Botswana’s Security Systems FC has withdrawn from the preliminary rounds of the 2022/23 Caf Confederation Cup.
The Alarm Boys defeated Gaborone United in the FA Cup final to secure their spot in the upcoming season’s second-tier continental club competition.
A caf draw earlier this month paired Security Systems with FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo from DR Congo for the first preliminary round matches scheduled for September.
But the club – on August 10 – swiftly announced its withdrawal from the Confederation Cup citing financial reasons.
Some two weeks on, Caf has through a Media Advisory officially announced the development stating that “Security Systems from Botswana was due to face DR Congo’s Eloi Lupopo FC in matches 21 and 22 of the competition in September.
Both matches have since been cancelled.”
Saint-Éloi Lupopo thus automatically qualifies for the second preliminary round of 2022/23 Caf Confederation Cup to face GD Sagrada Esperança from Angola.
