2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage
Dates29 March – 25 May 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored12 (0.86 per match)

The 2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 29 March with the quarter-finals and ended 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 competed in the knockout stage.

Contents

Times are local.

Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows. [1]

RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals12 March 202429–30 March 20245–6 April 2024
Semi-finals20 April 202426 April 2024
Final18 May 202425 May 2024

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27). The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

Qualified teams

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

GroupWinnersRunners-up
A Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe
B Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba
C Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis
D Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

RoundMatchups
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
FinalWinners SF1 and SF2 faced 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
            
Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0 (2)
Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 0 0 0
Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans 0 0 0 (2)
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns (p) 0 0 0 (3)
Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 0 0 0
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0 1 1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 0 2 2
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 0 1 1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 0 0 0
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0 3 3
Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba 0 0 0
Flag of Egypt.svg 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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Simba Flag of Tanzania.svg 0–3 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0–1 0–2
TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 2–1 Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 0–0 2–1
Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–0 (4–2 p) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–0
Young Africans Flag of Tanzania.svg 0–0 (2–3 p) Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 0–0 0–0

Matches

Simba Flag of Tanzania.svg 0–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
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Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 2–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba
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Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 0–0 Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda
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Petro de Luanda Flag of Angola.svg 1–2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe
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TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.


Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–0 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas
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ASEC Mimosas Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 0–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis
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Penalties
2–4

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


Young Africans Flag of Tanzania.svg 0–0 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
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Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 0–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans
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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 scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 2–0 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 1–0 1–0
TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 0–3 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0–0 0–3

Matches

Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 0–1 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis won 2–0 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 0–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
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Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 3–0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe
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Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

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

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0–0 0–1
Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
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Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis
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Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

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.