2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage


The 2023–24 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 29 March with the quarter-finals and ended on 25 May 2024 with the second leg of final to decide the champions of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.
Times are local.

Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows.
RoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Quarter-finals12 March 202429–30 March 20245–6 April 2024
Semi-finals12 March 202420 April 202426 April 2024
Final12 March 202418 May 202425 May 2024

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 was 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.

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 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 which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.

GroupWinnersRunners-up
A Mamelodi Sundowns TP Mazembe
B ASEC Mimosas Simba
C Petro de Luanda Espérance de Tunis
D Al Ahly Young Africans

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
RoundMatchups
Quarter-finals
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals
  • SF1
  • SF2
    • FinalWinners 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 12 March 2024.

    Quarter-finals

    The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

    Summary

    The first legs were played on 29 and 30 March, and the second legs were played on 5 and 6 April 2024.

    Matches

    Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.
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    TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate.
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    0–0 on aggregate. Espérance de Tunis won 4–2 on penalties.
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    ''0–0 on aggregate. Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on penalties.''

    Semi-finals

    The draw for the semi-finals was held on 12 March 2024.

    Summary

    The first legs were played on 20 April, and the second legs were played on 26 April 2024.

    Matches

    Espérance de Tunis won 2–0 on aggregate.
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    ''Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate.''

    Final


    The first leg was played on 18 May, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2024.