CAF Confederation Cup: Orlando Pirates and the 7 others to have qualified
South Africa’s Orlando Pirates are still in the running for glory in this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after the completion of the group stage.
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The Soweto giants managed to finish second in Group A, thus securing their spot in the quarter-finals.
The all-important draw of those playoffs will take place on Friday, 30 April.
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Because Orlando Pirates Pirates finished second, they will be “unseeded” in the draw and will host the first leg on 15/16 May with the return leg away against whoever they are drawn to play a week later (22/23 May)
Orlando Pirates have never won the tournament, but did finish as runners-up in 2015.
But who else made it through to the quarter-finals?
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GROUP A
Winners: Enyimba (Nigeria)
Runners-up: Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
GROUP B
Winners: JS Kabylie (Algeria)
Runners-up: Coton Sport (Cameroon)
GROUP C
Winners: ASC Jaraaf (Senegal)
Runners-up: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
GROUP D
Winners: Raja Casablanca (Morocco)
Runners-up: Pyramids (Egypt)
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