2011 CAF Confederation Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 January – 4 December 2011 |
| Teams | 52+8 (from 40 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Maghreb de Fès (1st title)
|
| Runners-up |
 Club Africain
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 265 (2.1 per match) |
The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2011 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winners qualified to play in the 2012 CAF Super Cup.
Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2005-09 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:
The points shall be multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:
This system is different from the one used for the 2010 CAF Champions League and previous years.
Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2005–2009 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual team 2006–2010 5-Year Ranking. The top twelve sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.
Moreover, the eight losers from the 2011 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round:
Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.
† The second leg of the preliminary round matches are postponed to 25–27 February in case the club have at least three players in the 2011 African Nations Championship.
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