The 2010 CAF Champions League was the 46th edition of
Africa
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's premier club
football
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tournament organized by the
Confederation of African Football
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(CAF), and the 14th edition under the current
CAF Champions League
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format. The winner,
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, football club based in Lubumbashi.
History
Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a ...
qualified for the
2010 FIFA Club World Cup
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,
and also played in the
2011 CAF Super Cup.
Association team allocation
* Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations entered the 2010 CAF Champions League.
* The 12 highest ranked associations according to
CAF 5-year ranking were eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition,
CAF used ''2004-08 5-Year ranking''. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams entered the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
Below is the qualification scheme for the competition. Nations are shown according to their
CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated:
Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 20th.
Bolded clubs received a bye in the preliminary round, entering the tournament in the first round.
1 Hearts of Oak, the champion of Ghana, did not enter the competition, citing financial problems.
2 A position was included for a representative of the association at the time of the draw, but the association eventually withdrew without sending a team.
Schedule
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
Byes:
Al Ahly (Egypt),
Al-Hilal Omdurman (Sudan),
ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast),
Dynamos (Zimbabwe),
Heartland (Nigeria),
TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional association football, football club based in Lubumbashi.
History
Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a ...
(Congo DR),
Africa Sports National (Ivory Coast, drawn against champions of Benin, but the Beninese FA did not send a team) and
US Douala (Cameroon, drawn against the champions of São Tomé and Príncipe, but the São Tomé and Príncipe FA did not send a team).
First round
Second round
* The losing teams from the second round advance to the
2010 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2010 CAF Champions League are as follows:
See also
*
2010 CAF Confederation Cup
*
2011 CAF Super Cup
References
External links
Fixtures of the qualifying rounds of the 14th Orange CAF Champions LeagueFixtures & resultsGroups & standings
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CAF Champions League seasons