues to show tremendous growth in the accumulative audiences in both the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

Saturday’s event signals the kick-off of what promises to be another thrilling season of Africa’s premier club competitions — the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

The Preliminary Round is scheduled to kick off on 19 September 2025, followed by the Second Preliminary Round starting on 17 October 2025.

The Group Stage of both the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup will begin on 21 November 2025, with the knockout phase set to commence on 13 March 2026.

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CAF | Communication Department