2017 CAF Super Cup

2017 CAF Super Cup
2017 Total CAF Super Cup
Mamelodi Sundowns TP Mazembe
South Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Date 18 February 2017
Venue Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Referee Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

The 2017 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 25th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.

The match was played between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, the 2016 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Mamelodi Sundowns at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on 18 February 2017.[2]

Mamelodi Sundowns defeated TP Mazembe 1–0 to win their first CAF Super Cup.[3]

Teams

Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2016 CAF Champions League winners None.
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2016 CAF Confederation Cup winners 2010, 2011, 2016

Rules

The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[4][5]

Match

Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted the match.

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)[6][7]

Prize money

The winners would receive $100,000 USD while the runners-up would receive $75,000 USD.[8]

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions[9]. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations. Due to this sponsorship, starting from 2017 the tournament is called the "Total CAF Super Cup".

References

  1. ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Total Super Cup 2017: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ↑ "Brazilian Nascimento hands “Brazilians” CAF Super Cup". CAF. 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Tactical start list" (PDF). CAF.
  7. ↑ "Media start list" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ↑ "Prize money" (pdf). Confédération Africaine de Football. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. ↑ AfricaNews (2016-07-21). "Total to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years". Africanews. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
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