The draw for the 2026/27 CAF Confederation Cup group stage has officially been conducted on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt.

16 teams that progressed through the final preliminary hurdle over the weekend have been pooled into four groups, each comprising four teams.

Group B is where Uganda’s interest lies, with three players slated to face off. The group has AS FAR from Morocco, Azam FC of Tanzania, Al Ahly Tripoli from Libya and South Africa’s Durban City FC.

The three Ugandan players who are in line to face off in this group include Allan Okello, who plies his trade at AS FAR, Hassan Mubiru at Azam FC and goalkeeper Salim Jamal Magoola, who recently joined Durban City FC.

Group A has Al Ahly FC of Egypt, who knocked out Kitara FC 6-1 on aggregate, Raja Casablanca from Morocco, ASKO de Kara of Togo and CD 1 Agosto of Angola.

Group C is composed of AS Maniema (DR Congo), Singida Black Stars (Tanzania), Red Arrows (Zambia) and either CR Belouizdad or the winner between AS Douanes of Mauritania and Hafia FC of Guinea.

The final group (D) has USMA Alger (Algeria), CS Sfaxien of Tunisia, Black Bulls from Mozambique and AS Real De Bamako from Mali.

The competition dates for the Group Stage games will be as follows:

• Matchday 1: November 27–29
• Matchday 2: December 4–6
• Matchday 3: December 18–20
• Matchday 4: January 8–10
• Matchday 5: January 15–17
• Matchday 6: January 22–24

It should be noted that Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will be used during the group stages.