The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 8 September to 25 November 2017. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

Qualified teams

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

GroupWinnersRunners-up
ATunisia Club AfricainMorocco FUS Rabat
BTunisia CS SfaxienAlgeria MC Alger
CZambia ZESCO UnitedSudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
DDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP MazembeSouth Africa SuperSport United

Format

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).

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.

RoundFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals15–17 September 201722–24 September 2017
Semi-finals29 September – 1 October 201720–22 October 2017
Final17–19 November 201724–26 November 2017

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

  • 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

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

RoundMatchups
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.

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid101
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe257
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe101
Morocco FUS Rabat000
Morocco FUS Rabat101 (5 p)
Tunisia CS Sfaxien011 (4 p)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe202
South Africa SuperSport United101
South Africa SuperSport United022 (a)
Zambia ZESCO United022 (a)
South Africa SuperSport United134
Tunisia Club Africain112
Algeria MC Alger101
Tunisia Club Africain022

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
MC Alger Algeria1–2Tunisia Club Africain1−00–2
SuperSport United South Africa2–2 (a)Zambia ZESCO United0−02–2
FUS Rabat Morocco1–1 (5–4 p)Tunisia CS Sfaxien1−00−1
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan1–7Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe1−20–5
MC Alger Algeria1−0Tunisia Club Africain
Nekkache 9'
Club Africain Tunisia2–0Algeria MC Alger
Zemzemi 21' (pen.) Khalifa 82'

Club Africain won 2–1 on aggregate.


SuperSport United South Africa0−0Zambia ZESCO United
ZESCO United Zambia2–2South Africa SuperSport United
Ching'andu 4' Owino 51'Phala 34', 90'

2–2 on aggregate. SuperSport United won on away goals.


FUS Rabat Morocco1−0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Benarif 19' (pen.)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1−0Morocco FUS Rabat
Aouadhi 22' (pen.)
Penalties
Aouadhi Meriah Mathlouthi Marzouki Amdouni4–5Boulahroud Diakité El Bassil Belmaachi Saoud

1–1 on aggregate. FUS Rabat won 5–4 on penalties.


Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Sudan1−2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Mondeko 22' (o.g.)Malango 29', 82' (pen.)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo5–0Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Kasusula 39' Traoré 48' Malango 54' Meschak 83' Mpeko 90+3'

TP Mazembe won 7–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
SuperSport United South Africa4−2Tunisia Club Africain1−13−1
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1−0Morocco FUS Rabat1−00−0
SuperSport United South Africa1−1Tunisia Club Africain
Mnyamane 88'Khalifa 21' (pen.)
Club Africain Tunisia1−3South Africa SuperSport United
Khalifa 56' (pen.)Grobler 16', 64' Brockie 53'

SuperSport United won 4–2 on aggregate.


TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1−0Morocco FUS Rabat
Malango 14'
FUS Rabat Morocco0−0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe

TP Mazembe won 1–0 on aggregate.

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.

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1South Africa SuperSport United
Traoré 19' Adjei 67'Mbule 48'
SuperSport United South Africa0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

External links

  • , CAFonline.com