CAF Media Statement on the CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee Meeting
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... e-meeting/
The CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee met to deliberate on the incident during the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first leg semi-final fixture between USM Alger and RS Berkane that was scheduled on 21 April 2024.
The CAF Interclub Competitions Committee and Management of the Club Licensing System decided:
1. To Sanction USM Alger with a forfeit of 0-3.
2. To Submit the case to the Disciplinary Board for possible additional sanctions.
3. The second leg fixture between RS Berkane and USM Alger at the Berkane Municipal Stadium on 28 April 2024 is maintained.
2023/24 CAF club competitions (CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup)
CAF Champions League, semi-final second leg fixtures, 26 April
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) vs Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN)
Al Ahly SC (EGY) vs TP Mazembe (COD)
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) vs Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN)
Al Ahly SC (EGY) vs TP Mazembe (COD)
CAF Champions League, semi-final second leg result, 26 April
Al Ahly SC (EGY) 3-0 TP Mazembe (COD)
Al Ahly SC (EGY) won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... ach-final/
Al Ahly SC (EGY) 3-0 TP Mazembe (COD)
Al Ahly SC (EGY) won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... ach-final/
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CAF Champions League, semi-final second leg result, 26 April
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) 0-1 Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN)
Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN) won 2-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... nal-place/
Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) 0-1 Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN)
Espérance Sportive Tunis (TUN) won 2-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... nal-place/
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TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Final
First Leg: Saturday, 18 May 2024
ES Tunis (TUN) vs Al Ahly FC (EGY)
Second Leg: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Al Ahly FC (EGY) vs ES Tunis (TUN)
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... gue-final/
First Leg: Saturday, 18 May 2024
ES Tunis (TUN) vs Al Ahly FC (EGY)
Second Leg: Saturday, 25 May 2024
Al Ahly FC (EGY) vs ES Tunis (TUN)
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... gue-final/
CAF Appeal Board Decision on the USM Alger/ RS Berkane matter
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... ne-matter/
The CAF Appeal Board met today to deliberate on the appeal by USM Alger of Algeria on the decision of the CAF Organizing Committee for CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System on the incident during the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first leg semi-final fixture between USM Alger and RS Berkane on that was scheduled on 21 April 2024.
The CAF Appeals Board ruled that:
1. The Appeal filed by USM Alger against the CAF Organizing Committee for the Interclubs Competitions decision dated 24 April 2024 is dismissed.
2. The CAF Organizing Committee for CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System decision dated 24 April 2024 is upheld.
3. All other and further motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... ne-matter/
The CAF Appeal Board met today to deliberate on the appeal by USM Alger of Algeria on the decision of the CAF Organizing Committee for CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System on the incident during the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup first leg semi-final fixture between USM Alger and RS Berkane on that was scheduled on 21 April 2024.
The CAF Appeals Board ruled that:
1. The Appeal filed by USM Alger against the CAF Organizing Committee for the Interclubs Competitions decision dated 24 April 2024 is dismissed.
2. The CAF Organizing Committee for CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System decision dated 24 April 2024 is upheld.
3. All other and further motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.
CAF Confederation Cup, semi-final second leg fixtures, 28 April
Dreams FC (GHA) vs Zamalek (EGY)
RSB Berkane (MAR) vs USM Alger (ALG)
Dreams FC (GHA) vs Zamalek (EGY)
RSB Berkane (MAR) vs USM Alger (ALG)
CAF Confederation Cup, semi-final second leg result, 28 April
Dreams FC (GHA) 0-3 Zamalek (EGY)
Zamalek (EGY) won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... ach-final/
Dreams FC (GHA) 0-3 Zamalek (EGY)
Zamalek (EGY) won 3-0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... ach-final/
USM Alger Withdraws from Second Leg Semifinals Match of CAF Confederation Cup
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/0 ... ration-cup
In the first leg, Algerian authorities prevented the club from playing the match due to the team’s jerseys featuring a full map of Morocco.
USM Alger has decided to withdraw from the second-leg semifinals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
The game was scheduled to take place today at 8 p.m. at Stade Municipal de Berkane.
The first leg match was also canceled after Algeria's regime decided to prevent the Moroccan club from playing the game and confiscated RS Berkane's CAF-approved equipment in a bid to challenge Morocco’s territorial integrity.
Algerian authorities prevented the club from playing the match due to the team’s jerseys featuring a full map of Morocco.
In response, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has settled the controversy surrounding Algeria’s decision by penalizing the Algerian club with a forfeit of 0-3.
A CAF club commission decided to refer the matter to the disciplinary committee for possible additional sanctions against Algerian authorities.
Many have described the Algerian decision as part of Algeria’s smear campaign challenging Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
RSB-USMA: Algerians refuse to play the match
https://sport.le360.ma/football/rsb-usm ... tre-111418
Algeria's USMA refuse to take part in the second leg of the CAF Cup semi-final against RS Berkane on Sunday (April 28th).
The Algerians of USMA refuse to face Renaissance Sportive de Berkane in the second leg of the semi-finals of the CAF Cup, this Sunday, April 28 at the Municipal Stadium of Berkane.
They sent correspondence to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to notify the refusal.
They had previously refused to carry out the traditional pitch reconnaissance and had not done any warm-ups.
Kick-off is set for 8 p.m.
CAF CC: USM Alger did not play the second leg
https://www.dzfoot.com/football-en-alge ... 58386.html
As expected, USM Alger, who travelled to Berkane, refused to play the second leg of the semi-final of the Confederation Cup, since the Moroccan club still wears its jersey with the disputed map of the country on its chest.
As in the first leg at the 5 July Stadium, the officials waited a quarter of an hour before noticing that one of the teams had not come out of the dressing room.
At that moment, the players of RS Berkane entered the field to greet their supporters while those of USM Alger left the municipal stadium in the direction of Oujda in order to take a return flight to Algiers around one o'clock in the morning.
Regarding the merits, all that remains now is to wait for the response of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, which has been requested to rule on the non-compliance of the RS Berkane jersey with the regulations, in particular Law 4 of the IFAB.
The CAS is expected to issue a response at the beginning of the week, an important decision for Algerian football which risks serious sanctions from CAF which had already declared USMA out of the first leg without the motivation for the decision being legally sound. Another dossier has been filed regarding this decision of the federal authorities.
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2024/0 ... ration-cup
In the first leg, Algerian authorities prevented the club from playing the match due to the team’s jerseys featuring a full map of Morocco.
USM Alger has decided to withdraw from the second-leg semifinals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
The game was scheduled to take place today at 8 p.m. at Stade Municipal de Berkane.
The first leg match was also canceled after Algeria's regime decided to prevent the Moroccan club from playing the game and confiscated RS Berkane's CAF-approved equipment in a bid to challenge Morocco’s territorial integrity.
Algerian authorities prevented the club from playing the match due to the team’s jerseys featuring a full map of Morocco.
In response, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has settled the controversy surrounding Algeria’s decision by penalizing the Algerian club with a forfeit of 0-3.
A CAF club commission decided to refer the matter to the disciplinary committee for possible additional sanctions against Algerian authorities.
Many have described the Algerian decision as part of Algeria’s smear campaign challenging Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
RSB-USMA: Algerians refuse to play the match
https://sport.le360.ma/football/rsb-usm ... tre-111418
Algeria's USMA refuse to take part in the second leg of the CAF Cup semi-final against RS Berkane on Sunday (April 28th).
The Algerians of USMA refuse to face Renaissance Sportive de Berkane in the second leg of the semi-finals of the CAF Cup, this Sunday, April 28 at the Municipal Stadium of Berkane.
They sent correspondence to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to notify the refusal.
They had previously refused to carry out the traditional pitch reconnaissance and had not done any warm-ups.
Kick-off is set for 8 p.m.
CAF CC: USM Alger did not play the second leg
https://www.dzfoot.com/football-en-alge ... 58386.html
As expected, USM Alger, who travelled to Berkane, refused to play the second leg of the semi-final of the Confederation Cup, since the Moroccan club still wears its jersey with the disputed map of the country on its chest.
As in the first leg at the 5 July Stadium, the officials waited a quarter of an hour before noticing that one of the teams had not come out of the dressing room.
At that moment, the players of RS Berkane entered the field to greet their supporters while those of USM Alger left the municipal stadium in the direction of Oujda in order to take a return flight to Algiers around one o'clock in the morning.
Regarding the merits, all that remains now is to wait for the response of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, which has been requested to rule on the non-compliance of the RS Berkane jersey with the regulations, in particular Law 4 of the IFAB.
The CAS is expected to issue a response at the beginning of the week, an important decision for Algerian football which risks serious sanctions from CAF which had already declared USMA out of the first leg without the motivation for the decision being legally sound. Another dossier has been filed regarding this decision of the federal authorities.
As Dreams FC lost in the semi-finals, Ghana cannot reach too 12, and Nigeria remain in top 12.amenina wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 02:31 CAF ranking points earned this season
(updated after 2023/24 CCL and CCC quarter-finals)
CAF Champions League
Advance to semi-finals (at least 4 CAF ranking points)
Mamelodi Sundowns FC (South Africa)
Al Ahly SC (Egypt)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
ES Tunis (Tunisia)
Eliminated in quarter-finals (3 CAF ranking points)
ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)
Atletico Petroleos (Angola)
Simba SC (Tanzania)
Young Africans SC (Tanzania)
Finished 3rd in group (2 CAF ranking points)
FC Nouadhibou (Mauritania)
Wydad AC (Morocco)
Al Hilal (Sudan)
CR Belouizdad (Algeria)
Finished 4th in group (1 CAF ranking point)
Pyramids SC (Egypt)
Jwaneng Galaxy FC (Botswana)
Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia)
Medeama SC (Ghana)
CAF Confederation Cup
Advance to semi-finals (at least 3 CAF ranking points)
USM Alger (Algeria)
Zamalek SC (Egypt)
Dreams FC (Ghana)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Eliminated in quarter-finals (2 CAF ranking points)
Future FC (Egypt)
Abu Salim SC (Libya)
Rivers United FC (Nigeria)
Stade Malien (Mali)
Finished 3rd in group (1 CAF ranking point)
Helal SC (Libya)
GD Sagrada Esperanca (Angola)
Club Africain (Tunisia)
Sekhukhune United FC (South Africa)
Finished 4th in group (0.5 CAF ranking point)
Supersport United FC (South Africa)
SOAR (Guinea)
Academica do Lobito (Angola)
CSM Diables Noirs (Congo)
CAF Ranking points earned this season by association
Egypt - 10 points minimum
Tunisia - 6 points minimum
Tanzania - 6 points
South Africa - 5.5 points minimum
Algeria - 5 points minimum
Morocco - 5 points minimum
Angola - 4.5 points
DR Congo - 4 points minimum
Ghana - 4 points minimum
Cote d’Ivoire - 3 points
Libya - 3 points
Mali - 2 points
Mauritania - 2 points
Nigeria - 2 points
Sudan - 2 points
Botswana - 1 point
Congo - 0.5 point
Guinea - 0.5 point
Current slot allocation for 2024/25 CAF club competitions
(Top 12 associations at the end of this season will have 2 teams each in next season’s CCL and CCC)
This year's points is multiplied by 5 for the latest ranking.
Note: Associations still playing in bold.
1. Egypt (10 points minimum) - 164 points minimum (114 + 50 points minimum)
2. Morocco (5 points minimum) - 143 points minimum (118 + 25 points minimum)
3. Algeria (5 points minimum) - 119 points minimum (94 + 25 points minimum)
4. South Africa (5.5 points minimum) - 106 points minimum (78.5 + 27.5 points minimum)
5. Tunisia (6 points minimum) - 92 points minimum (62 + 30 points minimum)
6. Tanzania (6 points) - 71 points (41 + 30 points)
7. DR Congo (4 points minimum) - 54 points minimum (34 + 20 points minimum)
8. Angola (4.5 points) - 51.5 points (29 + 22.5 points)
9. Sudan (2 points) - 37 points (27 + 10 points)
10. Libya (3 points) - 35 points (20 + 15 points)
11. Cote d'Ivoire (3 points) - 30.5 points (15.5 + 15 points)
12. Nigeria (2 points) - 25 points (15 + 10 points)
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13. Guinea (0.5 point) - 20.5 points (18 + 2.5 points)
14. Ghana (4 points minimum) - 20 points minimum (0 + 20 points minimum)
15. Mali (2 points) - 15 points (5 + 10 points)
16. Cameroon - 11.5 points
17. Mauritania (2 points) - 10.5 points (0.5 + 10 points)
18. Congo (0.5 point) - 9.5 points (7 + 2.5 points)
19. Botwana (1 point) - 8 points (3 + 5 points)
20. Zambia - 7.5 points
21. Senegal - 6 points
22. Togo - 4 points
23. Uganda - 4 points
24. Eswatini - 1.5 points
25. Niger - 1.5 points
26. Burkina Faso - 1 point
27. Zimbabwe - 1 points
28. Benin - 0.5 points
The final top 12 place will be contested between Nigeria and Ghana.
Mali were eliminated from contention for top 12.
If Dreams FC reach the CAF Confederation Cup final, Ghana will reach 25 points, same as Nigeria.
If Dreams FC win the CAF Confederation Cup, Ghana will reach 30 points, overtaking Nigeria.
Compared with this season’s ranking, Guinea drop out of top 12 and will only have one team in each competition next season, while Cote d'Ivoire enter top 12 and will have two teams in each competition next season.
BBC published a few articles on the USM Alger vs RS Berkane row:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 1new92lqjo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... py7r94vlno
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 9r6r2yy6eo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 1new92lqjo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... py7r94vlno
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... 9r6r2yy6eo
Road to FINAL! CAF announces kick-off times and dates for TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Final
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... gue-final/
With the Finalists for this year’s the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League confirmed, the countdown has officially begun to the two-legged finals to be contested by current champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt and Espérance Sportive de Tunis.
The first leg will be played on 18 May 2024 at 19h00 GMT (20h00 Tunis time) in Tunis to be followed by the second-leg on 25 May 2024 in Cairo at 17h00 GMT (20h00 Cairo time).
The winner of the competition will take home USD 4 000 000 in prize money while the runner-up will get USD 2 000 000.
The improved prize money is part of CAF Leadership’s continuous efforts of making African football globally competitive, through adequately incentivising African football clubs who partake in CAF competitions.
With the ever-increasing rise in global appetite for African football, the two-legged Final is set to attract millions of viewers from across the world.
As a result, CAF is pulling out all stops in securing cutting-edge broadcast technology that will beam a live and seamless viewing experience for the millions of expected viewers across the globe.
In addition to the world-class viewing experience, fans can engage in the daily online conversation across CAF’s various digital platforms, where exclusive behind the scenes content will be lined up leading up the final using #TotalEnergiesCAFCL.
The titanic clash of the two North African football giants who boast 15 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League titles amongst them with Ahly on 11, and Espérance on 4, will see a star-studded line up from both ends contesting for the holy grail of African club football.
World football can also get a taste of what is to come as the final this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League is set to be contested by two of the four African clubs set to fly the African flag at next year’s Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25™ (FIFA Club World Cup 2025™).
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Final
Saturday, 18 May 2024 | Tunis
19h00 GMT | Espérance Sportive de Tunis vs Al Ahly SC
Saturday, 25 May 2024 | Cairo
17h00 GMT | Al Ahly SC vs Espérance Sportive de Tunis
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... gue-final/
With the Finalists for this year’s the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League confirmed, the countdown has officially begun to the two-legged finals to be contested by current champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt and Espérance Sportive de Tunis.
The first leg will be played on 18 May 2024 at 19h00 GMT (20h00 Tunis time) in Tunis to be followed by the second-leg on 25 May 2024 in Cairo at 17h00 GMT (20h00 Cairo time).
The winner of the competition will take home USD 4 000 000 in prize money while the runner-up will get USD 2 000 000.
The improved prize money is part of CAF Leadership’s continuous efforts of making African football globally competitive, through adequately incentivising African football clubs who partake in CAF competitions.
With the ever-increasing rise in global appetite for African football, the two-legged Final is set to attract millions of viewers from across the world.
As a result, CAF is pulling out all stops in securing cutting-edge broadcast technology that will beam a live and seamless viewing experience for the millions of expected viewers across the globe.
In addition to the world-class viewing experience, fans can engage in the daily online conversation across CAF’s various digital platforms, where exclusive behind the scenes content will be lined up leading up the final using #TotalEnergiesCAFCL.
The titanic clash of the two North African football giants who boast 15 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League titles amongst them with Ahly on 11, and Espérance on 4, will see a star-studded line up from both ends contesting for the holy grail of African club football.
World football can also get a taste of what is to come as the final this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League is set to be contested by two of the four African clubs set to fly the African flag at next year’s Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25™ (FIFA Club World Cup 2025™).
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Final
Saturday, 18 May 2024 | Tunis
19h00 GMT | Espérance Sportive de Tunis vs Al Ahly SC
Saturday, 25 May 2024 | Cairo
17h00 GMT | Al Ahly SC vs Espérance Sportive de Tunis
CAF Media Statement on the CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee Meeting
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... meeting-2/
The CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee met to deliberate on the incident during the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2023/24 second leg semi-final fixture between RS Berkane and USM Alger that was scheduled on 28 April 2024.
The CAF Interclub Competitions Committee and Management of the Club Licensing System decided:
1. Sanction USM Alger with a forfeit of 0-3.
2. Submit the case to the Disciplinary Board for possible additional sanctions.
3. The qualification of RS Berkane to the Final of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2023/24.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... meeting-2/
The CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee met to deliberate on the incident during the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2023/24 second leg semi-final fixture between RS Berkane and USM Alger that was scheduled on 28 April 2024.
The CAF Interclub Competitions Committee and Management of the Club Licensing System decided:
1. Sanction USM Alger with a forfeit of 0-3.
2. Submit the case to the Disciplinary Board for possible additional sanctions.
3. The qualification of RS Berkane to the Final of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2023/24.
Cas to hear Algerian appeal in Morocco map row
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... ln4pek93wo
A row over an extended map of Morocco on a football shirt has escalated after the Algerian Football Federation (Faf) and club side USM Alger lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
Both legs of the Caf Confederation Cup semi-final between USM Alger and RS Berkane were called off because the latter club insisted on wearing a strip bearing a map of Morocco which includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
The map is seen as a political provocation in Algeria.
Faf and USM Alger have asked Cas to to rule that the Berkane shirt "contravenes the laws of the game, Confederation of African Football (Caf) regulations and Fifa rules".
The world governing body's equipment regulations state that no item of kit which includes political statements or images may be worn.
Cas said an arbitral panel is being appointed, but did not give any timescale on when the case would be heard.
The Switzerland-based organisation added that written submissions from all parties, which include Caf, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) and RS Berkane, are being exchanged.
"Once constituted, the arbitral panel will issue instructions for the next phase of the proceedings, including the holding of a hearing," a statement on the Cas website said.
Berkane appear set to progress to the final of the Confederation Cup, having been handed a 3-0 win in the first leg despite refusing to play in Algeria after their shirts bearing the disputed map were confiscated.
The RMFF says Berkane have been awarded another 3-0 win - and will progress to the final 6-0 on aggregate without a ball being kicked - but Caf has not made an official announcement on the matter.
The final is scheduled to be held over two legs on 12 and 19 May.
Disputed territory leads to call-offs
A RS Berkane kit with a map of Morocco which includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara
The map of Morocco at the centre of the row includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara
Algeria and Morocco share a nearly 2,000 km (1,242 miles) border, which has been a source of tension since independence from French colonial rule.
The border is currently closed between the countries and Algeria severed diplomatic ties three years ago.
A long-running dispute about Western Sahara, a sparsely-populated territory annexed by Morocco in 1975, has also strained relations.
Its indigenous Sahrawi people, led by the Polisario Front and with a government in exile in Algeria, mounted a 16-year-long insurgency that ended with a UN-brokered truce in 1991.
Against that backdrop, Algerian customs officials seized RS Berkane's kit on the squad's arrival in the country last month.
The Moroccan side refused to wear alternative shirts and did not emerge from their dressing room for kick-off in the first leg on 21 April.
Host side USM Alger were punished with a 3-0 defeat by a Caf panel, and an appeal against the decision was rejected by the continent's governing body.
A Caf committee has previously granted permission for Berkane to wear the shirts with the extended map, and Faf and USM Alger failed in a bid to overturn that in a previous request to Cas on 26 April, two days before the second leg.
USM Alger travelled to Morocco for the return tie but did not take to the field on Sunday, and the match was cancelled.
The Algerian club's hopes of retaining the Confederation Cup title now appear to lie with the case at Cas.
Zamalek await in the final, with the Egyptian giants scheduled to be away from home in the first leg on 12 May before the return tie in Cairo seven days later.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/arti ... ln4pek93wo
A row over an extended map of Morocco on a football shirt has escalated after the Algerian Football Federation (Faf) and club side USM Alger lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
Both legs of the Caf Confederation Cup semi-final between USM Alger and RS Berkane were called off because the latter club insisted on wearing a strip bearing a map of Morocco which includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
The map is seen as a political provocation in Algeria.
Faf and USM Alger have asked Cas to to rule that the Berkane shirt "contravenes the laws of the game, Confederation of African Football (Caf) regulations and Fifa rules".
The world governing body's equipment regulations state that no item of kit which includes political statements or images may be worn.
Cas said an arbitral panel is being appointed, but did not give any timescale on when the case would be heard.
The Switzerland-based organisation added that written submissions from all parties, which include Caf, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) and RS Berkane, are being exchanged.
"Once constituted, the arbitral panel will issue instructions for the next phase of the proceedings, including the holding of a hearing," a statement on the Cas website said.
Berkane appear set to progress to the final of the Confederation Cup, having been handed a 3-0 win in the first leg despite refusing to play in Algeria after their shirts bearing the disputed map were confiscated.
The RMFF says Berkane have been awarded another 3-0 win - and will progress to the final 6-0 on aggregate without a ball being kicked - but Caf has not made an official announcement on the matter.
The final is scheduled to be held over two legs on 12 and 19 May.
Disputed territory leads to call-offs
A RS Berkane kit with a map of Morocco which includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara
The map of Morocco at the centre of the row includes the disputed territory of Western Sahara
Algeria and Morocco share a nearly 2,000 km (1,242 miles) border, which has been a source of tension since independence from French colonial rule.
The border is currently closed between the countries and Algeria severed diplomatic ties three years ago.
A long-running dispute about Western Sahara, a sparsely-populated territory annexed by Morocco in 1975, has also strained relations.
Its indigenous Sahrawi people, led by the Polisario Front and with a government in exile in Algeria, mounted a 16-year-long insurgency that ended with a UN-brokered truce in 1991.
Against that backdrop, Algerian customs officials seized RS Berkane's kit on the squad's arrival in the country last month.
The Moroccan side refused to wear alternative shirts and did not emerge from their dressing room for kick-off in the first leg on 21 April.
Host side USM Alger were punished with a 3-0 defeat by a Caf panel, and an appeal against the decision was rejected by the continent's governing body.
A Caf committee has previously granted permission for Berkane to wear the shirts with the extended map, and Faf and USM Alger failed in a bid to overturn that in a previous request to Cas on 26 April, two days before the second leg.
USM Alger travelled to Morocco for the return tie but did not take to the field on Sunday, and the match was cancelled.
The Algerian club's hopes of retaining the Confederation Cup title now appear to lie with the case at Cas.
Zamalek await in the final, with the Egyptian giants scheduled to be away from home in the first leg on 12 May before the return tie in Cairo seven days later.
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Final
(Note: Subject to appeal to CAS)
First Leg: Sunday, 12 May 2024
RS Berkane (MAR) vs Zamalek SC (EGY)
Second Leg: Sunday, 19 May 2024
Zamalek SC (EGY) vs RS Berkane (MAR)
(Note: Subject to appeal to CAS)
First Leg: Sunday, 12 May 2024
RS Berkane (MAR) vs Zamalek SC (EGY)
Second Leg: Sunday, 19 May 2024
Zamalek SC (EGY) vs RS Berkane (MAR)