2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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.

2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage
Dates29 March – 25 May 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored12 (0.86 per match)
2024–25

Times are local.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule was as follows.[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 12 March 2024 29–30 March 2024 5–6 April 2024
Semi-finals 20 April 2024 26 April 2024
Final 18 May 2024 25 May 2024

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 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 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 four groups in the group stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Mamelodi Sundowns   TP Mazembe
B   ASEC Mimosas   Simba
C   Petro de Luanda   Espérance de Tunis
D   Al Ahly   Young Africans

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, which was held on 12 March 2024, 15:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Espérance de Tunis (p) 0 0 0 (4)
  ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0 (2)
  Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2
  Mamelodi Sundowns 0 0 0
  Young Africans 0 0 0 (2)
  Mamelodi Sundowns (p) 0 0 0 (3)
  Espérance de Tunis 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 0 1 1
  TP Mazembe 0 2 2
  Petro de Luanda 0 1 1
  TP Mazembe 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 0 3 3
  Simba 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

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

Summary

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba   0–3   Al Ahly 0–1 0–2
TP Mazembe   2–1   Petro de Luanda 0–0 2–1
Espérance de Tunis   0–0 (4–2 p)   ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–0
Young Africans   0–0 (2–3 p)   Mamelodi Sundowns 0–0 0–0

Matches

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Simba  0–1  Al Ahly
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  • Koka   4'
Al Ahly  2–0  Simba
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Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe  0–0  Petro de Luanda
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Petro de Luanda  1–2  TP Mazembe
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TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.


Espérance de Tunis  0–0  ASEC Mimosas
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ASEC Mimosas  0–0  Espérance de Tunis
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Penalties
2–4

0–0 on aggregate. Espérance de Tunis won 4–2 on penalties.


Mamelodi Sundowns  0–0  Young Africans
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Penalties
3–2

0–0 on aggregate. Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 March 2024 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis   2–0   Mamelodi Sundowns 1–0 1–0
TP Mazembe   0–3   Al Ahly 0–0 0–3

Matches

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Mamelodi Sundowns  0–1  Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis won 2–0 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe  0–0  Al Ahly
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Al Ahly  3–0  TP Mazembe
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Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis   0–1   Al Ahly 0–0 0–1
Espérance de Tunis  0–0  Al Ahly
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Attendance: 35,000
Al Ahly  1–0  Espérance de Tunis
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Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

See also

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References

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  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.
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