An tabbatar da kulob 16 da za su fafata a matakin ƙungiyoyi na TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27, bayan kammala Zagaye na Biyu na Farko a ranar Lahadi. Yanzu hangen nesa ya juyawa zuwa Alkahira, inda za a gudanar da zaben ƙungiyoyi a hedikwatar Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Misira (EFA) a ranar Laraba, 28 Oktoba 2026, da ƙarfe 15:00 na gida (12:00 GMT).
Zaben zai raba kulob 16 zuwa ƙungiyoyi huɗu, kowace ƙungiya tana da kulob huɗu, kuma kulob biyu mafi ƙwarewa a kowace ƙungiya za su ci gaba zuwa ƙwata-fainal. An shirya fara matakin ƙungiyoyi a watan Nuwamba, kuma zakaran ƙarshe zai karɓi kyauta mai tarihi ta dala miliyan 6 na Amurka.
Sundowns sun firgita ta hanyar ficewa mafi ban mamaki a zagaye
Labarun da ya fi fice a zagaye na farko shi ne ficewa da abin mamaki na zakaran da ake da shi Mamelodi Sundowns a hannun Wiliete SC na Angola. An kafa wannan kulob a shekarar 2018 kacal, kuma sun riƙe Sundowns da maki 1-1 a Pretoria — bayan da ƙaddamar da wasa ba da kwalla a Lubango — suka ci gaba ta hanyar dokar kwallaye a filin abokin hamayyar. Wannan sakamako ana ɗaukar sa a cikin mafi girman abubuwan da suka faru a tarihin gasar.
Duk da haka, Afirka ta Kudu za ta kasance wakilta a matakin ƙungiyoyi ta hanyar Orlando Pirates, waɗanda suka wuce ta hanyar cin nasara da ƙarfi 5-0 a jimilce akan African Stars na Namibiya, ciki har da nasara 4-0 a wasan dawowa.
Tsoffin zakara sun tsira daga gwaji
Wasu kulob da suke da tarihi mai tsawo sun shawo kan gwaje-gwaje masu wahala don tabbatar da wurinsu. Espérance na Tunisiya ya juya rashi na kwallo ɗaya na wasan farko da Swehly SC na Libya, a ƙarshe ya wuce ta hanyar harbin ƙwallo da maki 3-1. MC Alger na Aljeriya ya yi wani juyi mai ban mamaki a rabi na biyu, yana jifar kwallaye uku ba tare da amsa ba don juya shan kashi 2-0 a wasan farko da Rangers International na Nijeriya.
Zamalek da Pyramids na Misira duk sun cancanta, suna cin nasara akan APR FC na Ruwanda da El Merriekh Bentiu na Sudan ta Kudu bi da bi, suna tabbatar da ƙasar mai masaukin baki tana da kulob biyu a cikin zaben. Petro Atlético na Angola kuma ya sake daga rashi na kwallaye biyu, yana kayar da Scottland FC na Zimbabwe 3-0 a Luanda don wuce 3-2 a jimilce.
Ƙarin juye-juye da masu cancanta da suka yi fice
Morocco za ta kasance wakilta ta RS Berkane, wanda ya doke Star Sport Academy na Saliyo 3-0 a jimilce, da MAS de Fès, wanda ya ci ASEC Mimosas na Côte d'Ivoire 2-1 a dare don ci gaba 3-2 a jimilce.
Club Africain na Tunisiya ya yi bikin dawowar zuwa matakin ƙungiyoyi ta hanyar kawar da TP Mazembe na DR Congo, zakaran nahiya sau biyar, yana cin 1-0 a gida don nasara ta 2-1 a jimilce. Al Hilal Omdurman na Sudan ya ci gaba cikin kwanciyar hankali, yana ƙarewa 4-0 a jimilce akan Sidama Bunna na Habasha.
Tanzaniya na ba da masu cancanta guda biyu daga cikin mafi wasan gamsarwa — Simba SC da Young Africans. Colombe Sportive na Kamaru ya doke Teungueth FC na Senegal 3-0 a jimilce, yayin da FC Nouadhibou na Mauritaniya ya kayar da FC San Pedro na Côte d'Ivoire 3-2 a jimilce don isa matakin ƙungiyoyi a karo na biyu ne kawai a tarihinsu. Horoya AC na Gini ya kammala jerin sunayen ta hanyar kawar da Al Merriekh na Sudan ta hanyar harbin ƙwallo bayan daidaituwa 1-1 a jimilce.
Kulob 16 da suka cancanta
Al Hilal Omdurman (Sudan), Club Africain (Tunisiya), Colombe Sportive (Kamaru), Espérance (Tunisiya), FC Nouadhibou (Mauritaniya), Horoya AC (Gini), MAS de Fès (Morocco), MC Alger (Aljeriya), Orlando Pirates (Afirka ta Kudu), Petro Atlético (Angola), Pyramids FC (Misira), RS Berkane (Morocco), Simba SC (Tanzaniya), Wiliete SC (Angola), Young Africans (Tanzaniya), Zamalek SC (Misira).
