2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 16 September to 23 October 2016.[1] A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Champions League.[2]

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 Wydad Casablanca ZESCO United
B Mamelodi Sundowns Zamalek

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).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 16–18 September 2016 23–25 September 2016
Final 14–16 October 2016 21–23 October 2016

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:[2]

  • 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
                         
ZESCO United 2 0 2  
Mamelodi Sundowns 1 2 3  
    Mamelodi Sundowns 3 0 3
  Zamalek 0 1 1
Zamalek 4 2 6
Wydad Casablanca 0 5 5  

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 6–5 Wydad Casablanca 4–0 2–5
ZESCO United 2–3 Mamelodi Sundowns 2–1 0–2
Zamalek 4–0 Wydad Casablanca
Shikabala  4'
Hefny  18'
Morsy  49'
Fathi  73' (pen.)		 Report
Wydad Casablanca 5–2 Zamalek
Jebor  13', 45'
Haddad  18'
Ondama  56', 63' (pen.)		 Report Morsy  35'
Ohawuchi  82'

Zamalek won 6–5 on aggregate.

ZESCO United 2–1 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mwanza  54', 56' Report Billiat  86'
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 ZESCO United
Laffor  5'
Tau  64'		 Report

Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2016 CAF Champions League 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.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns 3–1 Zamalek 3–0 0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 Zamalek
Laffor  31'
Langerman  40'
Gamal  46' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Zamalek 1–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
Ohawuchi  63' Report
Attendance: 70,000

Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "CL draw results: Group phase". CAF. 24 May 2016.
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