Johannesburg – Platinum Stars and SuperSport United will learn their opponents for the opening rounds of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup on Wednesday when the draw takes place in Cairo, Egypt.
South Africa is one of 12 nations with two clubs eligible to play in the Africa's second tier continental competition, while the rest will have just one representative.
The other nations with two team's in Wednesday's draw are Algeria (JS Kabylie and Mouloudia Alger), Cameroon (Apejes Academy and Young Sports Academy), Congo Brazzaville (CARA and Etoile), Democratic Republic of Congo (Renaissance and Sanga Balende), Egypt (Al Masry and Smouha), Ivory Coast (ASEC Mimosas and Sporting Gagnoa), Mali (Djoliba and Onze Createurs), Morocco (Ittihad Tanger and Moghreb Fes), Nigeria (Ifeanyi Ubah and Wikki Tourists), Sudan (Al Ahly Shendy and Al Hilal Al Obeid) and Tunisia (Club Africain and CS Sfaxien).
Nations with just one representative club include Angola (Recreativo Libolo), Botswana (Orapa United), Burkina Faso (Sonebel), Burundi (Le Messager Ngozi), Central African Republic (Anges Fatima), Comoros (Volcan), Djibouti (Dikhil), Equatorial Guinea (Racing Micomeseng), Ethiopia (Defence Force), Gabon (Akanda), Gambia (Brikama United), Ghana (Bechem United), Guinea (Kaloum), Kenya (Ulinzi Stars) and Liberia (Monrovia Breweries).
That list is completed by Libya (Al Hilal Benghazi), Madagascar (Saint-Michel Elgeco Plus), Malawi (Be Forward Wanderers), Mauritania (Concorde), Mauritius (Pamplemousses), Mozambique (Songo), Niger (Douanes), Rwanda (Rayon Sports), Senegal (Niarry Tally), Seychelles (Saint-Michel United), Sierra Leone (Johansen), Somalia (Jeenyo United), South Sudan (Al Salam Wau), Swaziland (Mbabane Swallows), Tanzania (Azam), Togo (Koroki Tchamba), Uganda (Vipers), Zambia (Zesco United) and Zimbabwe (Ngezi Platinum).
Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Namibia, Reunion, Sao Tome e Principe and Zanzibar will also have one representative in the competition, with the specific clubs yet to be decided
Both legs of the preliminary round of the tournament starts in February, while the first round takes place in March. The two legs of the final are set to take place in November, with $1.25 million in prize money going to the champions and the runners-up winning $625,000.
The DRC's TP Mazembe are the current champions, having beaten Algeria's MO Béjaïa in this year's final. Mazembe will compete in the Caf Champions League next year and will also find out their opponents at the draw on Wednesday.