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2008 CAF Confederation Cup

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Champions
  
CS Sfaxien (2nd title)

Champion
  
CS Sfaxien

Top scorer
  
Eric Bekoe

Runners-up
  
ES Sahel

Dates
  
15 Feb 2008 – 22 Nov 2008

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2007 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2008 CAF Confederation Cup was the fifth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home and away ties) in mid February. The competition concluded on 22 November with CS Sfaxien winning the title.

Contents

Qualifying rounds

All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

1st legs played on 15–17 February 2008 and 2nd legs played on 29 February–2 March 2008.

1 Clubs from the  Central African Republic,  Chad,  Kenya,  Rwanda and  Sierra Leone were disqualified for failure to fulfill their financial obligations.

Round of 32

1st legs played on 21–23 March 2008 and 2nd legs played on 4–6 April 2008.

Round of 16

1st legs played on 25–27 April 2008 and 2nd legs played on 9–11 May 2008.

1 The 2nd leg was replayed on 12 May after being abandoned at half-time on 11 May with Asante Kotoko leading 1-0 due to a storm that flooded the pitch.

Intermediate round (2nd round of 16)

The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.
First leg played 11/12/13 July and second leg played 25/26/27 July

Group stage

The group phase starts on the weekend of 15–17 August and concludes on the weekend of 17–19 October. There are no semi-finals; the group winners meet in a two-legged final.

Final

The final 2 legs will be played on 8 and 22 November.

Goalscorers

Leading goal scorers including group stage matches.

References

2008 CAF Confederation Cup Wikipedia