2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

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The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 16 September to 2 December 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed 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 advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up
A
Raja Casablanca
 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
B
RS Berkane
 Egypt Al-Masry
C
Enyimba
 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville
D Algeria USM Alger Rwanda Rayon Sports

Format

In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a

extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were 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 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, 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
Enyimba
0 5 5
Enyimba
0 1 1
Raja Casablanca
1 2 3
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 1 0 1
Raja Casablanca
2 1 3
Raja Casablanca
3 1 4
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0 3 3
Egypt Al-Masry 1 1 2
Algeria USM Alger 0 0 0
Egypt Al-Masry 0 0 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0 4 4
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 3 1 4
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.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rayon Sports Rwanda 1–5
Enyimba
 0–0 1–5
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 1–3
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
RS Berkane
 3–1 1–1
Enyimba
Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
)
14:00 UTC+1
Enyimba Nigeria
5–1Rwanda Rayon Sports
 Report
Aba
)

Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.

14:00 UTC+1
Raja Casablanca
 Report
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
)

Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Masry Egypt1–0Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal
)

Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.

RS Berkane Morocco
1–1Democratic 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 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
Enyimba Nigeria
 1–3
Raja Casablanca
 0–1 1–2
Al-Masry Egypt 0–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 0–4
Raja Casablanca
Report

Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Masry Egypt0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo4–0Egypt Al-Masry
 Report

AS Vita Club won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:
2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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

Raja CA Morocco3–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
 Report
Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal
)
20:00 UTC+1
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo3–1Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Attendance: 75,000

Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, due to renovation.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b c "CAF Confederation Cup 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 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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