2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

The 2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 13 February to 3 May 2015. A total of 57 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.

Draw

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.
The following 57 teams were entered into the draw:

Byes to [|first round]

Entrants to [|preliminary round]

Format

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner.

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.

Round	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	13–15 February 2015	27 February–1 March 2015
First round	13–15 March 2015	3–5 April 2015
Second round	17–19 April 2015	1–3 May 2015

Bracket

The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round included the 50 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

First round

The first round included 32 teams: the 25 winners of the preliminary round, and the 7 teams that received byes to this round.

Second round

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