Se está disputando la O-League, el máximo torneo de clubes de Oceanía. Se trata del nuevo
formato que en 2007 adoptó la antigua Copa de Campeones de Oceanía, imitando a la Champions
League europea.
En esta edición 2011/12 participan ocho equipos de siete paíes, lo que demuestra un constante
crecimiento.
Kolo and his brother will soon meet up with fellow academy-ites Kalou, Eboue and Gervinho at the
African Cup of Nations in .
When Gervinho, Salomon Kalou, Emmanuel Eboué and the brothers Touré convene in for the African
Cup of Nations tournament to play for the Ivory Coast, it's a high school reunion of sorts.
Por PABLO ARO GERALDES
Comenzó la 53ra edición de la Copa Libertadores de América.
El campeón ganará un lugar en el Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA, junto a los campeones de la UEFA
Champions League, la O-League de Oceanía, la AFC Champions League de Asia, la CAF Champions League
africana, la Concacaf Champions League y el campeón japonés, ya que el certamen volverá a
jugarse en tierras niponas antes de pasar a Marruecos.
Tunisian giants Espérance will make their maiden appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup
following their second CAF Champions League title win, their first such title for seventeen years,
which was achieved with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Moroccans WAC Casablanca in the final. Should
the Tunis based side overcome the challenge of Asian champions Al Sadd in the quarter-finals, a
glamour tie against UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona will be on the cards for one of
Africa's most famous clubs.
Tunisian giants Espérance will make their maiden appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup
following their second CAF Champions League title win, their first such title for seventeen years,
which was achieved with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Moroccans WAC Casablanca in the final. Should
the Tunis based side overcome the challenge of Asian champions Al Sadd in the quarter-finals, a
glamour tie against UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona will be on the cards for one of
Africa's most famous clubs.
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Barcelona consiguió su segundo título el Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA, goleando en la final 4-0
al Santos brasileño. El argentino Lionel Messi fue elegido mejor jugador del certamen.
Aquí podrás repasar cómo llegaron Barcelona (UEFA Champions League), Santos (Copa Libertadores
de América), Espérance Sp.
In the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup final, Africa's equivalent of the Europa League or
Copa Sudamericana, Tunisians Club Africain secured a slender 1-0 advantage over MAS Fes going into
the second leg which takes place in Morocco in a fortnight's time.
Alexis Mendemo scored the only goal of the game as early as the 8th minute to keep hopes of a
Tunisian double in African competition alive following Esperance Tunis' triumph in the CAF
Champions League last weekend.
The African Champions League saw the first legs of the semi-final stage this weekend with narrow
wins for Moroccans Wydad Casablanca and Tunisians Espérance.
Wydad Casablanca, African champions back in 1992, were fearful of wasting home advantage as
their game against Nigerian champions Enyimba FC looked to be heading to a goalless stalemate.
By Chris Wright
Here we see Nigerian side Enyemba (in the blue) bursting forth from their box with designs on
launching a counter-attack against Moroccan outfit Wydad during their CAF Champions League tie.
As the Enyemba striker makes his way upfield, a Wydad defender comes hurtling alongside him,
pointing, remonstrating and insisting that the ball be put out of play so an injury can be dealt
with.
Se está disputando la cuarta edición de la Concacaf Liga Campeones. Se clasificaron ocho equipos
directos a la fase de grupos (dos de los Estados Unidos, dos de México, y uno de Costa Rica,
Panamá, Guatemala, y Honduras), mientras que 16 equipos jugaron una fase previa de clasificación.
Se le concedieron 3 cupos a Honduras ya que el campeón de Belice, Belize Defence Force, no
cumplió los requisitos de la Concacaf.
La Liga de Campeones de la UEFA (nombre oficial en inglés:
UEFA Champions League) es el
torneo internacional europeo de fútbol más importante a nivel de clubes organizado por la Unión
Europea de Asociaciones de Fútbol (UEFA). Fue creada en 1955 con el nombre de Copa de Clubes
Campeones Europeos (nombre original en francés:
Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens), para
enfrentar a los vencedores de liga.
With just one matchday to play in the group stage of the CAF African Champions League only
Nigerian champions Enyimba FC have secured a place in the semi-finals. Five teams kept alive their
ambitions of progression into the final four of this year's competition and thus ensure an
interesting finish to this stage of the tournament next weekend.
The semi-final places have yet to be decided in the CAF Champions League and the CAF
Confederation Cup and with four of the six matchdays completed it seems likely that the next round
of games will be the most important played in this year's competitions so far.
Group A could've seen Nigerians Enyimba FC (4 games, 8 points) seal their place in the last four
at the weekend but they were held to a goalless draw away at bottom club Raja Casablanca who gained
only their second point of the campaign.
The semi-final places have yet to be decided in the CAF Champions League and the CAF
Confederation Cup and with four of the six matchdays completed it seems likely that the next round
of games will be the most important played in this year's competitions so far.
Group A could've seen Nigerians Enyimba FC (4 games, 8 points) seal their place in the last four
at the weekend but they were held to a goalless draw away at bottom club Raja Casablanca who gained
only their second point of the campaign.
African football's two main club competitions have reached the halfway stage in the group phase.
Two teams continue to dominate in Group A of the CAF Champions League whilst Group B is a more
competitive affair. In the CAF Confederation Cup things remain tight in both groups and there is no
team who has yet laid down a marker for the rest of the tournament.
African football's two main club competitions have reached the halfway stage in the group phase.
Two teams continue to dominate in Group A of the CAF Champions League whilst Group B is a more
competitive affair. In the CAF Confederation Cup things remain tight in both groups and there is no
team who has yet laid down a marker for the rest of the tournament.
Despite the lack of winners and losers in the opening round of matches in the CAF Champions
League group stages this weekend there was still plenty to shout about. The CAF Confederation Cup,
Africa's second-tier competition, almost followed suit with two of this weekend's four matches
ending in a stalemate.
Despite the lack of winners and losers in the opening round of matches in the CAF Champions
League group stages this weekend there was still plenty to shout about. The CAF Confederation Cup,
Africa's second-tier competition, almost followed suit with two of this weekend's four matches
ending in a stalemate.
Mazembe won the last two titles. Who will take their title this year?
With much political and civil unrest disrupting a great deal of the 2011 CAF Champions League it
is an achievement in itself that the group stages will be played as originally scheduled. Many
games were either postponed, re-scheduled or teams disqualified from the tournament for various
reasons in what has been a difficult tournament to organize.
Mazembe won the last two titles. Who will take their title this year?
With much political and civil unrest disrupting a great deal of the 2011 CAF Champions League it
is an achievement in itself that the group stages will be played as originally scheduled. Many
games were either postponed, re-scheduled or teams disqualified from the tournament for various
reasons in what has been a difficult tournament to organize.
Cotonsport are champions of Cameroon again
Two of Africa's top football championships have been decided in the past few days with
Cotonsport maintaining their stranglehold of the Cameroonian domestic game whilst Al Ahly did
likewise in Egypt.
Cotonsport, from the north Cameroonian city of Garoua, sealed their tenth league title in
fifteen seasons with a 2-1 win against fourth place Unisport Bafang.
African club football gets very little coverage in Europe so I thought it would be interesting
to delve into this little known world for another blogpost.
On Saturday the East African club cup begins in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Twelve clubs from ten
African nations compete for the coveted trophy.
When TP Mazembe won their second leg against Wydad Casablanca by two goals to nil, overturning a
first leg 1-0 defeat, it looked certain that they had made the group stages of the CAF Champions
League. However, a protest from Simba Sports of Tanzania (who Mazembe had knocked out in a previous
round) regarding the eligibility of Mazembe defender Janvier Bokungu was heard by CAF and the
African giants TP Mazembe were thrown out of the competition.
When TP Mazembe won their second leg against Wydad Casablanca by two goals to nil, overturning a
first leg 1-0 defeat, it looked certain that they had made the group stages of the CAF Champions
League. However, a protest from Simba Sports of Tanzania (who Mazembe had knocked out in a previous
round) regarding the eligibility of Mazembe defender Janvier Bokungu was heard by CAF and the
African giants TP Mazembe were thrown out of the competition.
El club Al Sadd de Qatar conquistó la edición 2011 del máximo certamen asiático de clubes, que
se jugó por primera vez en 1967 como "Asian Champion Club Tournament". Participaron los
principales equipos de las doce asociaciones mejor rankeadas de Asia (6 del Oeste y 6 del Este). A
ellos se les sumó Al Ittihad (Aleppo, Siria) como campeón de la AFC Cup.
Game Intelligence digs up this week's buried treasure from the desert island of football news... TP
Mazembe kicked out of African Champions' League African giants Tout Puissant Mazembe have been
disqualified from this year's CAF Champions' League for fielding an ... Continue reading →
Barcelona conquistó por cuarta vez la Copa de Europa al superar 3-1 al Manchester United en la
final disputada en Wembley.
La Liga de Campeones de la UEFA (o UEFA Champions League, según su nombre en inglés) se disputa
desde 1955 bajo la denominación de Copa de Clubes Campeones Europeos (nombre original en francés:
Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens), para enfrentar a los campeones de las diferentes ligas
nacionales de Europa.
Auckland City de Nueva Zelanda venció a Amicale FC de Vanuatu 4-0 en la segunda final y adjudicó
la O-League, el máximo torneo de clubes de Oceanía. Se trata del nuevo formato que en 2007
adoptó la antigua Copa de Campeones de Oceanía, imitando a la Champions League europea.
En esta edición 2010/11 participaron ocho equipos de siete paíes, lo que demuestra un constante
crecimiento.
Sorry for the long absence. I've spent the past two months in Mexico and Central America and it
turned out that finding free and convenient wifi in the area wasn't so convenient. Plus, I was just
having way too much fun. (Feel free to read about the adventures
here.)
But, we're back.
Sorry for the long absence. I've spent the past two months in Mexico and Central America and it
turned out that finding free and convenient wifi in the area wasn't so convenient. Plus, I was just
having way too much fun. (Feel free to read about the adventures
here.)
But, we're back.
Last week the Prelimiary Round of the CAF Champions League was completed. 23 sides from across
Africa will now join the 9 seeds in the First Round proper that kicks off on the weekend of the
19th March.
It's been a turbulent time in Africa for many of the North African teams involved in the
competition.
Last week the Prelimiary Round of the CAF Champions League was completed. 23 sides from across
Africa will now join the 9 seeds in the First Round proper that kicks off on the weekend of the
19th March.
It's been a turbulent time in Africa for many of the North African teams involved in the
competition.
The African Nations Championship (or CHAN) is unique amongst international football tournaments
in that nations are restricted to selecting only domestic players in their squads. The 2011 edition
of this tournament begins this week in Sudan with the hosts taking on Gabon in Khartoum.
As the competition only allows the selection of domestically based players the standards of each
respective international side is a little different to "full internationals".
El club Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Túnez) conquistó la edición 2011 del máximo certamen
africano de clubes, que se disputó por primera vez en 1964 como "Copa Africana de Clubes
Campeones". Participan todos los campeones de las ligas nacionales en dos rondas previas a la fase
final de grupos.
Earlier this week, we published our 2011 international tournament calendar for the national
teams. Biggest take-home message from this list: April and May are insanely busy, with continental
matches almost every day. Here is the same for the clubs all the known dates for the biggest club
tournaments in 2011.
