2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage will be played from 7 April to 26 May 2019.[1] A total of eight teams will compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

Qualified teams

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

Group Winners Runners-up
A Morocco RS Berkane Morocco Hassania Agadir
B Tunisia CS Sfaxien Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
C Sudan Al-Hilal Zambia Nkana
D Egypt Zamalek Kenya Gor Mahia

Format

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In the knockout stage, the eight teams play a single-elimination tournament. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).[2]

Schedule

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The schedule of each round is as follows.[1] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches are played on Sundays while midweek matches are played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times are also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 7 April 2019 14 April 2019
Semi-finals 28 April 2019 5 May 2019
Final 19 May 2019 26 May 2019

Bracket

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

Round Matchups
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 20 March 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.[4][5]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Zambia Nkana 2 0 2
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1 2 3
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2 0 2
Morocco RS Berkane 0 3 3
Kenya Gor Mahia 0 1 1
Morocco RS Berkane 2 5 7
Morocco RS Berkane 1 0 1 (3)
Egypt Zamalek (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Morocco Hassania Agadir 0 0 0
Egypt Zamalek 0 1 1
Egypt Zamalek 1 0 1
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0 0 0
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 3 2 5
Sudan Al-Hilal 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

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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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nkana Zambia 2–3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2–1 0–2
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–2 Sudan Al-Hilal 3–1 2–1
Hassania Agadir Morocco 0–1 Egypt Zamalek 0–0 0–1
Gor Mahia Kenya 1–7 Morocco RS Berkane 0–2 1–5
Nkana Zambia2–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–0Zambia Nkana
 Report

CS Sfaxien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia3–1Sudan Al-Hilal
 Report
Al-Hilal Sudan1–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Étoile du Sahel won 5–2 on aggregate.

Hassania Agadir Morocco0–0Egypt Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Zamalek Egypt1–0Morocco Hassania Agadir
 Report
Attendance: 16,000

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate.

Gor Mahia Kenya0–2Morocco RS Berkane
Report
RS Berkane Morocco5–1Kenya Gor Mahia
 Report

RS Berkane won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–3 Morocco RS Berkane 2–0 0–3
Zamalek Egypt 1–0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–0 0–0
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–0Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
RS Berkane Morocco3–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zamalek Egypt1–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.

RS Berkane Morocco1–0Egypt Zamalek
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Zamalek Egypt1–0Morocco RS Berkane
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 70,000

1–1 on aggregate. Zamalek won 5–3 on penalties.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The Al-Hilal v Étoile du Sahel second leg, originally scheduled to be played on 14 April 2019, 15:00 UTC+2, at Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, was postponed due to the political situation in Sudan.[6][7] It was rescheduled to be played on 23 April 2019, 18:00 UTC+2, at the Egyptian Army Stadium, Suez in Egypt.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b c "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Moteab and Mboma to conduct Interclubs quarterfinals draw". CAF. 20 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Last eight teams know their opponents". CAF. 20 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Officiel: report du match entre Al Hilal et l'ESS". mosaiquefm.net. 11 April 2019.
  7. ^ "El Hilal – Etoile du Sahel clash postponed due to security situation in Sudan". CAF. 11 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Officiel: Le stade Petro Sport accueille le match Al Hilal - ESS". mosaiquefm.net. 12 April 2019.
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