The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 26 September to 29 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup. [1]
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup was the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winner earned the right to play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup.
The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A |  |  |
| B | |  |
Knockout ties were 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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played). [1]
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European football or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.
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The schedule of each round was as follows. [2]
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | 25–27 September 2015 | 2–4 October 2015 |
| Final | 20–22 November 2015 | 27–29 November 2015 |
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).
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| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Pirates | 5–3 | | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 5–4 | | 5–1 | 0–3 |
| Orlando Pirates | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
Gabuza  | Report |
| Al-Ahly | 3–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Evouna Gamal | Report | Erasmus Gabuza Matlaba Rakhale |
Orlando Pirates won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Étoile du Sahel | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tej Bounedjah Brigui Ben Aziza | Report | Hefny |
| Zamalek | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kahraba Fathi | Report |
Étoile du Sahel won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Pirates | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Orlando Pirates | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gabuza | Report | Jemal |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jemal | Report |
Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.
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