2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage began on 1 March with the quarter-finals and will end on 24 May 2020 with the final to decide the champions of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. 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 1 March 2020 8 March 2020
Semi-finals 3 May 2020 (postponed) 10 May 2020 (postponed)
Final 24 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 Pyramids Al-Masry
B Horoya Al-Nasr
C RS Berkane Zanaco
D Hassania Agadir Enyimba

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, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[2][3]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Zanaco 0 1 1  
Pyramids 3 0 3  
  Pyramids  
  Horoya  
Enyimba 1 0 1
  Horoya 1 2 3  
    SF1 winner
  SF2 winner
  Al-Masry 2 0 2  
RS Berkane 2 1 3  
  RS Berkane
  Hassania Agadir  
Al-Nasr 0 0 0
  Hassania Agadir 5 2 7  

Quarter-finals

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

Summary

The first legs were played on 1 March, and the second legs were played on 8 March 2020.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zanaco 1–3 Pyramids 0–3 1–0
Al-Nasr 0–7 Hassania Agadir 0–5 0–2
Al-Masry 2–3 RS Berkane 2–2 0–1
Enyimba 1–3 Horoya 1–1 0–2

Matches
Zanaco 0–3 Pyramids
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Pyramids 0–1 Zanaco
Report (Soccerway)

Pyramids won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Nasr 0–5 Hassania Agadir
Report (Soccerway)
Hassania Agadir 2–0 Al-Nasr
 Report (Soccerway)
Attendance: 0[note 2]

Hassania Agadir won 7–0 on aggregate.

Al-Masry 2–2 RS Berkane
  • Taktak  46'
  • Laâroubi  61' (o.g.)
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
RS Berkane 1–0 Al-Masry
  • Naji  39'
 Report (Soccerway)
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

Enyimba 1–1 Horoya
 Report (Soccerway)
  • Haba  71'
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Horoya 2–0 Enyimba
  • Sakin  28'
  • Samassekou  84'
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

Horoya won 3–1 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 3 and 10 May 2020, had been postponed until further notice.[9]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyramids SF1 Horoya TBD TBD
RS Berkane SF2 Hassania Agadir TBD TBD

Matches
Pyramids v Horoya
Horoya v Pyramids
RS Berkane v Hassania Agadir
Hassania Agadir v RS Berkane

Final
Main article: 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final, originally scheduled for 24 May 2020, 19:00 GMT, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco,[10] had been postponed until further notice.[11]

SF1 winner v SF2 winner

Notes
  1. Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  2. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced on 5 March 2020 that all football matches in the country would be played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak in Morocco.[4]
  3. Al-Masry play their knockout stage home matches at Suez Stadium, Suez, instead of their regular home stadium Al Masry Club Stadium, Port Said, which is undergoing renovation.
  4. On 5 February 2020, Al-Masry requested from the Egyptian Football Association to play their home leg against RS Berkane in Ismailia due to being closer to the club's home city, Port Said, so more fans could attend the match. However, the EFA told the club that their request was declined by the local security authorities and were asked to find a different stadium.[5] As a result, Al-Masry requested from RS Berkane to play both legs in Morocco and they received an initial agreement from the Moroccan side, but Al-Masry were asked to confirm their decision to play the match outside Egypt.[6][7] However, it was announced on 17 February 2020 that the match will be played at Suez Stadium in Suez, Egypt, following a meeting involving Al-Masry president and the Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports.[8]

References
  1. "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Accreditation for Interclubs knockout stages". CAF. 30 January 2020.
  3. "Results of Quarter-finals draw". CAF. 5 February 2020.
  4. "Coronavirus: Moroccan football matches to be played without fans". BBC. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "اتحاد الكرة يخطر إدارة النادي المصري برفض الجهات الأمنية لإقامة مبارياته على ستاد الإسماعيلية" [EFA confirm to Al Masry the refusal of the local security authorities for their request to play in Ismailia]. Al-Masry official website (in Arabic). 12 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "نادي نهضة بركان يوافق على لعب مواجهتي المصري بالكونفدرالية في المغرب بشرط" [RS Berkane put two conditions to agree to Al Masry's request to play in Morocco]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. "CAF Confederation Cup: Why Egypt's Al Masry wants to play both their legs against RS Berkane in Morocoo". Futaa. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. "رئيس المصري: مواجهة نهضة بركان بالسويس" [Al Masry SC president reveal news about RS Berkane venue]. Eurosport (in Arabic). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  9. "Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women's qualifiers". CAF. 11 April 2020.
  10. "Douala, Rabat named host cities for Interclubs 2019/20 final". CAF. 16 March 2020.
  11. "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020.
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