The qualifying rounds of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup were played from 16 February to 2 June 2013, to decide the eight teams which advanced to the group stage.
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 9 December 2012, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, and the fixtures were announced by the CAF on 10 December 2012.
The following 51 teams were entered into the draw:
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).
The schedule of each round was as follows.
The preliminary round included the 38 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.
Gor Mahia won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
SuperSport United won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Liga Muçulmana won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
AS Douanes Lomé advanced to the first round after Mogas 90 withdrew.
Rail Club du Kadiogo won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
LLB Académic won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Panthère du Ndé won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
US Bitam won 17âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Dedebit won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. TCO Boeny won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the first round.
Gamtel won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. Diables Noirs won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the first round.
The Panthers won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Recreativo da Caála won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
US Bougouni won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Onze Créateurs won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Barrack Young Controllers II won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
Azam won 8âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
<br> Al-Nasr won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.
The first round included 32 teams: the 19 winners of the preliminary round, and the 13 teams that received byes to this round.
ENPPI won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
SuperSport United won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Liga Muçulmana won 8âÂÂ4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Wydad AC won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
<br> ASEC Mimosas won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
<br> LLB Académic won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
USM Alger won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
US Bitam advanced to the second round after Heartland arrived late for the second leg, as per ruling made by the CAF.
Al-Ahly Shendi won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Ismaily won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
CS Sfaxien won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Diables Noirs won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advances to the second round.
Recreativo da Caála won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
ÃÂtoile du Sahel won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
Azam won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
FAR Rabat won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.
The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.
ENPPI won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Liga Muçulmana won on the away goals rule and advanced to the play-off round.
1âÂÂ1 on aggregate. LLB Académic won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the play-off round.
US Bitam won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.
0âÂÂ0 on aggregate. Ismaily won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the play-off round.
CS Sfaxien won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.
ÃÂtoile du Sahel won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.
FAR Rabat won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the play-off round.
The play-off round included 16 teams: the eight winners of the Confederation Cup second round and the eight losers of the Champions League second round. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage.
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 May 2013, 12:00 , at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. Four ties contained a seeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot A) and an unseeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot B), and the other four ties contained a seeded winner of the Confederation Cup second round (Pot C) and an unseeded loser of the Champions League second round (Pot D).
The following 16 teams were entered into the draw:
Stade Malien won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
CS Sfaxien advanced to the group stage after Enugu Rangers, which had originally won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate, was ruled by the CAF to have fielded an ineligible player in the second leg and thus disqualified.
FUS Rabat won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
CA Bizertin won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate. ES Sétif won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the group stage.
ÃÂtoile du Sahel won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
TP Mazembe won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Saint George won on the away goals rule and advanced to the group stage.