2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage

2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage
Dates29 March – 25 May 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored11 (0.92 per match)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 26 April 2024.
International football competition

The 2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 29 March with the quarter-finals and will end on 25 May 2024 with the second leg of final to decide the champions of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams are competing in the knockout stage.

Times are local.

Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 12 March 2024 29–30 March 2024 5–6 April 2024
Semi-finals 20 April 2024 26 April 2024
Final 18 May 2024 25 May 2024

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase is being played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is being applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is not played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27).

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 could 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 be 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

The knockout stage involves the 8 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
B Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Tanzania Simba
C Angola Petro de Luanda Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
D Egypt Al Ahly Tanzania Young Africans

Bracket

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 will face each other in two legs to decide the champions

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 12 March 2024, 15:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0 (2)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0 0 0
Tanzania Young Africans 0 0 0 (2)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (p) 0 0 0 (3)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Egypt Al Ahly
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0 2 2
Angola Petro de Luanda 0 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0 0 0
Egypt Al Ahly 0 3 3
Tanzania Simba 0 0 0
Egypt Al Ahly 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

Summary

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba Tanzania 0–3 Egypt Al Ahly 0–1 0–2
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–1 Angola Petro de Luanda 0–0 2–1
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 0–0 (4–2 p) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–0
Young Africans Tanzania 0–0 (2–3 p) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–0 0–0

Matches

Simba Tanzania0–1Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Al Ahly Egypt2–0Tanzania Simba
 Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo0–0Angola Petro de Luanda
Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Petro de Luanda Angola1–2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
  • Kinzumbi 82'
  • Beya 90+6'

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia0–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Report
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast0–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

0–0 on aggregate. Espérance de Tunis won 4–2 on penalties.

Young Africans Tanzania0–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–0Tanzania Young Africans
Report
Penalties
3–2

0–0 on aggregate. Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 March 2024 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 2–0 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–0 1–0
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 0–3 Egypt Al Ahly 0–0 0–3

Matches

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report

Espérance de Tunis won 2–0 on aggregate.

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Al Ahly Egypt3–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report

Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg will be played on 18 May, and the second leg will be played on 25 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia F Egypt Al Ahly 18 May 25 May
Espérance de Tunis TunisiavEgypt Al Ahly
Report
Al Ahly EgyptvTunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

See also

References

  1. ^ "CAF Competitions Calendar" (PDF). CAFonline.
  2. ^ "Draw Date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Knockout Stages". Confederation of African Football. 5 March 2024.

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