{"id":14451,"date":"2025-11-03T18:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/three-sa-teams-drawn-in-tough-groups-in-caf-interclub-competitions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:02","slug":"three-sa-teams-drawn-in-tough-groups-in-caf-interclub-competitions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/three-sa-teams-drawn-in-tough-groups-in-caf-interclub-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Three SA teams drawn in tough groups in CAF Interclub Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three South African teams have been drawn in tough groups in the CAF Interclub Competitions in the draw made in Johannesburg on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In the Champions League, Mamelodi Sundowns have been drawn in Group C, setting up a reunion with former coach Rulani Mokwena, who\u2019s now in charge of Algerian side MC Alger.<\/p>\n<p>They will also face Lupopo from the DRC, who ended the Buccaneers\u2019 campaign. The fourth and final side in the group is Al Hilal SC from Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>In the Confederation Cup, Kaizer Chiefs have been drawn in Group D with two Egyptian teams, Zamalek and Al Masr and Zesco United from Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Stellenbosch FC, who reached the semifinals last season, will be in Group C alongside Algerian side CR Belouizdad and Singida Black Stars from Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>The top two sides in each of the four groups will progress to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage is expected to kick off later in November.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14452,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14451","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The top two sides in each of the four groups will progress to the quarterfinals.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The top two sides in each of the four groups will progress to the quarterfinals.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19106,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14451\/revisions\/19106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}