Easy matches for Arab clubs in the African Champions League preliminary rounds

Egypt – The draw ceremony for the preliminary round of the African Champions League for the new season was held yesterday, Thursday, at the headquarters of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, and resulted in easy matches for the Arab clubs.

Raja, the Moroccan league champion, will meet the Nigerien champion, the National Guard, and if it qualifies for the round of 32, it will play the winner of the match between Ghanaian Samartex and Cameroonian Victoria United.

The Moroccan Royal Army will open its campaign by facing Nigerian Remo Stars in the preliminary round, which will witness an Arab confrontation between Sudanese Al-Merreikh and the Libyan league champion, which has not yet been determined.

Egyptian Pyramids will play once morest Zanzibar champion JK in the preliminary round, and if they qualify, they will face the winner of the match between Rwanda’s Army and Tanzania’s Azam.

Al-Hilal of Sudan will meet the second representative of Libya, while the winner of that match will meet the winner of the match between San Pedro of Ivory Coast and Rangers FC of Sierra Leone.

Algerian club Chabab Belouizdad will play once morest Congolese Leopards, Tunisian club US Monastir will face Chadian club ESPSA, while Algerian club Mouloudia will face Liberian club Watanga, and Mauritanian club Nouadhibou will play once morest Guinean club Milo FC.

Five clubs were excluded from participating in the preliminary round, led by the Egyptian Al-Ahly team, the title holder, the Tunisian Esperance, the runner-up of the last edition, the South African Sundowns, the Congolese TP Mazembe, and the Angolan Petro Atletico.

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