Nigeria’s sole surviving club in CAF inter-club competitions, Rivers United, will know their quarterfinals opponent as the draw for the last eight of the Confederation Cup holds today in Cairo, Egypt.
Rivers United defeated Ghana’s Dreams FC 2-1 in Uyo a fortnight ago to qualify for the quarterfinals of the competition behind the Ghanaians in Group A of the championship.
The teams remaining in the championship are USM Alger (Algeria), Zamalek (Egypt), Dreams FC (Ghana), RS Berkane (Morocco), Modern Future (Egypt), Abu Salem (Libya), Rivers United (Nigeria) and StadeMalien (Mali).
According to CAF, the four group winners will be seeded for the draw, while the runners up will not be among the seeds.
“The seeded teams will be drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other,” CAF said.
The seeded teams are USM Alger of Algeria, Zamalek (Egypt), Dreams FC of Ghana and RS Berkane (Morocco). Modern Future of Egypt, Libya’s Abu Salim, Rivers United and Mali’s StadeMalien make up the unseeded teams.
