The 2016 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 16 September to 23 October 2016. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 CAF Champions League.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Wydad AC ZESCO UnitedB Mamelodi Sundowns Zamalek
Format
In the knockout stage, the four 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.
RoundFirst legSecond legSemi-finals16–18 September 201623–25 September 2016Final14–16 October 201621–23 October 2016
Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows: Semi-finals: (group winners host second legs) SF1: Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group B SF2: Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (order of legs decided by draw)
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
Zamalek won 6–5 on aggregate.
Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.|}
Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–1 on aggregate.
References
External links Orange CAF Champions League 2016, CAFonline.com