2020 CAF Champions League final

2020 CAF Champions League Final
Event2019–20 CAF Champions League
Zamalek Al Ahly
Egypt Egypt
1 2
Date27 November 2020 (2020-11-27)
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt
Man of the MatchMohamed Magdy (Al-Ahly)[1]
RefereeMustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)[2]
Attendance0[3]
WeatherHaze
17 °C (63 °F)
72% humidity[4]
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The 2020 CAF Champions League Final, known as The Final of the Century[5][6] 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.[7] It was originally scheduled to be played on 29 May 2020 at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon.[8] 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.[9]

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 successful clubs both in domestic and international competitions and share an intense rivalry, the final between two teams was considered as the most important game to have ever been played between two clubs.[10]

Al-Ahly defeated Zamalek and won 2–1, winning their record-extending ninth title and their first since 2013. They also earned the right to play against the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup winners RS Berkane in the 2020–21 CAF Super Cup, and qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

  1. ^ Total CAF Champions League [@CAF_Online] (27 November 2020). "Today's Total Man of the Match! #TotalCAFCL final hero Mohamed Magdy 'Afsha'" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 November 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Algerian referee Ghorbal to officiate Champions League final between Ahly and Zamalek". Al-Ahram Online. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference closed doors was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Weather History for Al Shorouk City, Cairo". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ "COPA 90- The African Game of the Century". COPA90. 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Al Ahly and Zamalek face Final of the Century". FIFA.com.
  7. ^ "Three bids submitted for the 2019/20 Interclub finals". CAF. 6 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Douala, Rabat named host cities for Interclubs 2019/20 final". CAF. 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Press release - New dates of 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League matches". CAF. 30 October 2020.
  10. ^ "تاريخ مواجهات الأهلي والزمالك في إفريقيا.. تميمة حظ ولا هزيمة" [Al Ahly and Zamaled head-to-head history in African competition: Unbeaten record and an amulet of fortune] (in Arabic). Yalla Kora. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.