SuperSport get BYC, Wits face Smouha
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The draw for places at the last 16 of the Total Caf Confederation Cup 2017 was headlined by intriguing pairings from derbies to rekindling of rivalries on Tuesday.
The pick of the pack is the battle between former continental champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo and Algerian giants JS Kabylie.
The clubs boast seven Caf Champions League titles between them: five for Mazembe and two for Kabylie, back on the continental
front after some time off the scene.
Another interesting pairing is the Moroccan derby which pits FUS Rabat against MAS Fez, a battle of two former winners of the second-tier continental club championship. FUS Rabat won the trophy in 2010, and fellows MAS Fez, the following year to complete back-to-back titles for Morocco.
Tanzanian campaigners Young Africans will face MC Alger in their quest to reach the group phase for the successive season while South Africa’s Bidvest Wits comes up against yet another Egyptian opposition in Smouha. The South Africans were eliminated by Al Ahly from the Champions League after losing 1-0 on aggregate.
Malagasy champions CNaPS have been drawn against Recreativo do Libolo of Angola in an all-southern affair.
THE DRAW
Barrack Young Controllers (Liberia) v SuperSport United (South Africa)
AS Tanda (Cote d’Ivoire) v Platinum Stars (South Africa)
Young Africans (Tanzania) v MC Alger (Algeria)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) v JS Kabylie (Algeria)
AC Leopards (Congo) v Mbabane Swallows (Swaziland)
FUS Rabat (Morocco) v MAS Fez (Morocco)
Rangers (Nigeria) v Zesco (Zambia)
Mounana (Gabon) v ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)
RC Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) v CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
Bidvest Wits (South Africa) v Smouha (Egypt)
CNaPS (Madagascar) v Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)
KCCA (Uganda) v El Masry (Egypt)
Ports Authority (Gambia) v Hilal Obeid (Sudan)
Port Louis (Mauritius) v Club Africain (Tunisia)
Rivers United (Nigeria) v Rayon Sports (Rwanda)
Horoya (Guinea) v Ittihad Tangier (Morocco)
First leg: 7-9 April
Second leg: 14-16 April
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