The 2018 THB Champions League was the 52nd season of the

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Qualification

For the 2018 THB Champions League, 24 teams qualified to the tournament. All 22 regional league champions and 2 regional league runner-ups qualified to the tournament.

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provided the 2017 champions and

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provided the 2017 cup champions, so the runner-ups of the Itasy and Boeny regional leagues qualified to the tournament. Racing Soma Beach was runner-ups of the Boeny regional league, while RTS-Jet Mada was runner-ups of the Itasy regional league. The teams that won it's regional leagues are: FCA, FC AZ, AS St.-Michel Elgeco Plus, FC Léopard, ~~AS Espoir~~ (withdrew), Fils d'Eléphant, 3FB Toilara, Rabaza FC, ASCOMI Mahanoro, FC Maeva,

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and VFM. All the teams above and the runner-ups of the Boeny and Itasy leagues qualified to the tournament.

Format

The format for the 2018 THB Champions League had 3 phases. 24 teams qualified to the tournament. In Phase 1, all 24 teams would be separated in 4 groups of 6 teams. In each group, the teams play a round-robin, then after all the matches ends, the first 3 out of 6 teams in the groups qualify to the Phase 2. In Phase 2, the 12 teams qualified would be separated in 2 groups of 6 teams. In each group, the teams play a round-robin, then after all the matches ends, the first 2 out of all teams in the groups qualify to the Poule des As (final phase). In the Poule des As, the teams play a home and away round-robin, then the first place in the group becomes champions.

Phase 1

Played between 22 June and 1 July. Final standings

Vondrona A

Vondrona B

Vondrona C

Vondrona D

Second phase

Played between 13 and 22 July. Final standings

Vondrona 1

Vondrona 2

Final phase

Also known as Poule des As. Played between 5 August and 23 September (home-and-away basis). Qualified teams: *CNaPS Sport *Fosa Juniors *Vakinankaratra *Elgeco Plus

References

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