2020 CAF Champions League Final

The 2020 CAF Champions League Final is the final of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League, the 56th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 24th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.

2020 CAF Champions League Final
Event2019–20 CAF Champions League
DateTBA (originally 29 May 2020 (2020-05-29))
VenueTBD

For the first time, the final will be played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF.[1] It was originally scheduled to be played on 29 May 2020 at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon.[2] However, on 18 April 2020, the CAF announced that the final had been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Venue

The CAF Executive Committee decided in June 2019 that the final would be played as a single match. Three member associations submitted bids during the period of 11–20 February 2020:[4]

The CAF Emergency Committee made the final decision on 12 March 2020, and Japoma Stadium, Douala was officially announced as the final venue on 16 March 2020.[2]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team Zone Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
/ Al-Ahly or Wydad Casablanca UNAF (North Africa)
/ Zamalek or Raja Casablanca UNAF (North Africa)

Format

The final is played as a single match at a pre-selected venue, with the winner of semi-final 1 according to the knockout stage draw designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If scores are level after full time, extra time is not played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article III. 28).[5]

Match
SF1 winner v SF2 winner
TBD
gollark: Yep!
gollark: *remains excited for experiments on Saturday*
gollark: I *may* not be available then.
gollark: The last few seconds are very stressful.
gollark: Saved.

See also

References
  1. "Three bids submitted for the 2019/20 Interclub finals". CAF. 6 March 2020.
  2. "Douala, Rabat named host cities for Interclubs 2019/20 final". CAF. 16 March 2020.
  3. "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020.
  4. "Three bids submitted for the 2019/20 Interclub finals" (PDF). CAF. 6 March 2020.
  5. "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
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