2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 16 September to 2 December 2018. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Format
 In the knockout stage, the eight 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 (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

 The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 3 September 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.



Quarter-finals
 In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups decided by draw.


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Enyimba won 5–1 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Masry won 2–0 on aggregate.

AS Vita Club won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
 In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.


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Raja Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

AS Vita Club won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final
 In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs determined by the semi-final draw.

Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on aggregate.