The Club Competitions Committee of the Confederation of African Football revealed the full program for the knockout round matches of the Confederation Cup.
The current version includes the qualification of two teams representing the first professional league championship, to the quarter-finals: USM Algiers and CS Belouizdad.
Arab clubs renewed their control over the competition, with six clubs representing Algeria, Egypt and Morocco in this round.
Quarter-final matches
The drawing of lots resulted in the champion of the 2023 edition, USM Al-Capital, facing Manyema of the Congo.
The first leg will be held at 2:00 pm on March 15, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The return match will take place at the July 5, 1962 Stadium in the capital, at eight o’clock in the evening on March 22.
Belouizdad youth will travel to the Egyptian city of Port Said, to meet the Egyptian club on March 14 at nine o’clock in the evening.
While the return match will be played at Nelson Mandela Stadium in the capital, on March 21 at eight in the evening.
Semi-final and final matches
The CAF Club Competitions Committee also determined the remaining course of the tournament, as the program will witness semi-final matches being held in a home-and-away format during the month of April.
The winner of the match between USM Algiers and Maniema of Congo will face the winner of the exclusively Moroccan match between Wydad Athletic Club and Olympique Safi.
The qualifier from the match between Chabab Belouizdad and Al-Masry Club of Port Said will clash. By qualifying from the match between Zamalek of Egypt and Otoho (Congo Brazzaville).
The first leg of the Golden Square matches were scheduled between April 10 and 12, followed by the return matches between April 17 and 19.
The competition will conclude with a double final on May 9 and 16.
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