2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 26 September to 29 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

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 Egypt Al-Ahly Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
B Egypt Zamalek South Africa Orlando Pirates

Format

Knockout ties were 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 level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 25–27 September 2015 2–4 October 2015
Final 20–22 November 2015 27–29 November 2015

Bracket

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.

In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

Semi-finals Final
          
1 South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 4 5
4 Egypt Al-Ahly 0 3 3
South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 0 1
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 1 2
3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 5 0 5
2 Egypt Zamalek 1 3 4

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 5–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 1–0 4–3
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–4 Egypt Zamalek 5–1 0–3
Orlando Pirates South Africa1–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Gabuza 8' Report
Al-Ahly Egypt3–4South Africa Orlando Pirates
Evouna 43', 53'
Gamal 90'		 Report Erasmus 57'
Gabuza 75'
Matlaba 85'
Rakhale 90+5'

Orlando Pirates won 5–3 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia5–1Egypt Zamalek
Tej 5', 83'
Bounedjah 10'
Brigui 35'
Ben Aziza 85'		 Report Hefny 24'
Zamalek Egypt3–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Kahraba 11', 55' (pen.)
Fathi 69'		 Report

Étoile du Sahel won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 1–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–1 0–1
Orlando Pirates South Africa1–1Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Gabuza 36' Report Jemal 87'
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0South Africa Orlando Pirates
Jemal 24' Report

Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

  • Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2015, CAFonline.com
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