.jpg) 7 November Stadium hosted the podium where ES Tunis lifted the trophy | |||||||
| Event | 2018 CAF Champions League | ||||||
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 2 November 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria | ||||||
| Referee | Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,000 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly Cloudy 23 °C (73 °F) | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | 9 November 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis | ||||||
| Referee | Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,000 | ||||||
The 2018 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2018 CAF Champions League, the 54th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 22nd edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Al Ahly from Egypt and Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia. The first leg was hosted by Al-Ahly on 2 November 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Espérance de Tunis at the Stade Olympique de Radès in Radès on 9 November 2018.
Espérance de Tunis won the final 4–3 on aggregate for their third CAF Champions League title.[1][2] As winners, they earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round, as well as play in the 2019 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.[3]
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- ^ "Bguir unlikely star as Esperance win CAF Champions League". CAF. 9 November 2018.
- ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.