CAF Champions League knockout draw: Al Ahly faces Al Hilal as Sundowns meet Esperance

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CAF Champions League knockout draw: Al Ahly faces Al Hilal as Sundowns meet Esperance

The wait is finally over after teams have waited for a very long time to learn about their opponents in the quarter-finals of the 2024-25 CAF Champion

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The wait is finally over after teams have waited for a very long time to learn about their opponents in the quarter-finals of the 2024-25 CAF Champions League.

The draw was made on Thursday afternoon in Cairo with defending champions Al Ahly being drawn against Sudanese giants Al Hilal in the quarter-finals one.

The second quarter-final draw is a fixture between North African Sides Pyramids of Egypt and AS FAR Rabat of Morocco.

Mamelodi Sundowns will have the opportunity to revenge the semi-finals defeat of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League when they face Tunisian masters Esperance in the third quarter-finals.

The fourth tie is between the Algerian side and MC Alger and South Africa’s Orlando Pirates.

The full draw

Quarter-finals

Q1 Al Ahly v al Hilal

Q2 Pyramids v AS FAR

Q3 Mamelodi Sundowns v Esperance Sportive de Tunis

Q4 MC Algier v Orlando Pirates

 

Semi Final route

The route for the semi-finals was revealed as winners of the first quarter-finals will face the third.

Quarter-finals four faces Quarter-finals 2 in the second semi-finals.

 

Semi 1:

QF3 v QF1

Semi 2:

QF4 v QF2

 

Final route

SF1 v SF2