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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane says he battles to view the Confederation of African Football\u2019s (Caf) new African Football League (AFL) as an official continental interclub competition given its invitational nature.<\/p>\n

The inaugural, mega-wealthy 2023 AFL was won by Mosimane\u2019s old club Sundowns, Rulani Mokwena\u2019s men beating Wydad Casablanca 3-2 on aggregate in the two-legged final earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The pilot, eight-team invitation AFL will be expanded to 24 clubs in 2024.<\/p>\n

Mosimane has previously questioned how the AFL affects the significance of Africa\u2019s premier club competition, the Caf Champions League, of which he is a three-time winner.<\/p>\n

In a digital press conference with the South African Football Journalists\u2019 Association on Monday he was asked if he believes the AFL and Champions League can coexist and both thrive.\u201cThat [the AFL] is a tournament, that\u2019s not Caf,\u201d Mosimane said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tournament where you handpick eight teams out of 54 countries. That\u2019s a tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the only thing I really like about this tournament is the financials behind it, empowering clubs, clubs getting more money. But that\u2019s about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow you get to be invited in there I don\u2019t know, because I tried to check. Is it points-based or Caf?<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think there are other clubs like Raja Casablanca. I\u2019m just making an example. There are a lot of clubs that have more points [cumulatively over the years in continental competition and in world rankings], if it\u2019s points that allow you to be in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t want to talk about the tournament. I like the tournament because it\u2019s rich, it has a lot of money.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinancially, yes [it\u2019s a success], but the other ones [factors] I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaja is a big club, Zamalek is a big club. And if you put Simba above them it\u2019s another story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for money. But it\u2019s just a tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosimane won the Champions League, the winners of which represent Africa in the Fifa Club World Cup, with Sundowns in 2016 and Egyptian giants Al Ahly in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

The 2023 AFL had a first prize of $4m (about R76m), while the runners-up collected $3m (about R57m).<\/p>\n

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The inaugural, mega-wealthy 2023 AFL was won by Mosimane\u2019s old club Sundowns, Rulani Mokwena\u2019s men beating Wydad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-57147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018That\u2019s a tournament, that\u2019s not Caf\u2019: Pitso on the African Football League - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane says he battles to view the Confederation of African Football\u2019 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018That\u2019s a tournament, that\u2019s not Caf\u2019: Pitso on the African Football League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Mamelodi Sundowns and Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane says he battles to view the Confederation of African Football\u2019 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-27T18:27:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-27T18:47:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1701098125.238359.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"501\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018That\u2019s a tournament, that\u2019s not Caf\u2019: Pitso on the African Football League\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-27T18:27:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-27T18:47:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\"},\"wordCount\":402,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/11\/sm_1701098125.238359.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/thats-a-tournament-thats-not-caf-pitso-on-the-african-football-league\",\"name\":\"\u2018That\u2019s a tournament, that\u2019s not Caf\u2019: Pitso on the African Football League - 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