The 2016 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 18 June to 24 August 2016.
[1] A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2016 CAF Champions League.
[2] The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations III.