2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 17 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 20 May 2022 with the final to decide the champions of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
Dates17 April – 20 May 2022
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored20 (1.54 per match)

Times are listed in local times.

Round and draw dates edit

The schedule was as follows.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 5 April 2022 17 April 2022 24 April 2022
Semi-finals 8 May 2022 15 May 2022
Final 20 May 2022

Format edit

Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played and if the score was still level, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

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

Qualified teams edit

The knockout stage involved 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   Al Ahli Tripoli   Pyramids
B   Orlando Pirates   Al Ittihad
C   TP Mazembe   Al Masry
D   RS Berkane   Simba

Bracket edit

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners hosted 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 faced 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 April 2022, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Al Ittihad000
 
 
 
  Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
  Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
 
 
  Orlando Pirates202
 
  Simba101 (3)
 
20 May – Uyo
 
  Orlando Pirates (p)011 (4)
 
  Orlando Pirates1 (4)
 
 
 
  RS Berkane (p)1 (5)
 
  Pyramids000
 
 
 
  TP Mazembe022
 
  TP Mazembe112
 
 
 
  RS Berkane044
 
  Al Masry202
 
 
  RS Berkane (a)112
 

Quarter-finals edit

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2022.

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 17 April, and the second were played on 24 April 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba   1–1 (3–4 p)   Orlando Pirates 1–0 0–1
Al Ittihad   0–1   Al Ahli Tripoli 0–0 0–1
Pyramids   0–2   TP Mazembe 0–0 0–2
Al Masry   2–2 (a)   RS Berkane 2–1 0–1

Matches edit

Simba  1–0  Orlando Pirates
  • Kapombe   68' (pen.)
Report
Orlando Pirates  1–0  Simba
Report
Penalties
4–3

1–1 on aggregate. Orlando Pirates won 4–3 on penalties.


Al Ahli Tripoli  1–0  Al Ittihad
Report

Al Ahli Tripoli won 1–0 on aggregate.


Pyramids  0–0  TP Mazembe
Report
Attendance: 5.000
TP Mazembe  2–0  Pyramids
Report
Attendance: 10.000

TP Mazembe won 2–0 on aggregate.


Al Masry  2–1  RS Berkane
Report
Attendance: 10.000
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
RS Berkane  1–0  Al Masry
Report

2–2 on aggregate. RS Berkane won on away goals.

Semi-finals edit

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 April 2022 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 8 May, and the second legs were played on 15 May 2022.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahli Tripoli   1–2   Orlando Pirates 0–2 1–0
TP Mazembe   2–4   RS Berkane 1–0 1–4

Matches edit

Al Ahli Tripoli  0–2  Orlando Pirates
Report
Orlando Pirates  0–1  Al Ahli Tripoli
Report
Attendance: 20.000

Orlando Pirates won 2–1 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe  1–0  RS Berkane
Report
RS Berkane  4–1  TP Mazembe
Report

RS Berkane won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

The final was played on 20 May 2022 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "TotalEnergies Champions League and Confederation Cup draw date announced". CAF. 24 March 2022.

External links edit