2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
Dates23 April – 3 June 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored25 (1.79 per match)

The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 23 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 3 June 2023 with the final to decide the champions of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

Times were local.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule was as follows.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 5 April 2023 23 April 2023 30 April 2023
Semi-finals 10 May 2023 17 May 2023
Final 28 May 2023 3 June 2023

Format

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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:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Qualified teams

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

Group Winners Runners-up
A South Africa Marumo Gallants Algeria USM Alger
B Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Nigeria Rivers United
C Morocco ASFAR Egypt Pyramids
D Tanzania Young Africans Tunisia Union Monastirienne

Bracket

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The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
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
Final Winners SF1 and SF2 faced each other in two legs to decide the champions

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Nigeria Rivers United 0 0 0
Tanzania Young Africans 2 0 2
Tanzania Young Africans 2 2 4
South Africa Marumo Gallants 0 1 1
Egypt Pyramids 1 0 1
South Africa Marumo Gallants 1 1 2
Tanzania Young Africans 1 1 2
Algeria USM Alger (a) 2 0 2
Tunisia Union Monastirienne 0 0 0
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 2 2
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0
Algeria USM Alger 0 2 2
Algeria USM Alger 2 2 4
Morocco ASFAR 0 3 3

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2023.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 23 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyramids Egypt 1–2 South Africa Marumo Gallants 1–1 0–1
Union Monastirienne Tunisia 0–2 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–2
USM Alger Algeria 4–3 Morocco ASFAR 2–0 2–3
Rivers United Nigeria 0–2 Tanzania Young Africans 0–2 0–0

Matches

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Pyramids Egypt1–1South Africa Marumo Gallants
  • Sobhi 90+2' (pen.)
 Report
Marumo Gallants South Africa1–0Egypt Pyramids
 Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Marumo Gallants won 2–1 on aggregate.

ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2–0Tunisia Union Monastirienne
 Report

ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.

USM Alger Algeria2–0Morocco ASFAR
 Report
ASFAR Morocco3–2Algeria USM Alger
 Report

USM Alger won 4–3 on aggregate.

Young Africans Tanzania0–0Nigeria Rivers United
Report

Young Africans won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 April 2023 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

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The first legs were played on 10 May, and the second legs were played on 17 May 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans Tanzania 4–1 South Africa Marumo Gallants 2–0 2–1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 0–2 Algeria USM Alger 0–0 0–2

Matches

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Young Africans Tanzania2–0South Africa Marumo Gallants
 Report
Marumo Gallants South Africa1–2Tanzania Young Africans
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Young Africans won 4–1 on aggregate.

ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast0–0Algeria USM Alger
Report
USM Alger Algeria2–0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
 Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

USM Alger won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2023 CAF Confederation Cup final

The first leg was played on 28 May, and the second leg was played on 3 June 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans Tanzania 2–2 (a) Algeria USM Alger 1–2 1–0


Young Africans Tanzania1–2Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
USM Alger Algeria0–1Tanzania Young Africans
Report
Attendance: 64,000

2–2 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.


Notes

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  1. ^ Union Monastirienne played their knockout stage home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  2. ^ a b ASEC Mimosas played their knockout stage home matches at Stade Bouaké, Bouaké, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, which is in the process of renovations in preparation for Ivory Coast hosting 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

References

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  1. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Quarterfinals Draw to be conducted on 05 April". CAF. 29 March 2023.
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