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2010 CAF Champions League
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Dates
| 12 February ? 13 November 2010
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Teams
| 58 (from 45 associations)
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Champions
| TP Mazembe
(4th title)
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Runners-up
| Esperance ST
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Matches played
| 102
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Goals scored
| 326 (3.2 per match)
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Top scorer(s)
| Michael Eneramo
(8 goals)
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International football competition
The
2010 CAF Champions League
was the 46th edition of
Africa
's premier club
football
tournament organized by the
Confederation of African Football
(CAF), and the 14th edition under the current
CAF Champions League
format. The winner,
TP Mazembe
qualified for the
2010 FIFA Club World Cup
,
[1]
and also played in the
2011 CAF Super Cup
.
Association team allocation
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- 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
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Round
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1st leg
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2nd leg
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Preliminary round
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12?14 February
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26?28 February
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First round
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19?21 March
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2?4 April
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Second round
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23?25 April
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7?9 May
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Group stage
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16?18 July
30 July?1 August
13?15 August
27?29 August
10?12 September
17?19 September
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Semifinals
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1?3 October
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15?17 October
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Final
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29?31 October
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12?14 November
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Qualifying rounds
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Preliminary round
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Byes:
Al Ahly
(Egypt),
Al-Hilal Omdurman
(Sudan),
ASEC Mimosas
(Ivory Coast),
Dynamos
(Zimbabwe),
Heartland
(Nigeria),
TP Mazembe
(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 Sao Tome and Principe, but the Sao Tome and Principe FA did not send a team).
First round
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Second round
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Group stage
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Key to colours in group tables
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the
Semi-finals
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
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Bracket
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Semifinals
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Final
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Top goalscorers
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The top scorers from the 2010 CAF Champions League are as follows:
See also
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References
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External links
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African Champion Clubs' Cup era, 1964?1996
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Finals
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CAF Champions League era, 1997?present
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Finals
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Domestic leagues
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Libya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tunisia
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Domestic cups
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Cape Verde
- Egypt
- Libya
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Supercups
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Regional cups
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CAF competitions
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