The 2012 CAF Confederation Cup group stage matches took place between August and October 2012.
[2] The group stage featured the eight winners from the play-off round.
They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.
[3] The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2012, 14:00 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.
[4] For the group stage draw, the winners of the play-off round ties involving the two teams seeded in the play-off round (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking)[5] were seeded into Pot 1, and the winners of the remaining ties were seeded into Pot 2.