Breaking news: Sundowns and Amazulu discover CAF Champions League opponents

Mamelodi Sundowns and Amazulu have discovered their opponents for the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League.

The draw for the preliminary rounds of CAF Champions League 2021-2022 took place on Friday at CAF Headquarters in Cairo.

Thanks to the co-efficient, PSL Champions Sundowns are awarded a by through the Preliminary round of matches.

Sundowns and Amazulu discover Caf Champions League opponents

Amazulu meanwhile have been drawn against Malawian outfit Nyasa Big Bullets.

Sundowns will face the winner of the preliminary round tie between Bouenguidi Sports and AS Maniema Union in the first round of the Caf Champions League.

The initial two rounds of the Caf Champions League are home and away knockout ties, after which the tournament is whittled down to 16 teams who are split into four groups, playing a double round of matches home and away to determine the eight teams who progress to the quarter-finals and final knockout stages.

There are 10 other former champions in the field, including two five-time title-holders, TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo and record nine-times winners Al Ahly and Zamalek of Egypt.

First round byes

In total, ten teams were exempted from the first round: Al Ahly and Raja, as well as Esperance de Tunis (Tunisia), Zamalek (Egypt), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Simba SC (Tanzania), Horoya AC (Guinea), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia), Wydad (Morocco).

Back on the African scene after a ten-year absence, Fovu FC de Baham (Cameroon) will face Angola’s Atletico Petroleus in the first round.

Caf Champions League action will get underway when the Preliminary round kicks off on the weekend of 10-12 September 2021.