2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

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

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 (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
Nigeria Enyimba 0 5 5
Nigeria Enyimba 0 1 1
Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 2 3
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 1 0 1
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2 1 3
Morocco 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
Morocco 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 Nigeria Enyimba 0–0 1–5
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 1–3 Morocco 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 Morocco RS Berkane 3–1 1–1
Rayon Sports Rwanda0–0Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Enyimba Nigeria5–1Rwanda Rayon Sports
 Report
  • Bimenyimana 25'

Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.

CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo1–2Morocco Raja Casablanca
Report
Raja Casablanca Morocco1–0Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville
 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Masry Egypt1–0Algeria USM Alger
 Report
USM Alger Algeria0–1Egypt Al-Masry
Report
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.

AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo3–1Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
  • Aziz 24'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
RS Berkane Morocco1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report

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 Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–1 1–2
Al-Masry Egypt 0–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 0–4
Enyimba Nigeria0–1Morocco Raja Casablanca
Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Raja Casablanca Morocco2–1Nigeria Enyimba
 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

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
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo3–1Morocco Raja CA
 Report

Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ USM Alger played their home match against Al-Masry at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, instead of their regular stadium 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.

External links

  • Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018, CAFonline.com
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