The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Étoile du Sahel Ferroviário BeiraB USM Alger Al Ahli TripoliC Espérance de Tunis Mamelodi SundownsD Wydad AC Al Ahly
Format
In the knockout stage, the eight 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.
RoundFirst legSecond legQuarter-finals15–17 September 201722–24 September 2017Semi-finals29 September – 1 October 201720–22 October 2017Final27–29 October 20173–5 November 2017
The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates: Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
RoundMatchupsQuarter-finals(Group winners host second leg) QF1: Runner-up Group B vs. Winner Group A QF2: Runner-up Group D vs. Winner Group C QF3: Runner-up Group A vs. Winner Group B QF4: Runner-up Group C vs. Winner Group DSemi-finals(Order of legs decided by draw) SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4Final(Order of legs decided by draw) Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2
The order of legs for the semi-finals and final was decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters 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.
Étoile du Sahel won 2–0 on aggregate.
Al-Ahly won 4–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.
1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 3–2 on penalties.
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.
Al-Ahly won 7–4 on aggregate.
Wydad AC won 3–1 on aggregate.
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.
Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.
Notes
References
External links Total Champions League 2017, CAFonline.com