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

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 RS Berkane Hassania Agadir
B CS Sfaxien Étoile du Sahel
C Al-Hilal Nkana
D Zamalek Gor Mahia

Format

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

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

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
                                   
Nkana 2 0 2  
CS Sfaxien 1 2 3  
  CS Sfaxien 2 0 2  
  RS Berkane 0 3 3  
Gor Mahia 0 1 1
RS Berkane 2 5 7  
  RS Berkane 1 0 1 (3)
  Zamalek (p) 0 1 1 (5)
Hassania Agadir 0 0 0  
Zamalek 0 1 1  
  Zamalek 1 0 1
  Étoile du Sahel 0 0 0  
Étoile du Sahel 3 2 5
Al-Hilal 1 1 2  

Quarter-finals

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nkana 2–3 CS Sfaxien 2–1 0–2
Étoile du Sahel 5–2 Al-Hilal 3–1 2–1
Hassania Agadir 0–1 Zamalek 0–0 0–1
Gor Mahia 1–7 RS Berkane 0–2 1–5
Nkana 2–1 CS Sfaxien
 Report
  • Oueslati  84'
CS Sfaxien 2–0 Nkana
 Report

CS Sfaxien won 3–2 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel 3–1 Al-Hilal
 Report
  • El Tahir  59'
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Al-Hilal 1–2 Étoile du Sahel
  • Waleed  30'
 Report

Étoile du Sahel won 5–2 on aggregate.

Hassania Agadir 0–0 Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Zamalek 1–0 Hassania Agadir
 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate.

Gor Mahia 0–2 RS Berkane
Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
RS Berkane 5–1 Gor Mahia
 Report
  • Juma  24'
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

RS Berkane won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Sfaxien 2–3 RS Berkane 2–0 0–3
Zamalek 1–0 Étoile du Sahel 1–0 0–0
CS Sfaxien 2–0 RS Berkane
 Report
RS Berkane 3–0 CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

Zamalek 1–0 Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Étoile du Sahel 0–0 Zamalek
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final
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 1–0 Zamalek
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Zamalek 1–0 RS Berkane
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 70,000

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

Notes
  1. 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 re-scheduled to be played on 23 April 2019, 18:00 UTC+2, at the Egyptian Army Stadium, Suez in Egypt.[8]

References
  1. "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "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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