2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
Dates31 March – 19 May 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored31 (2.21 per match)
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The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 31 March with the quarter-finals and ended on 19 May 2024 with the second leg of the final to decide the champions of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

Times are local.

Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows.[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 12 March 2024 31 March 2024 7 April 2024
Semi-finals 21 April 2024 28 April 2024
Final 12 May 2024 19 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:

  • 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 could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for 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 be 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

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 Algeria USM Alger Egypt Modern Future
B Egypt Zamalek Libya Abu Salim
C Ghana Dreams F.C. Nigeria Rivers United
D Morocco RS Berkane Mali Stade Malien

Bracket

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, which was held on 12 March 2024, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Nigeria Rivers United 1 0 1
Algeria USM Alger 0 2 2
Algeria USM Alger 0 0 0
Morocco RS Berkane 3 3 6
Libya Abu Salim 0 2 2
Morocco RS Berkane 0 3 3
Morocco RS Berkane 2 0 2
Egypt Zamalek (a) 1 1 2
Egypt Modern Future 1 1 2
Egypt Zamalek 2 1 3
Egypt Zamalek 0 3 3
Ghana Dreams F.C. 0 0 0
Mali Stade Malien 1 1 2
Ghana Dreams F.C. 2 1 3

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

Summary

The first legs were played on 31 March, and the second legs were played on 7 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Modern Future Egypt 2–3 Egypt Zamalek 1–2 1–1
Abu Salim Libya 2–3 Morocco RS Berkane 0–0 2–3
Rivers United Nigeria 1–2 Algeria USM Alger 1–0 0–2
Stade Malien Mali 2–3 Ghana Dreams 1–2 1–1

Matches

Modern Future Egypt1–2Egypt Zamalek
 Report
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Zamalek Egypt1–1Egypt Modern Future
  • Hamdi 66'
 Report

Zamalek won 3–2 on aggregate.

Abu Salim Libya0–0Morocco RS Berkane
Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
RS Berkane Morocco3–2Libya Abu Salim
  • Bassène 68'
  • Tahif 72'
  • Dayo 90+15'
 Report
  • Al Abani 47'
  • Aleiyan 83'
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

Rivers United Nigeria1–0Algeria USM Alger
  • Okejepha 10'
 Report
USM Alger Algeria2–0Nigeria Rivers United
  • Kanou 37', 74'
 Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

USM Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Stade Malien Mali1–2Ghana Dreams FC
  • Diaby 53'
 Report
Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)
Dreams FC Ghana1–1Mali Stade Malien
  • Simba 70'
 Report
  • Diaby 59'

Dreams FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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 21 April, and the second legs were played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 0–6 (w/o) Morocco RS Berkane 0–3 (awd.) 0–3 (awd.)
Zamalek Egypt 3–0 Ghana Dreams FC 0–0 3–0

Matches

USM Alger Algeria0–3
Awarded[note 1]		Morocco RS Berkane
Report
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
RS Berkane Morocco3–0
Awarded[note 2]		Algeria USM Alger
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

RS Berkane won on walkover after USM Alger withdrew.

Zamalek Egypt0–0Ghana Dreams FC
Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Dreams FC Ghana0–3Egypt Zamalek
Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Zamalek won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg was played on 12 May, and the second leg was played on 19 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RS Berkane Morocco 2–2 (a) Egypt Zamalek 2–1 0–1


RS Berkane Morocco2–1Egypt Zamalek
  • Dayo 13' (pen.)
  • Tahif 32'
 Report
Zamalek Egypt1–0Morocco RS Berkane
  • Hamdi 23'
 Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

2–2 on aggregate. Zamalek won on away goals.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Upon arriving to Algeria, RS Berkane official kits were seized by Algerian authorities, who refused to allow them to wear it in the match against USM Alger, due to the shirts featuring a map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara, which is a disputed territory that Morocco claims to be part of their land, while Algeria recognize it as part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.[3] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 walkover win on 24 April 2024.[4][5]
  2. ^ RS Berkane won on walkover after USM Alger withdrew from the match, despite arriving to the stadium.[6] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 win on 1 May 2024.[7]

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.
  3. ^ "RS Berkane refuse game without jerseys, USM Alger match postponed". Hespress. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "CAF Media Statement: TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup: USM Alger vs RS Berkane". CAF. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Morocco's Berkane declared winners in Confederation Cup semis after shirt diplomacy row". Al Ahram Online. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ "USM Algiers withdraw from RS Berkane game in Confederation Cup semi-final". Al Ahram Online. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  7. ^ "CAF Media Statement on the CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee Meeting". Confederation of African Football. 2 May 2024.

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