2018 CAF Champions League

2018 CAF Champions League2018 Total CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates| 10 February – 9 November 2018
Teams| 59 (from 47 associations)
Final positions
Champions|  Espérance de Tunis (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 146
Goals scored| 351 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Walid Soliman (8 goals)

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International football competition

The 2018 CAF Champions League (officially the 2018 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 54th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 22nd edition under the current CAF Champions League title.

Espérance de Tunis won the title for the third time, defeating Al Ahly in the final, and qualified as the CAF representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, Raja Casablanca, in the 2019 CAF Super Cup.[2]

Wydad AC were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by ES Sétif.

## Association team allocation

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All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2018 CAF Champions League, the CAF uses the 2012–2016 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs' performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:[3]

| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup

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Winners  | 5 points  | 4 points
Runners-up  | 4 points  | 3 points
Losing semi-finalists  | 3 points  | 2 points
3rd place in groups  | 2 points  | 1 point
4th place in groups  | 1 point  | 1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

* 2016 – 5
* 2015 – 4
* 2014 – 3
* 2013 – 2
* 2012 – 1

## Teams

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The following 59 teams from 47 associations entered the competition:[4]

* Teams in bold received a bye to the first round.
* The other teams entered the preliminary round.

This was the second highest number of teams in the history of CAF Champions League. The highest number was recorded in 2007 where 60 teams entered.[citation needed]

Associations are shown according to their 2012–2016 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)  Association  | Team  | Qualifying method

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Egypt (1st – 85 pts) | Al-Ahly | 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League champions
Misr Lel-Makkasa | 2016–17 Egyptian Premier League runners-up
Tunisia (2nd – 76 pts) | Espérance de Tunis | 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
Étoile du Sahel | 2016–17 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
DR Congo (3rd – 70 pts) | TP Mazembe | 2016–17 Linafoot champions
AS Vita Club | 2016–17 Linafoot runners-up
Algeria (4th – 62 pts) | ES Sétif | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
MC Alger | 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
South Africa (5th – 45 pts) | Bidvest Wits | 2016–17 South African Premier Division champions
Mamelodi Sundowns | 2016–17 South African Premier Division runners-up
Morocco (6th – 41 pts) | Wydad AC | Title holders (2017 CAF Champions League winners)
2016–17 Botola champions
Difaâ El Jadidi | 2016–17 Botola runners-up
Sudan (7th – 35 pts) | Al-Hilal | 2017 Sudan Premier League champions
Al-Merrikh | 2017 Sudan Premier League runners-up
Ivory Coast (8th – 21 pts) | ASEC Mimosas | 2016–17 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 champions
Williamsville AC | 2016–17 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 runners-up
Zambia (9th – 18 pts) | ZESCO United | 2017 Zambia Super League champions
Zanaco | 2017 Zambia Super League runners-up
Congo (10th – 16 pts) | AC Léopards | 2017 Congo Ligue 1 champions
AS Otohô | 2017 Congo Ligue 1 runners-up
Mali (11th – 15 pts) | Stade Malien | 2016 Malian Première Division champions[Note MLI]
AS Real Bamako | 2016 Malian Première Division runners-up[Note MLI]
Nigeria (12th – 13 pts) | Plateau United | 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League champions
MFM | 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League runners-up
Associations eligible to enter one team  Association  | Team  | Qualifying method

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Cameroon (13th – 12 pts) | Eding Sport | 2017 Elite One champions
Libya (14th – 8 pts) | Al-Tahaddy | 2017 Libyan Premier League CAF competition playoff winners
Ghana (15th – 7 pts) | Aduana Stars | 2017 Ghanaian Premier League champions
Tanzania (16th – 5 pts) | Young Africans | 2016–17 Tanzanian Premier League champions
Angola (17th – 3 pts) | 1º de Agosto | 2017 Girabola champions
Ethiopia (18th – 2 pts) | Saint George | 2016–17 Ethiopian Premier League champions
Benin | Buffles du Borgou | 2017 Benin Premier League champions
Botswana | Township Rollers | 2016–17 Botswana Premier League champions
Burkina Faso | Rail Club du Kadiogo | 2016–17 Burkinabé Premier League champions
Burundi | LLB Académic FC | 2016–17 Burundi Premier League champions
Central African Republic | Olympic Real de Bangui | 2016–17 Central African Republic League champions
Comoros | Ngaya Club | 2017 Comoros Premier League champions
Equatorial Guinea | Leones Vegetarianos | 2017 Equatoguinean Primera División champions
Gabon | CF Mounana | 2016–17 Gabon Championnat National D1 champions
Gambia | Armed Forces | 2016–17 GFA League First Division champions
Guinea | Horoya | 2016–17 Guinée Championnat National champions
Guinea-Bissau | Sport Bissau e Benfica | 2016–17 Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau champions
Kenya | Gor Mahia | 2017 Kenyan Premier League champions
Lesotho | Bantu | 2016–17 Lesotho Premier League champions
Liberia | LISCR | 2016–17 Liberian First Division League champions
Madagascar | CNaPS Sport | 2017 THB Champions League champions
Malawi | Mighty Wanderers | 2017 Malawi Premier Division leaders at entry deadline
Mauritania | ASAC Concorde | 2016–17 Ligue 1 Mauritania champions
Mauritius | Pamplemousses | 2016–17 Mauritian Premier League champions
Mozambique | UD Songo | 2017 Moçambola champions
Niger | AS FAN | 2016–17 Niger Premier League champions
Rwanda | Rayon Sports | 2016–17 Rwanda National Football League champions
Senegal | Génération Foot | 2016–17 Senegal Premier League champions
Seychelles | Saint Louis Suns United | 2017 Seychelles First Division champions
South Sudan | Al-Salam Wau | 2017 South Sudan Football Championship champions
Swaziland | Mbabane Swallows | 2016–17 Swazi Premier League champions
Togo | AS Togo-Port | 2016–17 Togolese Championnat National champions
Uganda | KCCA | 2016–17 Uganda Super League champions
Zanzibar | JKU | 2016–17 Zanzibar Premier League champions
Zimbabwe | FC Platinum | 2017 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champions

Notes

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Mali (MLI): Mali were represented by Stade Malien and AS Real Bamako, the 2016 Malian Première Division champions and runners-up, as the 2017 Malian Première Division was not completed by the end of the year.[5]

Associations which did not enter a team

* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Namibia
* Réunion
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia

Al-Ahly

Misr Lel-Makkasa

Espérance de Tunis

Étoile du Sahel

Mazembe

Vita Club

ES Sétif

MC Alger

Gauteng

Wydad

Difaâ El Jadidi

Omdurman

Abidjan

ZESCO U

Zanaco

Léopards

Otohô

Bamako

Plateau U

MFM

Eding S

Al-Tahaddy

Aduana S

Young Africans

1º de Agosto

Saint George

Buffles

Township Rollers

Rail Kadiogo

LLB Académic

Real Bangui

Ngaya Club

Leones Vegetarianos

Mounana

Armed Forces

Horoya

Benfica Bissau

Gor Mahia

Bantu

LISCR

CNaPS Sport

Mighty Wanderers

ASAC Concorde

Pamplemousses

Songo

FAN

Rayon Sports

Génération Foot

St. Louis Suns U

Al-Salam Wau

Mbabane Swallows

Togo-Port

KCCA

JKU

Platinum

Abidjan teams
ASEC Mimosas
Williamsville

Bamako teams
Stade Malien
Real Bamako

Gauteng teams
Bidvest Wits
Mamelodi Sundowns

Omdurman teams
Al-Hilal
Al-Merrikh

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Location of teams of the 2018 CAF Champions League.
Red: Preliminary round;  Green: First Round;
Brown: Group A;  Orange: Group B;  Yellow: Group C;  Blue: Group D.

## Schedule

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The schedule of the competition was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[6] The regulations were modified with an additional draw before the quarter-finals.[7] Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[8]

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Qualifying  | Preliminary round  | 13 December 2017
(Cairo, Egypt)[4] | 9–11 February 2018  | 20–21 February 2018
First round  | 6–7 March 2018 | 16–18 March 2018
Group stage  | Matchday 1  | 21 March 2018
(Cairo, Egypt)[9] | 4–5 May 2018
Matchday 2  | 15 May 2018
Matchday 3  | 17 July 2018
Matchday 4  | 27–28 July 2018
Matchday 5  | 17–18 August 2018
Matchday 6  | 28 August 2018
Knockout stage  | Quarter-finals  | 3 September 2018
(Cairo, Egypt)[10] | 14–15 September 2018  | 21–22 September 2018
Semi-finals  | 2 October 2018 | 23 October 2018
Final  | 2 November 2018  | 9 November 2018

## Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 13 December 2017 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[11][12]

In the qualifying rounds, 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. 13 & 14).[2]

### Preliminary round

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Saint George | w/o[w/o 1] |  Al-Salam Wau | — | —
CNaPS Sport | 2–2 (a)  |  KCCA | 2–1 | 0–1
Zanaco | 6–1  |  Armed Forces | 3–0 | 3–1
Bantu | 5–5 (a)  |  Mbabane Swallows | 2–4 | 3–1
Stade Malien | 1–2  |  Williamsville AC | 1–1 | 0–1
Al-Tahaddy | 1–2  |  Aduana Stars | 1–0 | 0–2
ES Sétif | 6–0  |  Olympic Real de Bangui | 6–0 | 0–0
Rail Club du Kadiogo | 1–2  |  CF Mounana | 1–0 | 0–2
AS Real Bamako | 1–2  |  MFM | 1–1 | 0–1
AS Otôho | 2–9  |  MC Alger | 2–0 | 0–9
AS FAN | 1–3  |  Horoya | 1–3 | 0–0
Génération Foot | 2–0  |  Misr Lel-Makkasa | 2–0 | 0–0
Young Africans | 2–1  |  Saint Louis Suns United | 1–0 | 1–1
Township Rollers | 4–2  |  Al-Merrikh | 3–0 | 1–2
Gor Mahia | 3–1  |  Leones Vegetarianos | 2–0 | 1–1
ASAC Concorde | 1–6  |  Espérance de Tunis | 1–1 | 0–5
Plateau United | 4–0  |  Eding Sport | 3–0 | 1–0
AC Léopards | 3–3 (3–4 p) |  AS Togo-Port | 2–1 | 1–2
LISCR | 1–3  |  Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 0–3
JKU | 0–7  |  ZESCO United | 0–0 | 0–7
Buffles du Borgou | 3–4  |  ASEC Mimosas | 1–1 | 2–3
Ngaya Club | 1–3  |  UD Songo | 1–1 | 0–2
Difaâ El Jadidi | 10–0  |  Sport Bissau e Benfica | 10–0 | 0–0
AS Vita Club | 6–1  |  Mighty Wanderers | 4–0 | 2–1
1º de Agosto | 5–1  |  FC Platinum | 3–0 | 2–1
Bidvest Wits | 2–1  |  Pamplemousses | 2–0 | 0–1
Rayon Sports | 2–1  |  LLB Académic FC | 1–1 | 1–0

Notes:

1. ^ Saint George won on walkover after Al-Salam Wau failed to arrive for the first leg.[13]

### First round

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The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Saint George | 0–1  |  KCCA | 0–0 | 0–1
Zanaco | 1–3  |  Mbabane Swallows | 1–2 | 0–1
Wydad AC | 7–4  |  Williamsville AC | 7–2 | 0–2
Aduana Stars | 1–4  |  ES Sétif | 1–0 | 0–4
Al-Ahly | 7–1  |  CF Mounana | 4–0 | 3–1
MFM | 2–7  |  MC Alger | 2–1 | 0–6
Horoya | 4–1  |  Génération Foot | 2–1 | 2–0
Young Africans | 1–2  |  Township Rollers | 1–2 | 0–0
Gor Mahia | 0–1  |  Espérance de Tunis | 0–0 | 0–1
Étoile du Sahel | 4–3  |  Plateau United | 4–2 | 0–1
AS Togo-Port | 3–3 (a)  |  Al-Hilal | 2–0 | 1–3
ZESCO United | 2–2 (a)  |  ASEC Mimosas | 0–1 | 2–1
TP Mazembe | 4–3  |  UD Songo | 4–0 | 0–3
Difaâ El Jadidi | 3–2  |  AS Vita Club | 1–0 | 2–2
1º de Agosto | 1–1 (3–2 p) |  Bidvest Wits | 1–0 | 0–1
Rayon Sports | 0–2  |  Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–0 | 0–2

## Group stage

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Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.[14][15] The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).[16] Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.[17]

Pot  | Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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* TP Mazembe (75 pts)
* Al Ahly (58 pts)
* Étoile du Sahel (49 pts)
* Wydad AC (46 pts)

* Mamelodi Sundowns (39 pts)
* ZESCO United (26 pts)
* Espérance de Tunis (24.5 pts)
* ES Sétif (18.5 pts)

* MC Alger (10 pts)
* KCCA (5 pts)
* Horoya (5 pts)
* Mbabane Swallows (5 pts)

* 1º de Agosto
* Township Rollers
* Difaâ El Jadidi
* AS Togo-Port

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[2]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
6. Goal difference in all group matches;
7. Goals scored in all group matches;
8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
9. Drawing of lots.

### Group A

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1  |  Al Ahly | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 13  | Quarter-finals |  | —  | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0
2  |  Espérance de Tunis | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 4  | +4  | 11  |  | 0–1 | —  | 3–2 | 4–1
3  |  KCCA | 6  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 8  | 9  | −1  | 6  |  |  | 2–0 | 0–1 | —  | 1–0
4  |  Township Rollers | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 2  | 9  | −7  | 4  |  | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | —

Source: CAF

### Group B

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1  |  TP Mazembe | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 12  | Quarter-finals |  | —  | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0
2  |  ES Sétif | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 7  | 9  | −2  | 8  |  | 1–1 | —  | 2–1 | 0–1
3  |  Difaâ El Jadidi | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 7  | −1  | 6  |  |  | 0–2 | 1–1 | —  | 2–0
4  |  MC Alger | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 5  |  | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | —

Source: CAF

### Group C

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1  |  Wydad AC | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 12  | Quarter-finals |  | —  | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0
2  |  Horoya | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 9  |  | 1–1 | —  | 2–2 | 2–1
3  |  Mamelodi Sundowns | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 6  | −1  | 6  |  |  | 1–1 | 0–0 | —  | 2–1
4  |  AS Togo-Port | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 9  | −5  | 4  |  | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | —

Source: CAF

### Group D

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1  |  Étoile du Sahel | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 12  | Quarter-finals |  | —  | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0
2  |  1º de Agosto | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 9  |  | 1–1 | —  | 2–1 | 2–1
3  |  ZESCO United | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 6  |  |  | 1–1 | 0–0 | —  | 1–1
4  |  Mbabane Swallows | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 3  | 11  | −8  | 4  |  | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | —

Source: CAF

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League knockout stage

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).[2]

### Bracket

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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 20:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[18][19][20]

| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  Horoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
|  Al Ahly | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| |  Al Ahly | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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|  ES Sétif | 1 | 0 | 1 |

|  Wydad AC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |  Al Ahly | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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|  1º de Agosto | 0 | 1 | 1 (a) | |

|  TP Mazembe | 0 | 1 | 1 (a) |
| |  1º de Agosto | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| | |  Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|  Espérance de Tunis | 2 | 1 | 3 |

|  Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Quarter-finals

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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.[18]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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1º de Agosto | 1–1 (a)  |  TP Mazembe | 0–0 | 1–1
Espérance de Tunis | 3–1  |  Étoile du Sahel | 2–1 | 1–0
ES Sétif | 1–0  |  Wydad AC | 1–0 | 0–0
Horoya | 0–4  |  Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–4

### Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.[18]

Team 1  | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2  | 1st leg  | 2nd leg

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Al-Ahly | 3–2  |  ES Sétif | 2–0 | 1–2
1º de Agosto | 3–4  |  Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 2–4

### Final

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Main article: 2018 CAF Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.[18]

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)

21:00 UTC+2

Al Ahly | 3–1|  Espérance de Tunis

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* Soliman 34' (pen.), 77' (pen.)
* El Solia 58'

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* Belaïli 64' (pen.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09)

20:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis | 3–0|  Al Ahly

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* Bguir 45+1', 54'
* Badri 86'

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Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Espérance de Tunis won 4–3 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

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Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

Rank  | Player  | Team  | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total

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1  |  Anice Badri |  Espérance de Tunis |  | 2 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1  | 5
Lazarous Kambole |  ZESCO United |  | 1 |  |  | 3 | 1 |
Walid Soliman |  Al Ahly |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4  |  Walid Azaro |  Al Ahly |  |  | 1 |  | 1 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Ben Malango |  TP Mazembe | 2 | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |
6  |  Youcef Belaïli |  Espérance de Tunis |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  | 3
Lompala Bokamba |  1º de Agosto | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1 |
El Habib Bouguelmouna |  ES Sétif |  |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Saad Bguir |  Espérance de Tunis |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Meschak Elia |  TP Mazembe | 1 |  | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |
Geraldo |  1º de Agosto |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |
Ocansey Mandela |  Horoya |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 |  |  |  |
Islam Mohareb |  Al Ahly |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  |

## Prize money

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In 2018, the fixed amount of prize money paid to the clubs is as follows:[21]

Final
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Champion | US$2.5 million
Runner-up | US$1.25 million
Semi-finalists | US$800,000
Quarter-finalists | US$650,000
3rd in group stage | US$550,000
4th in group stage | US$550,000

Note: National associations receive an additional equivalent share of 5% for each amount awarded to clubs.

## See also

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* 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
* 2018 FIFA Club World Cup
* 2019 CAF Super Cup

## References

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4. ^ a b "Zambia will have two entrants in both Caf Club competitions". BBC Sport. 9 December 2017.
5. ^ "Compétitions Africaines: Le Stade en Ligue des champions, le Djoliba en Coupe CAF". footmali.com. 29 November 2017.
6. ^ "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
7. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee – 10 January 2018". CAF. 10 January 2018.
8. ^ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
9. ^ "Accreditation for interclubs group phase draw". CAF. 28 February 2018.
10. ^ "Accreditation for Interclubs quarter finals 2018". CAF. 6 August 2018.
11. ^ "Draw results of Interclubs 2018 prelims". CAF. 13 December 2017.
12. ^ "Results of the draw: Total CAF Champions League 2018" (PDF). CAF.
13. ^ "South Sudanese clubs Al Salam Wau, Hilal Juba eliminated". CAF. 15 February 2018.
14. ^ "Draw for the Champions League & Confederation Cup 2018". YouTube. 21 March 2018.
15. ^ "Results of Group Phase draw". CAF. 21 March 2018.
16. ^ "Ranking of the clubs qualified to the Group Stage of Total CAF Champions League 2018" (PDF). CAF.
17. ^ "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAF. 20 March 2018.
18. ^ a b c d "Draw Procedure of the 22nd Edition of Total CAF Champions League, CL 2018" (PDF). CAF. 2 September 2018.
19. ^ "CAF Champions League 2018 DRAW". YouTube. 3 September 2018.
20. ^ "Total CAF Champions League 2018 Draw". CAF.
21. ^ "CAF Executive Committee decisions". cafonline.com. 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2010-02-12.

## External links

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* 22nd Edition Of Total CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com

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