2014 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds


The qualifying rounds of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup were played from 7 February to 27 April 2014, to decide the eight teams which advanced to the group stage.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 16 December 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2009–2013.
Byes to [|first round]Entrants to [|preliminary round]

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.
RoundFirst legSecond leg
Preliminary round7–9 February 201414–16 February 2014
First round28 February – 2 March 20147–9 March 2014
Second round21–23 March 201428–30 March 2014
Play-off round18–20 April 201425–27 April 2014

Preliminary round

The preliminary round included the 42 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

First round

The first round included 32 teams: the 21 winners of the preliminary round, and the 11 teams that received byes to this round.

Second round

The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.

Play-off round

The play-off round included 16 teams: the eight winners of the [|Confederation Cup second round] and the eight losers of the Champions League second round.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 1 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. Four ties contained a seeded loser of the Champions League second round and an unseeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round, and the other four ties contained a seeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round and an unseeded loser of the Champions League second round. The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2009–2013.
The following 16 teams were entered into the draw:
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