2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 17 September to 6 November 2016.[1] A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A TP Mazembe MO Béjaïa
B FUS Rabat Étoile du Sahel

Format

In the knockout stage, the four 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).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 16–18 September 2016 23–25 September 2016
Final 28–30 October 2016 4–6 November 2016

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:[2]

  • Semi-finals: (group winners host second legs)
    • SF1: Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group B
    • SF2: Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A
  • Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (order of legs decided by draw)

  Semi-finals Final
                         
MO Béjaïa (a) 0 1 1  
FUS Rabat 0 1 1  
    MO Béjaïa 1 1 2
  TP Mazembe 1 4 5
Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1
TP Mazembe (a) 1 0 1  

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 (a) TP Mazembe 1–1 0–0
MO Béjaïa 1–1 (a) FUS Rabat 0–0 1–1
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 TP Mazembe
Lahmar  20' Report Assalé  52'
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
TP Mazembe 0–0 Étoile du Sahel
Report

1–1 on aggregate. TP Mazembe won on away goals.


MO Béjaïa 0–0 FUS Rabat
Report
FUS Rabat 1–1 MO Béjaïa
Nahiri  73' Report Rehal  89'

1–1 on aggregate. MO Béjaïa won on away goals.

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.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MO Béjaïa 2–5 TP Mazembe 1–1 1–4
MO Béjaïa 1–1 TP Mazembe
Yaya  66' Report Bolingi  43' (pen.)
TP Mazembe 4–1 MO Béjaïa
Bokadi  7'
Kalaba  44', 62'
Bolingi  77'
Report Khadir  75'
Attendance: 18,000

TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "CC draw results: Group phase". CAF. 24 May 2016.
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