2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017. [1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League. [2]

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Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

GroupWinnersRunners-up
A Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Beira
B Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger Flag of Libya.svg Al Ahli Tripoli
C Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
D Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly

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]

RoundFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals15–17 September 201722–24 September 2017
Semi-finals29 September – 1 October 201720–22 October 2017
Final27–29 October 20173–5 November 2017

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

Bracket

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

RoundMatchups
Quarter-finals(Group winners host second leg)
  • QF1: Runner-up Group B vs. Winner Group A
  • QF2: Runner-up Group D vs. Winner Group C
  • QF3: Runner-up Group A vs. Winner Group B
  • QF4: Runner-up Group C vs. Winner Group D
Semi-finals(Order of legs decided by draw)
  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4
Final(Order of legs decided by draw)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

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
            
Flag of Libya.svg Al Ahli Tripoli 0 0 0
Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 0 2 2
Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 2 2 4
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1 6 7
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2 2 4
Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 2 1 3
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1 0 1
Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 1 1 2
Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Beira 1 0 1
Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 1 0 1 (a)
Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 0 1 1
Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 0 3 3
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 1 (2)
Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 0 1 1 (3)

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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg 0–2 Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 0–0 0–2
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 4–3 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 2–2 2–1
Ferroviário Beira Flag of Mozambique.svg 1–1 (a) Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 1–1 0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 1–1 (2–3 p) Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 1–0 0–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya.svg 0–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
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Étoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–0 Flag of Libya.svg Al-Ahli Tripoli
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Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Étoile du Sahel won 2–0 on aggregate.


Al-Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 2–2 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–2 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Ahly
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Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Al-Ahly won 4–3 on aggregate.


Ferroviário Beira Flag of Mozambique.svg 1–1 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger
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USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 0–0 Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário Beira
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Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1–1 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.


Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC
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Wydad AC Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
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Penalties
3–2

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 3–2 on penalties.

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. [7]

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 4–7 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2–1 2–6
USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 1–3 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 0–0 1–3
Étoile du Sahel Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Ahly
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Al-Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 6–2 Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel
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Al-Ahly won 7–4 on aggregate.


USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 0–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC
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Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Wydad AC Flag of Morocco.svg 3–1 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger
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Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Wydad AC won 3–1 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. [8]

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC
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Wydad AC Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
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Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References

  1. 1 2 "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. "Total Champions League 2017: fixtures of the group matches" (PDF). CAF.
  4. 1 2 "Calendar for Interclubs knockout stages amended". CAF. 25 July 2017.
  5. "Draw procedure for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  7. "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  8. "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.