2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage explained

Tourney Name:CAF Champions League knockout stage
Year:2023–24
Matches:14
Goals:12
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 29 March with the quarter-finals and ended on 25 May 2024 with the second leg of final to decide the champions of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

Times are local.

Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows.[1]

RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals12 March 202429–30 March 20245–6 April 2024
Semi-finals20 April 202426 April 2024
Final18 May 202425 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:

Qualified teams

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

Groupwidth=200Winnerswidth=200Runners-up
A Mamelodi Sundowns TP Mazembe
B ASEC Mimosas Simba
C Petro de Luanda Espérance de Tunis
D Al Ahly Young Africans

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

RoundMatchups
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
FinalWinners 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, 15:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2]

Quarter-finals

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

Summary

The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 April 2024.

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Matches

Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.----TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.----0–0 on aggregate. Espérance de Tunis won 4–2 on penalties.----0–0 on aggregate. Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on penalties.

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 20 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2024.

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Matches

Espérance de Tunis won 2–0 on aggregate.----Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 2024 CAF Champions League final.

The first leg was played on 18 May, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2024.|}

Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CAF Competitions Calendar . CAFonline . en.
  2. Web site: Draw Date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Knockout Stages . Confederation of African Football . 5 March 2024 . en.