# 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 16 September to 2 December 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Raja Casablanca | AS Vita Club |
| B | RS Berkane | Al-Masry |
| C | Enyimba | CARA Brazzaville |
| D | USM Alger | Rayon Sports |

## Format

In the knockout stage, the eight 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).

## Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Quarter-finals | 16 September 2018 | 23 September 2018 |
| Semi-finals | 3 October 2018 | 24 October 2018 |
| Final | 25 November 2018 | 2 December 2018 |

## Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
| Round | Matchups |
| Quarter-finals | (Group winners host second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other) QF1 QF2 QF3 QF4 |
| Semi-finals | (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4) SF1 SF2 |
| Final | (Winners SF1 host first leg, Winners SF2 host second leg) Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 |
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rayon Sports | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Enyimba | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Enyimba | 0 | 5 | 5 | Enyimba | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| CARA Brazzaville | 1 | 0 | 1 | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Raja Casablanca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Raja Casablanca | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Raja Casablanca | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | AS Vita Club | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Al-Masry | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | AS Vita Club | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| USM Alger | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| USM Alger | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al-Masry | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | AS Vita Club | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| AS Vita Club | 3 | 1 | 4 | AS Vita Club | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| RS Berkane | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rayon Sports | 1–5 | Enyimba | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| CARA Brazzaville | 1–3 | Raja Casablanca | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Masry | 2–0 | USM Alger | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| AS Vita Club | 4–2 | RS Berkane | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.
Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.
Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.
AS Vita Club won 4–2 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Enyimba | 1–3 | Raja Casablanca | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Masry | 0–4 | AS Vita Club | 0–0 | 0–4 |
Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.
AS Vita Club won 4–0 on aggregate.

## Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.
Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on aggregate.