 The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League.As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.For the 2014 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2008–2012 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculated points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.