2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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

Qualified teams edit

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

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Al Ahly   Espérance de Tunis
B   TP Mazembe   ES Sétif
C   Wydad AC   Horoya
D   Étoile du Sahel   1º de Agosto

Format edit

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

Schedule edit

The schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1] Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were 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 edit

The bracket of the knockout stage was 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 knockout stage (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
            
  Horoya 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 0 4 4
  Al Ahly 2 1 3
  ES Sétif 0 2 2
  ES Sétif 1 0 1
  Wydad AC 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 3 0 3
  Espérance de Tunis 1 3 4
  1º de Agosto 0 1 1 (a)
  TP Mazembe 0 1 1 (a)
  1º de Agosto 1 2 3
  Espérance de Tunis 0 4 4
  Espérance de Tunis 2 1 3
  Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1

Quarter-finals edit

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1º de Agosto   1–1 (a)   TP Mazembe 0–0 1–1
Espérance de Tunis   3–1   Étoile du Sahel 2–1 1–0
ES Sétif   1–0   Wydad AC 1–0 0–0
Horoya   0–4   Al Ahly 0–0 0–4
1º de Agosto  0–0  TP Mazembe
Report
TP Mazembe  1–1  1º de Agosto
  • Muleka   12'
Report

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


Espérance de Tunis  2–1  Étoile du Sahel
Report
Étoile du Sahel  0–1  Espérance de Tunis
Report

Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.


ES Sétif  1–0  Wydad AC
Report
Attendance: 23,000
Wydad AC  0–0  ES Sétif
Report

ES Sétif won 1–0 on aggregate.


Horoya  0–0  Al-Ahly
Report
Al-Ahly  4–0  Horoya
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Attendance: 22,500

Al-Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly   3–2   ES Sétif 2–0 1–2
1º de Agosto   3–4   Espérance de Tunis 1–0 2–4
Al-Ahly  2–0  ES Sétif
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ES Sétif  2–1  Al-Ahly
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Al-Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.


1º de Agosto  1–0  Espérance de Tunis
Report
Espérance de Tunis  4–2  1º de Agosto
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Espérance de Tunis won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final edit

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

Al Ahly  3–1  Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis  3–0  Al Ahly
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Espérance de Tunis won 4–3 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b c "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "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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