The 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final will be played at the Godswill Akapbio International Stadium, Uyo Akwa Ibom State in NIgeria on May 29.
Confederation of African Football officially made the announcement on Friday, making it the first time Nigeria will host Africa’s biggest inter-club competition
TP Mazembe will face their former head coach Florent Ibenge’s RS Berkane of Morocco on the 8th of May and Al Ahli Tripoli will welcome South African Seadogs “Buccaneers” Orlando Pirates for their first leg semi-final respectively.
The second leg semi-final will be played the following week 15th May on their respective home grounds.
CAF officials had visited the ‘Nest of Champions’ over four weeks ago to inspect the state of the sporting facilities according to the Senior Special Assistant on Sports to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Paul Bassey.
According to reports, the CAF officials who visited the sporting facility gave it a pass mark as they deemed it worthy of hosting the continent’s biggest inter-club competition final.
This is the third time the finals of the competition will be played in a single final format as opposed to a two-legged fixtures format, which was being used in the competition since 1966.
