2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage began on 28 February with the quarter-finals and will end on 29 May 2020 with the final to decide the champions of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams compete in the knockout stage.[1]

Times are GMT as listed by CAF (local times, even if not different, are in parentheses).

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.

The semi-finals and final had been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 5 February 2020 28–29 February 2020 6–7 March 2020
Semi-finals 1–2 May 2020 (postponed) 8–9 May 2020 (postponed)
Final 29 May 2020 (postponed)

Format

Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is not played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time won't also be played and the winners will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[1] The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners are seeded, and the four group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 8 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A TP Mazembe Zamalek
B Étoile du Sahel Al-Ahly
C Mamelodi Sundowns Wydad Casablanca
D Espérance de Tunis Raja Casablanca

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:[1]

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 and SF2 will face each other to decide the champions

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 February 2020, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[2][3]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Raja Casablanca 2 0 2  
TP Mazembe 0 1 1  
  Raja Casablanca  
  Zamalek  
Zamalek 3 0 3
  Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2  
    SF1 winner
  SF2 winner
  Wydad Casablanca 2 0 2  
Étoile du Sahel 0 1 1  
  Wydad Casablanca
  Al-Ahly  
Al-Ahly 2 1 3
  Mamelodi Sundowns 0 1 1  

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 February 2020.

Summary

The first legs were played on 28 and 29 February, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 March 2020.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly 3–1 Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 1–1
Raja Casablanca 2–1 TP Mazembe 2–0 0–1
Zamalek 3–2 Espérance de Tunis 3–1 0–1
Wydad Casablanca 2–1 Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–1

Matches
Al-Ahly 2–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 Al-Ahly
 Report (Soccerway)

Al-Ahly won 3–1 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca 2–0 TP Mazembe
 Report (Soccerway)
TP Mazembe 1–0 Raja Casablanca
  • Tshibangu  50'
 Report (Soccerway)

Raja Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Zamalek 3–1 Espérance de Tunis
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Espérance de Tunis 1–0 Zamalek
 Report (Soccerway)

Zamalek won 3–2 on aggregate.

Wydad Casablanca 2–0 Étoile du Sahel
 Report (Soccerway)
Étoile du Sahel 1–0 Wydad Casablanca
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 February 2020 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all semi-final matches, originally scheduled for 1–2 and 8–9 May 2020, had been postponed until further notice.[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca SF1 Zamalek TBD TBD
Wydad Casablanca SF2 Al-Ahly TBD TBD

Matches
Raja Casablanca v Zamalek
Zamalek v Raja Casablanca
Wydad Casablanca v Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly v Wydad Casablanca

Final
Main article: 2020 CAF Champions League Final

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final, originally scheduled for 29 May 2020, 19:00 GMT, at the Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon,[5] had been postponed until further notice.[6]

SF1 winner v SF2 winner

Notes
  1. Étoile du Sahel played their home matches at Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.

References
  1. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Accreditation for Interclubs knockout stages". CAF. 30 January 2020.
  3. "Last eight draw reveal interesting pairings". CAF. 5 February 2020.
  4. "Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women's qualifiers". CAF. 11 April 2020.
  5. "Douala, Rabat named host cities for Interclubs 2019/20 final". CAF. 16 March 2020.
  6. "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020.
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