2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League.[2]

Qualified teams[edit]

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

Group Winners Runners-up
A Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
B Algeria USM Alger Libya Al Ahli Tripoli
C Tunisia Espérance de Tunis South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
D Morocco Wydad AC Egypt Al Ahly

Format[edit]

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[edit]

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1][3][4]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 15–17 September 2017 22–24 September 2017
Semi-finals 29 September – 1 October 2017 20–22 October 2017
Final 27–29 October 2017 3–5 November 2017

The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates:[4]

  • Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September
  • Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September
  • Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October

Bracket[edit]

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

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners host second leg)
  • QF1: Runner-up Group B vs. Winner Group A
  • QF2: Runner-up Group D vs. Winner Group C
  • QF3: Runner-up Group A vs. Winner Group B
  • QF4: Runner-up Group C vs. Winner Group D
Semi-finals (Order of legs decided by draw)
  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4
Final (Order of legs decided by draw)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The order of legs for the semi-finals and final was decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[5][6]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 0 0 0
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0 2 2
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2 2 4
Egypt Al Ahly 1 6 7
Egypt Al Ahly 2 2 4
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2 1 3
Egypt Al Ahly 1 0 1
Morocco Wydad AC 1 1 2
Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 1 0 1 (a)
Algeria USM Alger 1 0 1 (a)
Algeria USM Alger 0 1 1
Morocco Wydad AC 0 3 3
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 1 (2)
Morocco Wydad AC 0 1 1 (3)

Quarter-finals[edit]

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[2]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya 0–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0–0 0–2
Al Ahly Egypt 4–3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2–2 2–1
Ferroviário Beira Mozambique 1–1 (a) Algeria USM Alger 1–1 0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 1–1 (2–3 p) Morocco Wydad AC 1–0 0–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Attendance: 550
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–0Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
  • Marey 14', 47'
 Report
Attendance: 20,000

Étoile du Sahel won 2–0 on aggregate.

Al-Ahly Egypt2–2Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–2Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Al-Ahly won 4–3 on aggregate.

Ferroviário Beira Mozambique1–1Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
USM Alger Algeria0–0Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
Report
Attendance: 35,000

1–1 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.

Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Attendance: 27,000

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 3–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals[edit]

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.[7]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 4–7 Egypt Al Ahly 2–1 2–6
USM Alger Algeria 1–3 Morocco Wydad AC 0–0 1–3
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–1Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Attendance: 22,000
Al-Ahly Egypt6–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Attendance: 50,000

Al-Ahly won 7–4 on aggregate.

USM Alger Algeria0–0Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Attendance: 62,000
Wydad AC Morocco3–1Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Wydad AC won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.[8]

Al Ahly Egypt1–1Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Wydad AC Morocco1–0Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Attendance: 65,000

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b c d "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Total Champions League 2017: fixtures of the group matches" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ^ a b "Calendar for Interclubs knockout stages amended". CAF. 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Draw procedure for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  7. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  8. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.

External links[edit]

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