Tourbillon, Tusker are excluded in February, 10th, so Al Tahrir and TP Mazembe qualify to next round.
Invincible Eleven withdrawn, so Kaloum Star qualify to next round.

On February, 10th, CAF announced that clubs from the Central African Republic, Kenya, Liberia and Sierra Leone were excluded from the competition for failure to fulfil their financial obligations. Somalian, Djiboutian, Santomean and Malawian teams were already excluded.

On March, 16th, CAF announced the withdrawal Al Tahrir of Eritrea because of an internal club problem, so Al Ahly Cairo qualify to next round.