2020 CAF Super Cup

2020 CAF Super Cup
2020 Total CAF Super Cup
Espérance de Tunis Zamalek
Tunisia Egypt
1 3
Date14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)
VenueThani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Man of the MatchAchraf Bencharki
(Zamalek)
RefereeVictor Gomes (South Africa)[1]
Attendance19,398[2]
WeatherMostly clear
20 °C (68 °F)
56% humidity[3]
← 2019

The 2020 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2020 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons)[4] was the 28th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.

The match was played between Espérance de Tunis from Tunisia, the 2018–19 CAF Champions League winners, and Zamalek from Egypt, the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 14 February 2020.[5]

This season was the first to be played according to the new calendar, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[6][7] The match was initially scheduled on 16, 17 or 18 August 2019, but was postponed.[8] The CAF announced on 21 November 2019 that the match would be played on 14 February 2020 in Doha, Qatar.[9][10]

The match was played in the Middle Eastern country for the second consecutive season, after signing a three-year agreement with the CAF the previous season.[11] Zamalek announced in November 2019 that they would not play the match in Qatar due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis.[12] However, the club's board voted in February 2020 to play in the match.[13]

Zamalek won the match 3–1, winning their fourth CAF Super Cup title.[14]

  1. ^ "South Africa's Victor Gomes to officiate CAF Super Cup". KingFut. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ @roadto2022 (17 February 2020). "شاهد هذا الفيديو للتعرف على أبرز الحقائق لـ #كأس_السوبر_الإفريقي" [Watch this video to learn the most important facts about the #CAF_Super_Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Weather History for Al Rayyan, Qatar". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Accreditation for Total CAF Super Cup 2020". CAF. 23 January 2020.
  6. ^ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Change in dates for CAF club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  9. ^ "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAF. 21 November 2019.
  10. ^ "CAF Super Cup 2020 to be hosted in Doha". CAF. 20 December 2019.
  11. ^ "CAF Super Cup to take place in Qatar". KingFut. 18 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Zamalek refuse to play CAF Super Cup in Qatar". Egypt Today. 19 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Zamalek make U-turn over travelling to Qatar for African Super Cup". BBC Sport. 4 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Zamalek win the CAF Super Cup after a 3-1 victory against Espérance de Tunis". KingFut. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.