Africa’s leading Pay-tv operator, StarTimes, has reached an agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the broadcast of its interclub competitions, CAF Champions League & Confederation Cup in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
The 2021/22 season of the CAF Champions League & Confederation Cup is scheduled to kick off on 11th & 13th February 2022 respectively.
StarTimes, having been able to show all 52 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, will now have its customers in for a treat with the Champions League and Confederation Cup available on their screens.
Mrs. Akofa Banson, Head of Marketing at StarTimes Ghana, stated that the pay-tv operator will continue to promote African football whilst entertaining the fans and customers.
“We aspire to be the gateway to African Football development and will continue to promote African Football for all to enjoy. After successfully broadcasting the just ended AFCON, we continue to entertain our football fans with both the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup. What’s more, subscribers get to tap into our Ntosoɔ Promo. Pay 1 month of your decoder subscription on the StarTimes ON App and get 5 days free.”
Akofa Banson
StarTimes will broadcast all matches live and in full high-definition through eight sports channels as well as streaming service, StarTimes ON.
The CAF Interclub competitions will see some known Ghanaian players such as Black Stars Goalkeeper, Richard Ofori and striker Kwame Peprah, represent Orlando Pirates while Bernard Morrison battles with Simba FC for the ultimate.
However, no Ghanaian club will take part in this year’s CAF inter-club competitions as the current league title holders, Accra Hearts of Oak, failed to make it to the group stages of both the champions league and the Confederation cup. The worrying situation, many sports analysts believe, is the true reflection of the current state of football in the country, which has seen a nosedive.
Group Stage Matches
The draw for the 2021/22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Stage was conducted at CAF’s Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.
Pitso Mosimane, coach of Egyptian giants, Al Ahly SC, assisted Khaled Nassar, CAF Head of Competitions, in the draw that paved the way towards the group stage of the premier continental club competition. The champions league will be dominated by North African teams who continue their supremacy in CAF’s inter-club competitions over the years.
After the draw there were reactions from Coaches and Managers of some of the prominent clubs on the continent, all of who admitted that the tournament is going to be very tough for all the clubs this year.
Pitso Mosimane, Coach of Egyptian Giants, Al Ahly, said: “When you are a coach for a team like Al Ahly, you are under pressure all the time. We won it twice, so why not a third successive time? It won’t be easy, but I have the team for that”. He stated that their group is tough but admitted that “so are all the groups”. He noted that there are many big teams in the champions league this year which are all favorites “but our target is to win the Champions League for the 11th time”.
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