Tunisia's Esperance ST, holders of the Arab Soccer Clubs Champions Cup will wait for the outcome of the qualifiers to know the club they will meet at the 1/16th finals of the tournament, according to the draw of the 2018 edition made Tuesday in Jeddah.
Esperance will play the first-leg game away and the second-leg at home.
Tunisia's ES Sahel will play Jordan's Al Ramtha and CS Sfaxien will face Iraq's Al Nift and the two Tunisian clubs will play the first leg at home.
The organising committee has not unveiled the names of clubs engaged in the preliminary round, including Tunisia's Club Africain, the fourth Tunisian club involved in the tournament, or the match dates.
The draw was attended by President of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) Turki Al-Sheikh, club representatives, a large number of guests and Arab football stars.
Draw:
1/16th finals:
Zamalek (EGY) – Qadsia (KUW)
ES Setif (ALG) – Al Ain (UAE)
Al Ismaili (EGY) – Al Kuwait (KUW)
Raja Casablanca (MAR) – Salam ZghArta (LIB)
Ittihad (KSA) – Al Wasl (UAE)
CS Sfaxien (Tun) – Al Nift (IRQ)
Al Hilal (KSA) – Shabab (OMN)
MC Alger (ALG) – AL Rifaa (BRN)
ES Sahel (TUN) – AL Ramtha (JOR)
US Alger (ALG) – Al Jaish (IRQ)
AL-Nasr (KSA) – Al-Jazira (UAE)
Club qualifying from B game - Esperance ST (TUN)
Widad Casablanca (MAR) – Ahly Tripoli (LBA)
Al-Jaish (SYR) – Al Merreikh (SUD)
Al Ahly (EGY) – Club qualifying from A game
Al Ahly (KSA) – Al Muharraq (BRN)