2012 CAF Confederation Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 February – 25 November 2012 |
| Teams | 48+8 (from 37 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 AC Léopards (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Djoliba
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 122 |
| Goals scored | 285 (2.34 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Rudy Guélord Bhebey Ndey Ismaïla Diarra Edward Sadomba(5 goals) |
The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2012 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
AC Léopards from the Republic of the Congo won their first title, defeating Djoliba from Mali with a 4–3 win on aggregate in the final. They earned the right to play in the 2013 CAF Super Cup.
Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2012 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 2006-10 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 are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:
Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking. The top sixteen sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.
Moreover, eight losers from the 2012 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round:
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