2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

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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]

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

RoundFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals16 September 201823 September 2018
Semi-finals3 October 201824 October 2018
Final25 November 20182 December 2018

Bracket

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

RoundMatchups
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
                  
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sports 011 
Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 055 
  Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 011 
  Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 123 
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CARA Brazzaville 101
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 213 
  Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 314
  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 033
Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry 112 
Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 000 
  Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry 000
  Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 044 
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 314
Flag of Morocco.svg RS Berkane 112 

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. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Rayon Sports Flag of Rwanda.svg 1–5 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 0–0 1–5
CARA Brazzaville Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 1–3 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 1–2 0–1
Al-Masry Flag of Egypt.svg 2–0 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 1–0 1–0
AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 4–2 Flag of Morocco.svg RS Berkane 3–1 1–1
Rayon Sports Flag of Rwanda.svg 0–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba
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Enyimba Flag of Nigeria.svg 5–1 Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sports
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Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.


CARA Brazzaville Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 1–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CARA Brazzaville
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Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.


Al-Masry Flag of Egypt.svg 1–0 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger
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USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 0–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry
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Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif [note 1]
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.


AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 3–1 Flag of Morocco.svg RS Berkane
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RS Berkane Flag of Morocco.svg 1–1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club
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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. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Enyimba Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–3 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 0–1 1–2
Al-Masry Flag of Egypt.svg 0–4 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 0–0 0–4
Enyimba Flag of Nigeria.svg 0–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg 2–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba
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Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.


Al-Masry Flag of Egypt.svg 0–0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club
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AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 4–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Masry
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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 Casablanca Flag of Morocco.svg 3–0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club
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Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 3–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca
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Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

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]

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