Nkana will not only go into Tuesday’s draws in Cairo as Southern Africa’s only representatives but as the lowest ranked team in 2014 CAF Confederation Cup last eight.
The draws will have five West African team’s and two North African side’s after the completion of the knockout stage games over the weekend.
This means Nkana will also accumulate the longest mileage on their way games in this years tournament with the possibility of even a return to Egypt or Tunisia in the group stage.
Nkana’s inactivity in Africa over the last decade sees them bottom of the seedings with zero points together with Real Bamako of Mali.
Six-time CAF Champions League winners Al Ahly of Egypt are the highest ranked team with 57 points.
The Egyptian giants are joined by the team they beat in the 2013 CAF Champions League semifinals and perennial Confederation Cup group stage campaigners Cotonsport of Cameroon who are are second with 21 points.
2012 champions AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville are third also on 21 points.
Sewe Sport of Cote d’Ivoire who qualified to the 2013 CAF Champions League group stage are ranked fourth with 10 points while 2006 champions Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia who reached the 2013 Confederation Cup group stage are ranked fifth with seven points.
Ivorian side ASEC are sixth with three points.
The draws will see eight teams placed in four pots of two teams each according to their seedings.
Nkana and Real Bamako will be in Pot Four meaning they cannot play each other at the group stage.
The top two seeds Al Aly and Cotonsport will be in Pot One and the first team drawn will go straight to Group A and the other to Group B.
The sequence will be repeated for the other three pots.
Match day one and two will be played during the weekends May 16 and May 23 respectively while match day three will follow during the weekend of June 6 before taking a break for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The group stage competition will resume on July 25 and end on August 24.
The two legged semifinals will follow and are set for the weekends of September 19 and 26.
And the finals will also be played over two legs during the weekend of November 28 and December 5.
Good luck to Kalampa
Good exposure to international football
I really don’t appreciate finals played on two legs. To me they lack the cream that goes with them and its Ridiculous.
OK , BUT THIS DRAW IS FOR GROUP STAGE SO THEY HAVE TO PLAY LIKE THIS !