title: 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage
text: # 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage
  
  The 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 15 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 30 May 2022 with the final to decide the champions of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.
  
  Times are listed in local times.
  
  ## Round and draw dates
  
  The schedule was as follows.
  
  | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Quarter-finals | 5 April 2022 | 15–16 April 2022 | 22–23 April 2022 |
  | Semi-finals | 5 April 2022 | 6–7 May 2022 | 13–14 May 2022 |
  | Final | 5 April 2022 | 30 May 2022 | 30 May 2022 |
  
  ## Format
  
  Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, 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. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played and if the score was still level, 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 cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can 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 involves the 8 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
  
  | Group | Winners | Runners-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | A | Mamelodi Sundowns | Al Ahly |
  | B | Raja Casablanca | ES Sétif |
  | C | Espérance de Tunis | CR Belouizdad |
  | D | Wydad AC | Petro de Luanda |
  
  ## Bracket
  
  The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
  
  | Round | Matchups |
  | - | - |
  | Quarter-finals | (Group winners hosted 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 and SF2 faced each other to decide the champions |
  
  The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 April 2022, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al Ahly | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
  | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 1 | 2 | Al Ahly | 4 | 2 | 6 |
  | | | | | ES Sétif | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | ES Sétif | 0 | 1 | 1 | ES Sétif | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | ES Sétif | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca |
  | Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca | 30 May – Casablanca |
  | Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Al Ahly | Al Ahly | Al Ahly | 0 |
  | | | | | | | | | Wydad AC | Wydad AC | Wydad AC | 2 |
  | Petro de Luanda | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Wydad AC | Wydad AC | Wydad AC | 2 |
  | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 2 | Petro de Luanda | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
  | | | | | Wydad AC | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | CR Belouizdad | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wydad AC | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | Wydad AC | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
  
  ## Quarter-finals
  
  The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2022.
  
  ### Summary
  
  The first legs were played on 15 and 16 April, and the second legs were played on 22 and 23 April 2022.
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al Ahly | 3–2 | Raja Casablanca | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  | ES Sétif | 1–0 | Espérance de Tunis | 0–0 | 1–0 |
  | CR Belouizdad | 0–1 | Wydad AC | 0–1 | 0–0 |
  | Petro de Luanda | 3–2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–1 | 1–1 |
  
  ### Matches
  
  Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.
  
  ES Sétif won 1–0 on aggregate.
  
  Wydad AC won 1–0 on aggregate.
  
  Petro de Luanda won 3–2 on aggregate.
  
  ## Semi-finals
  
  The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 April 2022 (after the quarter-finals draw).
  
  ### Summary
  
  The first legs were played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 13 and 14 May 2022.
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al Ahly | 6–2 | ES Sétif | 4–0 | 2–2 |
  | Petro de Luanda | 2–4 | Wydad AC | 1–3 | 1–1 |
  
  ### Matches
  
  Al Ahly won 6–2 on aggregate.
  
  Wydad AC won 4–2 on aggregate.
  
  ## Final
  
  The final was played on 30 May 2022 at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca.
  
  