New African champions Pyramids from Egypt will start defending their Champions League crown in the first round next month, but the team they defeated in last season's final has been granted in the second round.
Mamelodi sundowns in South Africa lost 3-2 aggregated from pyramids in the final last season, but due to a higher ranking, one of only two clubs that were passed on in the second round of this season.
The other is already Ahly van Egypt, who has won the Champions League 12 times and appeared in five of the last six finals, which won four.
A record number of 62 entries for the Champions League means that only two clubs do not have to compete in the first round, which will be more than two legs on the weekends of 19-21 September and 26-28 September.
Two rounds of Knock outputs are played to determine the 16 teams that go into the competition phase, which will start at the end of November.
In the draw that was carried out in DAR-es Salaam on Saturday, Piramides were placed in the first round against Apr FC from Rwanda, and they played the return bone in Cairo at home in Cairo, and when they make progress, they take the winners of the draw between the draw between the tie between Ethiopia Medhin.
There are a record 58 participants in the African Confederation Cup, encouraged by a $ 100,000 subsidy for each participant to help with the competing costs.
Last season, each club received a $ 50,000 subsidy in both continental club matches, which was the first time that financial aid was offered by the Confederation of African Football.
Competition in African club competitions can finally drain because of the high travel costs.
In the Confederation Cup Draw, which was also performed on Saturday, Winners Zamalek van Egypt and USM Alger used to be passed on in the second round, but Tunisies Etoile Sahel, another previous Victor, started in the first round against Sudan's Al Ahli Madani.