Al-Ahly from Egypt won a record seventh title, defeating Espérance ST from Tunisia with a 3–2 win on aggregate in the final.

As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

The top thirteen sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.

[8] Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner.

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 shootout (no extra time was played).