caf champions league In the new format, the league champions of the respective CAF member countries go through a series of qualification rounds until a round of 16 stage. The 8 winners are then drawn into two groups of 4 teams each, with each team playing each other on a home and away basis. At the end of the league stage, the top team in each group met in the final, in two-legged games (home and away). In the 2001 season , the CAF introduced the semi-final stage after group stage, then the top two teams in each group would meet in the semi-finals, with the winners going through to contest the final.. kết quả bóng đá concacaf CAF Champions League là giải đấu cấp CLB hàng đầu châu Phi, quy tụ nhà vô địch và á quân các giải VĐQG, giống như “Champions League” ở châu Âu nhưng mang hương vị bóng đá Phi cực kỳ sôi động. caf champions league Apart from the introduction of the away goals rule , very little changed in this competition until 1997, when CAF under Issa Hayatou took the bold step to follow the lead established a few years earlier by UEFA by creating a league/group stage in the tournament and changing the name to the CAF Champions League (in line with UEFA's own Champions League ). CAF also introduced prize money for participants for the first time with the initial offering of US million to the winners and US0,000 to the runners-up, making the rebranded competition the richest African club competition at the time.