2024 CAF Confederation Cup final

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2024 CAF Confederation Cup final
Event2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
First leg
Date12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)
VenueStade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane
Second leg
Date19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
2023
2025

The 2024 CAF Confederation Cup final will be the final matches of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, the 21st season of Africa's premier club football tournament organised by CAF under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.

Teams[edit]

Team Zone Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Morocco RS Berkane UNAF (North Africa) 3 (2019, 2020, 2022)
Egypt Zamalek UNAF (North Africa) 1 (2019)

Venues[edit]

Berkane, Morocco, will host the first leg.
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, will host the second leg.

Road to the final[edit]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Morocco RS Berkane Round Egypt Zamalek
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
Nigeria Bendel Insurance 3–2 2–2 (A) 1–0 (H) Second round Djibouti Arta Solar 4–3 0–2 (A) 4–1 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
South Africa Sekhukhune United 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Libya Abu Salim 1–0 (H)
Mali Stade Malien 2–1 (A) Matchday 2 Guinea Académie SOAR 4–0 (A)
Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 2–0 (H) Matchday 3 Angola Sagrada Esperança 1–0 (H)
Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 1–1 (A) Matchday 4 Angola Sagrada Esperança 0–0 (A)
South Africa Sekhukhune United 0–0 (A) Matchday 5 Libya Abu Salim 2–1 (A)
Mali Stade Malien 3–0 (H) Matchday 6 Guinea Académie SOAR 3–0 (awd.) (H)[note 1]
Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Morocco RS Berkane 6 14
2 Mali Stade Malien 6 10
3 South Africa Sekhukhune United 6 6
4 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 6 2
Source: CAF
Final standings Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Egypt Zamalek 6 16
2 Libya Abu Salim 6 9
3 Angola Sagrada Esperança 6 8
4 Guinea Académie SOAR 6 1
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Libya Abu Salim 3–2 0–0 (A) 3–2 (H) Quarter-finals Egypt Modern Future 3–2 2–1 (A) 1–1 (H)
Algeria USM Alger 6–0 (w/o) 3–0 (awd.) (A)[note 2] 3–0 (awd.) (H)[note 3] Semi-finals Ghana Dreams FC 3–0 0–0 (H) 3–0 (A)

Format[edit]

The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still equal, extra time will be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner.

Matches[edit]

First leg[edit]

RS Berkane MoroccovEgypt Zamalek
Report

Second leg[edit]

Zamalek EgyptvMorocco RS Berkane
Report

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.[1]
  2. ^ Upon arriving to Algeria, RS Berkane official kits were seized by Algerian authorities, who refused to allow them to wear it in the match against USM Alger, due to the shirts featuring a map of Morocco that includes Western Sahara, which is a disputed territory that Morocco claims to be part of their land, while Algeria recognize it as part of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.[2] The match was cancelled as a result.[3] On 24 April, CAF awarded RS Berkane a 3–0 win.[4]
  3. ^ RS Berkane won on walkover after USM Alger withdrew from the match, despite arriving to the stadium.[5] The match was cancelled as a result, and RS Berkane were awarded a 3–0 win on 1 May 2024.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "كاف يقصي سوار الغيني من الكونفدرالية ويعتبره خاسرا أمام الزمالك" [CAF awards Zamalek a walkover win over SOAR of Guinea]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ "RS Berkane refuse game without jerseys, USM Alger match postponed". Hespress. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "CAF Media Statement: TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup: USM Alger vs RS Berkane". CAF. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  4. ^ "CAF Media Statement on the CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee Meeting". CAF. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "USM Algiers withdraw from RS Berkane game in Confederation Cup semi-final". Al Ahram Online. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ "CAF Media Statement on the CAF Interclub Competitions and Management of the Club Licensing System Committee Meeting". Confederation of African Football. 2 May 2024.

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