Rivers United of Nigeria will host the defending champions, USM Alger of Algeria, in the first leg of the tournament.
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They succumbed to a 0-1 defeat in the hands of the competition’s defending champions, RS Berkane of Morocco on Friday.
They held hosts Etoile Filante to a goalless draw in the first leg match of their second preliminary round fixture.
This follows a successful Club Licensing Seminar hosted by CAF in Egypt, Cairo a fortnight ago.
The Nigerian National League side had won the first leg, courtesy of Victory Beniangba’s 55th minute effort.
Former Rivers United striker will remain with the club till 2023.
First-named teams host the matches, with first-leg results in brackets.
The Peoples Elephants, who had suffered a crushing 1-4 defeat last Sunday in Cairo, exited the second tier CAF club competition on 5-2 aggregate.
The matches will be played on Wednesday across Africa.
The fixtures are scheduled for play on Wednesday.
The first-named teams host the second leg, with first-leg results in brackets.
The first-named teams hosted the first-leg.
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Referee Joshua Amax, assisted by Peter Edibi, Robert Aundugh and Ferdinand Udoh as fourth Official are billed to handle the return leg match involving Zesco United and Medeama of Ghana
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