Rangers draw Zesco, Rivers Utd to play Rayon Sports in Confederation Cup

Following their exit from the CAF Champions League, Rangers International and Rivers United have been drawn to play Zambia’s Zesco United and Rwanda’s Rayon Sport respectively in the round of 32 of the CAF Confederation Cup.

The draw was done on Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt.

Both teams dropped down to the Confederation Cup after failing to advance to the group stages of the CAF Champions League first round.

Rangers were eliminated after losing 5-3 on aggregate to Egyptian giants Zamalek, while Rivers fell 4-3 to Sudan’s Al-Merrikh.

The first leg matches will take place on the weekend of 7-9 April 2017 and the return legs a week later. And the winners of the ties will progress to the group stage of the competition.

Read Also: Mixed reaction trail ousting of Rangers, Rivers United from CAF Champions League

The full CAF draw for the Confederation Cup round of 32:

Rangers vs Zesco United
Young Africans vs MC Alger
​TP Mazembe vs JS Kabylie
CNaPS SPORT vs C.R.D Libolo
Kampala C.C. vs Al Masry
Gambia Ports vs Al Hilal Obeid
ASPL 2000 vs Club Africain
Rivers United FC vs Rayon Sports
BYC vs SuperSport FC
AC Leopard vs Mbabane Swallows
FUS Rabat vs M.A.S Fez
CF Mounana vs ASEC Mimosas
Rail Club K. vs CS Sfaxien
Bidvest Wits vs Smouha
Horoya vs IR Tanger

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