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2019–20 CAF Champions League Knockout Stage
The 2019–20 CAF Champions League knockout stage began on 28 February with the quarter-finals and ended on 27 November 2020 with the 2020 CAF Champions League Final, final to decide the champions of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage. Times are Greenwich Mean Time, GMT as listed by CAF (local times, even if not different, are in parentheses). Round and draw dates The schedule was as follows. Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020, and the final, originally scheduled for 29 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020. On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in a host country to be decided. However, these plans were later halted after the Cameroonian Football Federatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 CAF Champions League Final
The 2020 CAF Champions League Final, known as The Final of the Century was the final of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League, the 56th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 24th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. For the first time, the final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF. It was originally scheduled to be played on 29 May 2020 at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was postponed and Cameroon decided to withdraw from hosting. Instead, the final was played on 27 November 2020 at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The final featured two Egyptian clubs, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, which made this the first CAF Champions League final to feature two clubs from the same country, as well as the first final to feature two clubs from the same city. As Al-Ahly and Zamalek were also Egypt's most successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
