Top-flight league champions Mighty Wanderers will know their 2026/27 CAF Champions League first preliminary round opponents on Thursday. The winners of the Champions League will receive $6 million (about K1.05 billion) in prize money, according to the statement. Last year, the Nomads participated in the CAF Confederation Cup and bowed out at the first hurdle after going down 4-3 on post-match penalties to Botswana side Jwaneng Galaxy. On the other hand, Silver Strikers participated in the CAF Champions League and were booted out in the second preliminary round by Tanzanian club Simba SC 2-1 on aggregate. South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns are the defending champions in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, while USM Alger of Algeria lifted the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup last season.