2017 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 8 September to 25 November 2017.^[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 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	Club Africain	FUS Rabat
B	CS Sfaxien	MC Alger
C	ZESCO United	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
D	TP Mazembe	SuperSport United

Format

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

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1][3][4]

The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates:^[4]

• Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September
• Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September
• Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:^[2]

The order of legs for the semi-finals and final was decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[5][6]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1	0	1
	TP Mazembe	2	5	7
							TP Mazembe	1	0	1
							FUS Rabat	0	0	0
	FUS Rabat	1	0	1 (5 p)
	CS Sfaxien	0	1	1 (4 p)
													TP Mazembe	2	0	2
													SuperSport United	1	0	1
	SuperSport United	0	2	2 (a)
	ZESCO United	0	2	2 (a)
							SuperSport United	1	3	4
							Club Africain	1	1	2
	MC Alger	1	0	1
	Club Africain	0	2	2

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group, with the group winners hosting the second leg.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MC Alger	1–2	Club Africain	1−0	0–2
SuperSport United	2–2 (a)	ZESCO United	0−0	2–2
FUS Rabat	1–1 (5–4 p)	CS Sfaxien	1−0	0−1
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1–7	TP Mazembe	1−2	0–5

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

20:45 UTC+1

MC Alger	1−0	Club Africain
Nekkache 9'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)

19:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	2–0	MC Alger
Zemzemi 21' (pen.) Khalifa 82'	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Club Africain won 2–1 on aggregate.

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)

19:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	0−0	ZESCO United
	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

15:00 UTC+2

ZESCO United	2–2	SuperSport United
Ching'andu 4' Owino 51'	Report	Phala 34', 90'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

2–2 on aggregate. SuperSport United won on away goals.

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

20:30 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	1−0	CS Sfaxien
Benarif 19' (pen.)	Report

Stade de FUS, Rabat

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)

19:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	1−0	FUS Rabat
Aouadhi 22' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Aouadhi Meriah Mathlouthi Marzouki Amdouni	4–5	Boulahroud Diakité El Bassil Belmaachi Saoud

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

1–1 on aggregate. FUS Rabat won 5–4 on penalties.

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1−2	TP Mazembe
Mondeko 22' (o.g.)	Report	Malango 29', 82' (pen.)

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	5–0	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Kasusula 39' Traoré 48' Malango 54' Meschak 83' Mpeko 90+3'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

TP Mazembe won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SuperSport United	4−2	Club Africain	1−1	3−1
TP Mazembe	1−0	FUS Rabat	1−0	0−0

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)^{[note 1]}

15:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	1−1	Club Africain
Mnyamane 88'	Report	Khalifa 21' (pen.)

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)

19:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	1−3	SuperSport United
Khalifa 56' (pen.)	Report	Grobler 16', 64' Brockie 53'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

SuperSport United won 4–2 on aggregate.

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	1−0	FUS Rabat
Malango 14'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21)

21:30 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	0−0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Stade de FUS, Rabat

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

TP Mazembe won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.^[6]

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–1	SuperSport United
Traoré 19' Adjei 67'	Report	Mbule 48'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)

20:15 UTC+2

SuperSport United	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

References

External links

• Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com