The group stage of the African Champions League has ended, to complete the finalists for the quarter-finals of the continental championship, which witnessed Arab dominance with the presence of 6 teams.
Al-Ahly of Egypt was the last to qualify, following 7 teams secured qualification following the fifth and penultimate round, and they are Wydad and Al-Raja from Morocco, Tunisian Esperance, JS Kabylie and Chabab Belouizdad from Algeria, in addition to Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and Simba of Tanzania..
The draw for the quarter-finals will be held next Wednesday in Cairo, at exactly eight thirty in the evening, the Egyptian capital time.
Tough draw
The quarter-final matches will be held “back and forth” from 21 to 29 April, where the runners-up will host the first-leg match, while the return leg will be held at the stadium of the first-place team..
The semi-finals will be held from 12 to 20 May. As for the final match, it will be held this season in a home-and-away system following canceling one match following last season’s final crisis between Wydad and Al-Ahly..
