2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage is played from 16 September to 2 December 2018.[1] A total of eight teams compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.[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 Morocco Raja Casablanca Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
B Morocco RS Berkane Egypt Al-Masry
C Nigeria Enyimba Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville
D Algeria USM Alger Rwanda Rayon Sports

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 Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches are played on Sundays while midweek matches are played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times are also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 16 September 2018 23 September 2018
Semi-finals 3 October 2018 24 October 2018
Final 25 November 2018 2 December 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, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[4][5][6]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                   
Rwanda Rayon Sports 0 1 1  
Nigeria Enyimba 0 5 5  
  Nigeria Enyimba 0  
  Morocco Raja Casablanca 1  
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 1 0 1
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2 1 3  
  Winner SF1
  Winner SF2
Egypt Al-Masry 1 1 2  
Algeria USM Alger 0 0 0  
  Egypt Al-Masry 0
  Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0  
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 3 1 4
Morocco RS Berkane 1 1 2  

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
Rayon Sports Rwanda 1–5 Nigeria Enyimba 0–0 1–5
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 1–3 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–2 0–1
Al-Masry Egypt 2–0 Algeria USM Alger 1–0 1–0
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–2 Morocco RS Berkane 3–1 1–1

Rayon Sports Rwanda 0–0 Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Enyimba Nigeria 5–1 Rwanda Rayon Sports
  • Dimgba  12'
  • Udo  29'
  • Adetunji  48'
  • Osadiaye  60'
  • Oladuntoye  80'
 Report
  • Bimenyimana  25'
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.

CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 1–2 Morocco Raja Casablanca
  • Kivutuka  71'
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Raja Casablanca Morocco 1–0 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville
 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Masry Egypt 1–0 Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
USM Alger Algeria 0–1 Egypt Al-Masry
Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.

AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–1 Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
  • Aziz  24'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
RS Berkane Morocco 1–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
 Report
  • Ngoma  87'
Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane

AS Vita Club won 4–2 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
Enyimba Nigeria SF1 Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–1 24 Oct
Al-Masry Egypt SF2 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 24 Oct

Enyimba Nigeria 0–1 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Raja Casablanca Morocco v Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Al-Masry Egypt 0–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo v Egypt Al-Masry
Report

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

  1. ↑ USM Alger played their home match against Al-Masry at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, instead of their regular stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algeirs, due to renovation.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  2. 1 2 3 "CAF Confederation Cup 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 15TH Edition of Total CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, CC 2018" (PDF). CAF. 2 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "CAF Confederation Cup 2018 DRAW". YouTube. 3 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018 Draw" (PDF). CAF.
  7. ↑ "Arab C. : L'USM Alger recevra à Sétif !". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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