03 March 2016

Few surprises in Champions League’s preliminary round

   The preliminary round of the 2016 CAF Champions League has produced very few surprises as the vast majority of the favourites went through to the next round.

Defeated 1-0 by Vipers SC in Uganda in the first leg, ACL regulars Enyimba turned the table around on Sunday with a 2-0 home win to progress to the last-32 of Africa’s foremost club competition, while South African representative Kaizer Chiefs, who were taking a comfortable four-goal advantage into their home tie with Volcan Club, extended their continental journey without kicking a ball after the Comoros side failed to pitch up.


Angola’s Recreativo do Liolo completed their demolition of Racing de Micomeseng of Equatorial Guinea, running away with a 9-1 aggregate victory, and Guinea’s Horoya AC and Congo’s Etoile enjoyed convincing home wins over AS Douanes Dakar and AS Mangasport respectively after securing an away goalless draw in the first leg.

Continental giants AS Vita Club, Stade Malien and ASEC Mimosas also ended up on the winning side against Mafunzo FC, RC Bobo Dioulasso and AS Coton Tchad respectively.

However, Ghana champions Ashanti Gold crashed out of the tournament after falling 2-3 to Algeria’s MO Béjaïa on aggregate.



2016 CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – PRELIMINARY ROUND, 2ND LEG – FULL RESULTS



FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY

Al-Ahli Tripoli 0-0 Onze Créateurs

Al-Ghazal FC 0-1 ZESCO United

AS Tanda 0-0 Club Africain



SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY

CNaPS Sport 1-0 Gor Mahia

St Michel United 1-1 Saint George SA

Young Africans 2-0 Cercle de Joachim

APR FC 4-1 Mbabane Swallows

GAMTEL FC 1-2 Olympique Khouribga

Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 Chicken Inn



SUNDAY 28 FEBRUARY

Vital’O FC 0-1 Lioli FC

Racing de Micomeseng 0-4 Recreativo do Libolo

Union Douala 1-0 Nimba United

Etoile du Congo 3-0 AS Mangasport

AS Vita Club 1-0 Mafunzo FC

Enyimba 2-0 Vipers SC

RC Bobo Dioulasso 0-1 Stade Malien

ASEC Mimosas 0-0 AS Coton Tchad

MO Béjaïa 3-1 Ashanti Gold

Horoya AC 4-0 AS Douanes Dakar

Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 (W.0.) Volcan Club

AS Douanes Niamey v Wydad Casablanca - POSTPONED


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