2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage is played from 14 September to 9 November 2018.[1] A total of eight teams compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Champions League.[2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advance to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Egypt Al-Ahly Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
B Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe Algeria ES Sétif
C Morocco Wydad Casablanca Guinea Horoya
D Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Angola 1º de Agosto

Format

In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still tied, extra time is not played, and the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1] Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches are played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches are played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times are also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 14–15 September 2018 21–22 September 2018
Semi-finals 2 October 2018 23 October 2018
Final 2 November 2018 9 November 2018

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:[2]

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners host second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
  • SF1
  • SF2
Final (Winners SF1 host first leg, Winners SF2 host second leg)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held on 3 September 2018, 20:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4][5][6]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                   
Guinea Horoya 0 0 0  
Egypt Al-Ahly 0 4 4  
  Egypt Al-Ahly 2  
  Algeria ES Sétif 0  
Algeria ES Sétif 1 0 1
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 0 0 0  
  Winner SF1
  Winner SF2
Angola 1º de Agosto 0 1 1 (a)  
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0 1 1 (a)  
  Angola 1º de Agosto 1
  Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0  
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2 1 3
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1  

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1º de Agosto Angola 1–1 (a) Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–0 1–1
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 3–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–1 1–0
ES Sétif Algeria 1–0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–0 0–0
Horoya Guinea 0–4 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–0 0–4

1º de Agosto Angola 0–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–1 Angola 1º de Agosto
  • Muleka  12'
 Report
  • Bokamba  34'
Attendance: 17,000

1–1 on aggregate. 1º de Agosto won on away goals.

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 2–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 0–1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.

ES Sétif Algeria 1–0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
  • Diomande  16'
 Report
Attendance: 23,000
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 0–0 Algeria ES Sétif
Report
Attendance: 43,000

ES Sétif won 1–0 on aggregate.

Horoya Guinea 0–0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Al-Ahly Egypt 4–0 Guinea Horoya
 Report
Attendance: 22,500

Al-Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners play in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly Egypt SF1 Algeria ES Sétif 2–0 23 Oct
1º de Agosto Angola SF2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–0 23 Oct

Al-Ahly Egypt 2–0 Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
ES Sétif Algeria v Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
1º de Agosto Angola 1–0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
  • Buá  82'
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.[4]

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Report
Winner SF2 v Winner SF1
Report

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
    2. 1 2 3 "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
    3. ↑ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
    4. 1 2 3 4 "Draw Procedure of the 22nd Edition of Total CAF Champions League, CL 2018" (PDF). CAF. 2 September 2018.
    5. ↑ "CAF Champions League 2018 DRAW". YouTube. 3 September 2018.
    6. ↑ "Total CAF Champions League 2018 Draw". CAF.
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