The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage started on 2 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 25 May 2025 with the second leg of the final to decide the champions of the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup. 8 teams competed in the knockout stage.
Times are local.
Round and draw dates The schedule was as follows.
RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQuarter-finals20 February 20252 April 20259 April 2025Semi-finals20 April 202527 April 2025Final17 May 202525 May 2025
Format Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27).
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. In the draws for the semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
Qualified teams The knockout stage involved the 8 teams qualifying as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Simba CS ConstantineB RS Berkane StellenboschC USM Alger ASEC MimosasD Zamalek Al Masry
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
RoundMatchupsQuarter-finals(Group winners hosted the second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other) QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4Semi-finals(Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4) SF1 SF2FinalWinners SF1 and SF2 faced each other in two legs to decide the champions
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 20 February 2025, 17:00 AST (UTC+3) at the beIN Sports headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
Quarter-finals The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 February 2025.
Summary The first legs were played on 2 April, and the second legs were played on 9 April 2025.
Matches
Stellenbosch won 1–0 on aggregate.
RS Berkane won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. CS Constantine won 4–3 on penalties.
2–2 on aggregate. Simba won 4–1 on penalties.
Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 February 2025 (after the quarter-finals draw).
Summary The first legs were played on 20 April, and the second legs were played on 27 April 2025.
Matches
RS Berkane won 4–1 on aggregate.
Simba won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
The first leg was played on 17 May, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2025.
See also 2024–25 CAF Champions League knockout stage
References
External links TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, CAFonline.com