CAF Champions League: AS Vita, USM Alger, TP Mazembe Advance To Group Stage

Eight games were contested on Sunday as the first round of the CAF Champions League continued.

At Conakry, Guinea:

After Horoya blanked visiting JS Kabylie 2-0 in regulation of game two to square this series at 2-2 on aggregate, and with overtime dispensed with, Toufik Addadi, Juba Oukaci, Amir Belaili, Toufik Zeghdane, and Mohamed Bencherifa converted their spot kicks as the Algerian club took the penalty-kick shootout 5-3.

At Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Merveille Kikasa's successfully-converted penalty kick in the 45th minute produced the game's--------and series'--------only goal as AS Vita Club defeated visiting ASC Kara 1-0 in both game two and on aggregate for the series to advance to the group stage.

At Omdurman, Sudan:

Mohamed Eldai scored the only goal of both the match and series in the 48th minute as Al-Halil defeated visiting ASC Kara 1-0 in game two and on aggregate in the series.

At Kasarani, Kenya:

Aymen Mahious scored twice (4', 16') as USM Alger blanked Gor Mahia 2-0 on the road in game two and knocked out the Kenyan club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Monastir, Tunisia:

Etoile du Sahel overcame their 2-0 series-opening defeat by dominating visiting Asante Kotoko 3-0 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Casablanca, Morocco:

Mohamed Nahiri (PK-13'), Ismail El Haddad (25'), Ayman El Hassouni (26'), and Ayoub Kaabi (38') each scored once as Wydad Casablanca demolished visiting FC Nouadhibou 4-0 in game two and dispatched the Mauritanian club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Luanda, Angola:

Despite dropping a game-two 1-0 home decision to Green Eagles, the August 1st Club, with the aggregate score at 2-2, eliminated the Zambian club on away goals.

At Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Christian Koffi scored twice (10', PK-60') as TP Mazembe dominated visiting Fosa Juniors 3-1 in game two and won the series by that score on aggregate.