2018–19 CAF Champions League knockout stage


The 2018–19 CAF Champions League knockout stage were played from 6 April to 31 May 2019. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League.

Qualified teams

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

GroupWinnersRunners-up
A Wydad Casablanca Mamelodi Sundowns
B Espérance de Tunis Horoya
C TP Mazembe CS Constantine
D Al-Ahly Simba

Format


Each tie in the knockout phase 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.

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows. Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches are played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches are played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times are also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.
RoundFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals6 April 201913 April 2019
Semi-finals26–27 April 20194 May 2019
Final24 May 201931 May 2019

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:
RoundMatchups
Quarter-finals
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals
  • SF1
  • SF2
    • Final
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

    • The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 20 March 2019, 20:00 CAT, at the Marriot Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.

    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, and the matchups decided by draw.

    Espérance de Tunis won 6–3 on aggregate.
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    Mamelodi Sundowns won 5–1 on aggregate.
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    Wydad Casablanca won 5–0 on aggregate.
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    TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate.

    Semi-finals


    In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.

    Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.
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    Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.

    Final


    In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.
    Espérance de Tunis were declared champions after second leg was abandoned.