Record nine-time winners, Al Ahly of Egypt will have to wait until Wednesday to confirm their opponents in the African Champions League group stage.
The Red Devils easily qualified after 5-0 aggregate win over Niger’s outfit Sonidep. After a 1-0 away in the first leg the Pitso Mosimane’s charges extended their aggregate win courtesy of Taher Mohamed, Walid Soliman, Ali Maaloul and Badr Benoun.
Nine teams that have lifted the premier African club football title at least once including Al Ahly’s rivals Zamalek are among the teams that went through.
Zamalek had been given a bye into the group stage as their Chadian opponents Gazelle were disqualified from the tournament after failing to honour the first leg match.
Senegalese outfit Teungueth made the biggest headline with a 3-1 victory against Moroccan giants Raja Casablanca, a result that went into history as the biggest surprise in the history of the competition.
South African duo of Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs are also through.
Five-time champions TP Mazembe from DR Congo cruised to a 4-2 aggregate win over Gabonese side AS Bouenguidi.
And they have company in eternal rivals and 1973 winners, AS Vita, who also made it three in a row at the last 16.
Sudan have two representatives in rivals of Al Hilal and Al Merreikh same as Algeria that has MC Alger and CR Belouizdad.
Simba SC of Tanzania, Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Horoya AC(Guinea), Petro Atletico (Angola) complete the list of last 16 that was also shaped by Covid-19.
CAF Champions League results
Tuesday 5 January 2021
Primero de Agosto (Angola) 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) (0-0)
Scorer: Castro 41
Kaizer Chiefs advance to the group stage with 1-0 win on aggregate.
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) 3-1 Galaxy (Botswana) (2-0)
Scorers: Erasmus 39, Mvala 68, Morena 81 / Sembowa 89
Mamelodi Sundowns advance to the group stage with a 5-1 win on aggregate.
Ahly (Egypt) 4-0 AS Sonidep (Niger) (1-0)
Scorers: Taher Mohamed 12, Walid Soliman 37, Badr Banoun 68 (pen), Mahmoud Abdel-Moneam 90
Ahly advance to the group stage with a 5-0 win on aggregate.
Raja (Morocco) 0-0 Teungueth (Senegal) (0-0)
Teungueth advance to the group stage after winning the penalty shootout 3-1 following a 0-0 draw on aggregate
Wednesday 6 January
Gor Mahia (Kenya) 1-2 CR Belouizdad (Algeria) (0-6)
CR Belouizdad advance to the group stage with an 8-1 win on aggregate.
Al Hilal (Sudan) 2-0 Asante Kotoko (Ghana) (1-0)
Al-Hilal advance to the group stage with a 3-0 win on aggregate.
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 2-1 AS Bouenguidi (Gabon) (2-1)
Scorers: Ulimwengu 14, Mwape 45 / Boussougou 78
TP Mazembe advance to the group stage with a 4-2 win on aggregate.
CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) 1-0 MC Alger (Algeria) (0-2)
MC Alger advance to the group stage with a 2-1 win on aggregate.
Esperance (Tunisia) 3-2 Al-Ahli Benghzi (Libya) (0-0)
Scorers: Chaalali 18 (pen), Ben Romdhane 63, Marzouki 87 / Naili 60, Arfi 76
Esperance advance to the group stage with a 3-2 win on aggregate.
AS Vita Club (DR Congo) 4-1 Young Buffalos (Eswatini) (2-2)
Scorers: Kalala 18, Lilepo 74,76, Mbuyi 90
AS Vita Club advance to the group stage with a 6-3 win on aggregate.
Enyimba (Nigeria) 2-1 Al-Merrikh SC (Sudan) (0-3)
Scorers: Mbaoma 14,51 (pen) / Malik 8
Al-Merrikh advance to the group stage with a 4-2 win on aggregate.
Horoya (Guinea) 1-0 RC d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) (1-1)
Horoya advance to the group stage with a 2-1 win on aggregate.
Petro Atletico (Angola) 1-0 Nkana FC (Zambia) (1-1)
Petro Atletico advance to the group stage with a 2-1 win on aggregate.
Simba (Tanzania) 4-0 Platinum (South Africa) (0-1)
Scorers: Nyoni 39 (pen), Kapombe 62, Bocco 90, Choma 90
Simba advance to the group stage with a 4-1 win on aggregate.
Wydad (Morocco) 3-0 Stade Malien (Mali) (0-1)
Wydad advance to the group stage with a 3-1 win on aggregate.
Zamalek (Egypt) v Gazelle FC (Chad) (Canceled)
