2017 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

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.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Club Africain	FUS Rabat
B	CS Sfaxien	MC Alger
C	ZESCO United	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
D	TP Mazembe	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.

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	17–19 November 2017	24–26 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:

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.

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1	0	1

TP Mazembe	2	5	7
				TP Mazembe	1	0	1

				FUS Rabat	0	0	0
FUS Rabat	1	0	1 (5 p)

CS Sfaxien	0	1	1 (4 p)
								TP Mazembe	2	0	2

								SuperSport United	1	0	1
SuperSport United	0	2	2 (a)

ZESCO United	0	2	2 (a)
				SuperSport United	1	3	4

				Club Africain	1	1	2
MC Alger	1	0	1

Club Africain	0	2	2

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 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MC Alger	1–2	Club Africain	1−0	0–2
SuperSport United	2–2 (a)	ZESCO United	0−0	2–2
FUS Rabat	1–1 (5–4 p)	CS Sfaxien	1−0	0−1
Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1–7	TP Mazembe	1−2	0–5

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)20:45 UTC+1

MC Alger	1−0	Club Africain
Nekkache 9'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, AlgiersReferee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco) 24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)19:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	2–0	MC Alger
Zemzemi 21' (pen.) Khalifa 82'	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisReferee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Club Africain won 2–1 on aggregate.

15 September 2017 (2017-09-15)19:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	0−0	ZESCO United
	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, PretoriaReferee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)15:00 UTC+2

ZESCO United	2–2	SuperSport United
Ching'andu 4' Owino 51'	Report	Phala 34', 90'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, NdolaReferee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

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

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)20:30 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	1−0	CS Sfaxien
Benarif 19' (pen.)	Report

Stade de FUS, RabatReferee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa) 22 September 2017 (2017-09-22)19:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	1−0	FUS Rabat
Aouadhi 22' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Aouadhi Meriah Mathlouthi Marzouki Amdouni	4–5	Boulahroud Diakité El Bassil Belmaachi Saoud

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, SfaxReferee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

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

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)20:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1−2	TP Mazembe
Mondeko 22' (o.g.)	Report	Malango 29', 82' (pen.)

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-UbayyidReferee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) 24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	5–0	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Kasusula 39' Traoré 48' Malango 54' Meschak 83' Mpeko 90+3'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiReferee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SuperSport United	4−2	Club Africain	1−1	3−1
TP Mazembe	1−0	FUS Rabat	1−0	0−0

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)15:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	1−1	Club Africain
Mnyamane 88'	Report	Khalifa 21' (pen.)

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, PretoriaReferee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles) 22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)19:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	1−3	SuperSport United
Khalifa 56' (pen.)	Report	Grobler 16', 64' Brockie 53'

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisReferee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

SuperSport United won 4–2 on aggregate.

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	1−0	FUS Rabat
Malango 14'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiReferee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) 21 October 2017 (2017-10-21)21:30 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	0−0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Stade de FUS, RabatReferee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

TP Mazembe won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup 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.

19 November 2017 (2017-11-19)15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–1	SuperSport United
Traoré 19' Adjei 67'	Report	Mbule 48'

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiAttendance: 19,000Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) 25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)20:15 UTC+2

SuperSport United	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

The kickoff of SuperSport United v Club Africain match was delayed by 24 hours from 30 September to 1 October due to travel issues of Club Africain.

References

^ "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
^ "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
"Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.
^ "Calendar for Interclubs knockout stages amended". CAF. 25 July 2017.
"Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.
^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
"Supersport - Club Africain delayed by 24h". CAF. 28 September 2017.

External links

Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com

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