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2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage
Dates16 May – 10 July 2021

The 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 16 May with the quarter-finals and will conclude on 10 July 2021 with the final to decide the champions of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup. A total of eight teams are competing in the knockout stage.[1]

Times are GMT as listed by CAF (local times, even if not different, are in parentheses).

Round and draw dates

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The schedule is as follows.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 30 April 2021 16 May 2021 23 May 2021
Semi-finals 20 June 2021 27 June 2021
Final 10 July 2021

Format

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Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is not played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if the score is level at the end of normal time, extra time won't also be played and the winners will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[1]

The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners are seeded, and the four group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Qualified teams

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The knockout stage involves the 8 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Nigeria Enyimba South Africa Orlando Pirates
B Algeria JS Kabylie Cameroon Coton Sport
C Senegal ASC Jaraaf Tunisia CS Sfaxien
D Morocco Raja Casablanca Egypt Pyramids

Bracket

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The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:[1]

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 and SF2 will face each other to decide the champions

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 30 April 2021, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2][3]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Egypt Pyramids 4 1 5
8 Nigeria Enyimba 1 1 2
Egypt Pyramids 0 0 0 (4)
Morocco Raja Casablanca 0 0 0 (5)
4 South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 0 1
5 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 4 5
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2
Algeria JS Kabylie 1
2 Cameroon Coton Sport (a) 1 1 2
7 Senegal ASC Jaraaf 0 2 2
Cameroon Coton Sport 1 0 1
Algeria JS Kabylie 2 3 5
3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 1 1
6 Algeria JS Kabylie 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 30 April 2021.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 16 May, and the second legs were played on 23 May 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1–2 Algeria JS Kabylie 0–1 1–1
Orlando Pirates South Africa 1–5 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–1 0–4
Pyramids Egypt 5–2 Nigeria Enyimba 4–1 1–1
Coton Sport Cameroon 2–2 (a) Senegal ASC Jaraaf 1–0 1–2

Matches

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CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–1Algeria JS Kabylie
Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
JS Kabylie Algeria1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

JS Kabylie won 2–1 on aggregate.

Orlando Pirates South Africa1–1Morocco Raja Casablanca
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Raja Casablanca Morocco4–0South Africa Orlando Pirates
 Report

Raja Casablanca won 5–1 on aggregate.

Pyramids Egypt4–1Nigeria Enyimba
 Report
Enyimba Nigeria1–1Egypt Pyramids
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Pyramids won 5–2 on aggregate.

Coton Sport Cameroon1–0Senegal ASC Jaraaf
 Report
ASC Jaraaf Senegal2–1Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

2–2 on aggregate. Coton Sport won on away goals.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 30 April 2021 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

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The first legs were played on 20 June, and the second legs were played on 27 June 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyramids Egypt 0–0 (4–5 p) Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–0 0–0
Coton Sport Cameroon 1–5 Algeria JS Kabylie 1–2 0–3

Matches

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Pyramids Egypt0–0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

0–0 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won 5–4 on penalties.

Coton Sport Cameroon1–2Algeria JS Kabylie
 Report
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
JS Kabylie Algeria3–0Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

JS Kabylie won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2021 CAF Confederation Cup Final

The final was played on 10 July 2021 at Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou.

Raja CA Morocco2–1Algeria JS Kabylie
 Report

Notes

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  1. ^ JS Kabylie played their home match against Coton Sport at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, Tizi Ouzou.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw Procedure: Total CAF Champions League and Total CAF Confederation Cup Knockout stages". CAF. 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Total CAF CC - Road to the Final". CAF. 30 April 2021.
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