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.. caf champions league Giải do Liên đoàn Bóng đá Châu Phi (CAF) tổ chức hàng năm, thể thức thi đấu gồm vòng bảng và loại trực tiếp, giúp các CLB từ Morocco đến Nam Phi có dịp so tài cao thấp. thứ hạng của concacaf nations league The CAF Champions League operates primarily as a knockout competition, with trim-down qualification rounds, a group stage, a two-legged knockout stage and a two-legged final. At the start of the competition, the 64 qualified teams enter 2 qualification rounds: the preliminary stage and the first round. After the first qualifying round, the remaining teams are split into four groups of 4, whereas the teams each first-round winner vanquished transfer to the second qualification round of the Confederation Cup for hopes of group stage progression. The winners and runners-up of each group progress to the two-legged knockout stage for hopes of progression to a two-legged final for a chance to lift the trophy for their member association.
