Sundowns discover Champions League quarter-final opponents
DStv Premiership giants Mamelodi Sundowns have discovered their 2023/24 season CAF Champions League quarter-final opponents.
The matchups for the CAF Champions League, including those for 2016 champions Mamelodi Sundowns, were determined following the CAF Confederation Cup draw held in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, March 12th.
However, no PSL teams advanced to the Confederation Cup knockout stages, as both Sekhukhune United and SuperSport United were eliminated in the group phase.
The draw procedure for both competitions was straightforward. CAF separated group winners from runners-up. They also ensured that teams placed together in the group stages avoided each other in the quarter-finals.
According to the draw regulations all teams that finished as runners-up in their respective groups will play the first-leg matches of the quarter-finals at home.
The first leg will be played from Friday, 29 March to Sunday, 31 March, while the second leg shall take place from Saturday, 6 April to Sunday, 7 April.
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The 2016 African champions will take on the reigning Tanzanian champions Young Africans who were in placed in group D.
Heading to the knockout stages, Sundowns finished at the summit of Group A with 13 points. The Tshwane giants registered four victories, one draw and suffered one defeat. They found the back of the net seven times and were very solid at the back, only letting in one goal in six matches
Other CL quarter-final fixtures will see Tanzanian giants Simba SC take on the reigning African champions Al Ahly. DR Congo side TP Mazembe will lock horns against Petro Luanda of Angola. Tunisian side Esperance will battle against ASEC Mimosa of Ivory Coast.
In the Confed Cup, Abu Salem of Libya will take on RSB Berkane of Morocco. Nigeria’s Rivers United will face off against USM Alger of Algeria.
In another matches, Egyptian sides Modern Future will renew their rivalry Zamalek. Mali side Stade Malien will lock horns against Ghana’s Dreams FC.
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