The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 17 September to 6 November 2016. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.
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).
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.
| 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:
- 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 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | MO Béjaïa (a)
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | FUS Rabat
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MO Béjaïa
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| TP Mazembe
| 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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' |
| 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
Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup FinalIn 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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' |
TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate.
References
- ^ "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- "CC draw results: Group phase". CAF. 24 May 2016.
External links
- Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2016, CAFonline.com
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