2014 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The knock-out stage of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 20 September to 6 December 2014. A total of four teams competed in the knock-out stage.[1][2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Republic of the Congo AC Léopards Cameroon Coton Sport
B Egypt Al-Ahly Ivory Coast Séwé Sport

Format

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 19–21 September 2014 26–28 September 2014
Final 28–30 November 2014 5–7 December 2014

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[1][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 1–0 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1–0 0–0
Coton Sport Cameroon 1–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–1 1–2
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 1–0 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Kouamé  57' Report

Séwé Sport won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Coton Sport Cameroon 0–1 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report Soliman  72'
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Ahly Egypt 2–1 Cameroon Coton Sport
Yedan  41'
Gamal  78'		 Report Kombous  14'

Al-Ahly won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw (29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 2–2 (a) Egypt Al-Ahly 2–1 0–1
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 2–1 Egypt Al-Ahly
Kouamé  24' (pen.)
Assalé  81'		 Report Trezeguet  59'
Attendance: 5,000
Al-Ahly Egypt 1–0 Ivory Coast Séwé Sport
Moteab  90+6' Report
Attendance: 50,000

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on the away goals rule.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAF Confederation Cup 2014 – Final Stages". African Soccer Weebly. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  3. ↑ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. 1 2 "11th Edition of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.
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