2014 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The knock-out stage of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 20 September to 6 December 2014. A total of four teams competed in the knock-out stage.[1][2]

Qualified teams

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

Group Winners Runners-up
A Republic of the Congo AC Léopards Cameroon Coton Sport
B Egypt Al-Ahly Ivory Coast Séwé Sport

Format

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 19–21 September 2014 26–28 September 2014
Final 28–30 November 2014 5–7 December 2014

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.[1][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 1–0 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1–0 0–0
Coton Sport Cameroon 1–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–1 1–2

Séwé Sport won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

20 September 2014
16:00 UTC+1
Coton Sport Cameroon 0–1 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report Soliman  72'
Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

28 September 2014
19:00 UTC+2
Al-Ahly Egypt 2–1 Cameroon Coton Sport
Yedan  41'
Gamal  78'		 Report Kombous  14'

Al-Ahly won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw (29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).[4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 2–2 (a) Egypt Al-Ahly 2–1 0–1

29 November 2014
15:00 UTC±0
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 2–1 Egypt Al-Ahly
Kouamé  24' (pen.)
Assalé  81'		 Report Trezeguet  59'

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on the away goals rule.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAF Confederation Cup 2014 – Final Stages". African Soccer Weebly.
  3. ↑ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. 1 2 "11th Edition of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.

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