A week after the first leg, the return preliminary round was on the program this weekend in the African Champions League. Both beaten away on the first leg, the two Algerian representatives, ES Sétif and CR Belouizdad, turned the tide by winning at home respectively against the Gambians of Fortune (4-0) and the Nigeriens Akwa United (2-0) to advance to the next round.
Ticket in pocket also for ASEC Mimosas and Stade Malien who confirmed their success of the first leg by beating again respectively the Senegalese of Teungueth FC (1-0) and the Burkinabè of Sonabel (3-0).
The Congolese of Maniema Union qualified at the expense of the Gabonese of Bouenguidi Sports (2-0), while FOVU Baham, the Cameroonian representative, was eliminated by the Angolans of Petro Atletico under the away goal rule . Note also the surprise elimination of Young Africans, Guineans from Kamsar and Arta Solar 7 from Alex Song, Kameni, Diafra Sakho and Alain Traoré.
All these clubs qualify for the second preliminary round which will be marked by the entry into the running of the 10 best clubs, exempted from the first round, like Al Ahly.
The results of the preliminary round return
ASKO Kara (Togo) 2-1 LPRC Oilers (Liberia) (0-3)
Al Ittihad (Libya) 2–0 KMKM (Zanzibar) (2-0)
APR (Rwanda) 2–1 Mogadishu City (Somalie) (0-0)
Maniema Union (DRC) 2–0 Bouenguidi Sports (Gabon) (1-1)
Rivers United (Nigeria) 1–0 Young Africans (Tanzanie) (1-0)
Al Hilal (Sudan) 1–1 Easy Kenema (Ethiopia) (2-2)
ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast) 1–0 Teungueth (Senegal) (1-0)
CR Belouizdad (Algeria) 2–0 Akwa United (Nigeria) (0-1)
AS Otoho (Congo) 2–0 UD Songo (Mozambique) (0-1)
ES Setif (Algeria) 4–0 Fortune (Gambia) (0-3)
Al Merrikh (Sudan) 1–0 Express (Uganda) (1-2)
Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 2–0 Kamsar (Guinea) *
Malian Stadium (Mali) 3-0 Sonabel (Burkina Faso) (1-0)
The Messenger of Ngozi (Burundi) 1-1 US National Gendarmerie (Niger) (0-1)
Tusker (Kenya) 3-0 Arta Solar 7 (Djibouti) (1-1)
Nyasa Big Bullets (Malawi) 1-3 AmaZulu (South Africa) (1-0)
DFC 8e Arrondissement (Central African Republic) 1-0 Jwaneng Galaxy (Botswana) (0-2)
Petro Luanda (Angola) 0-0 FOVU Baham (Cameroon) (2-2)
Nouadhibou (Mauritania) 2-0 ESAE (Benin) (1-1)
Platinum (Zimbabwe) 0-0 (3-5 tab) Holy Hope (Angola) (0-0)
Zesco United (Zambie) 2-1 Royal Leopards (Swati) (0-1)
Zanaco (Zambia) 1-0 Akonangui (Equatorial Guinea) (2-0)
* Due to the coup d’état in Guinea, this match was played on a single sleeve in Ghana.
