CAF Champions League Qualifying

The first qualifying round for the CAF Champions League reached its' midway point on Sunday with 11 games, with other scheduled match being postponed.

At Addis Ababa, Ethiopia:

The series between Saint George and visiting Wau Salaam from South Sudan was cancelled with the Ethiopia club advancing by default.

The South Sudanese club failed to show up for the opening match of the series.

At Maseru, Lesotho:

Mbabane Swallows of Swaziland, with Tony Tsabadse scoring twice (PK-15', 75') knocked off hosts Bantu 4-2 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Cairo, Egypt (due to security concerns in Libya):

Mahmoud Salem scored the game's lone goal at 34 minutes as Al-Tahaddy of Libya took the opening match of their series with Ghana's Aduana Stars 1-0.

At Setif, Algeria:

Zakaria Haddouche produced a hat trick (13', 58', 76') while Akram Djahnit added a double (60', 89') as ES Setif destroyed visiting Olympic Real de Bengui of the Central African Republic 6-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Bamako, Mali:

MFM of Nigeria gained a series-opening 1-1 road draw with AS Real Bamako.

Nojeem Akinyemi scored for the visiting club in the 15th minute while the hosts' Mohamed Camera equalized in the 18th minute.

At Owando, Republic of the Congo:

Mahamane Cisse (57') and Bersyl Ngatsongo (74') each scored a second-half goal as AS Otoho blanked visiting MC Alger of Algeria 2-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Jos, Nigeria:

Ogene Elijah (20'), Sunday Ingbede (85'), and Joshua Obaje (90'+2) each scored once as Plateau United dominated visiting Eding Sport (Cameroon) 3-0 in their series-opening match.

At Monrovia, Liberia:

LISCR, with Sheku Sheriff scoring in the 20th minute,  defeated visiting Al-Hilal of Sudan 1-0 in their series-opening contest.

At Colonou, Benin:

ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast, with Ahmed Toure's equalizer in the 66th minute, gained a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Buffles du Borgou.

Marcelin Koukpo scored for the hosts at 63 minutes.

At Moroni, Comoros:

Said Hadji's equalizer in the 79th minute enabled Ngaya Club to salvage a series-opening 1-1 home draw with UD Songo.  

Helder Pelembe scored for the Mozambiquan club in the fifth minute.

At Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Ducapel Moloko scored twice (17', 87') as AS Vita Club demolished visiting Mighty Wanderers (Malawi) 4-0 in match one.

At Luanda, Angola:

The August 1st Club dominated visiting FC Platinum of Zimbabwe 3-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

Jacques Bitumba scored twice (52', 61') for the hosts.