2026 CAF Champions League final

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Mamelodi Sundowns	COSAFA (Southern Africa)	3 (2001, 2016, 2025)
AS FAR	UNAF (North Africa)	1 (1985)

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Mamelodi Sundowns				Round	AS FAR
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				First round	Real de Banjul	4–1	2–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Remo Stars	7–1	5–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	Horoya	4–1	1–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Saint-Éloi Lupopo	3–1 (H)			Matchday 1	Young Africans	0–1 (A)
MC Alger	0–0 (A)			Matchday 2	Al Ahly	1–1 (H)
Al Hilal	2–2 (H)			Matchday 3	JS Kabylie	0–0 (A)
Al Hilal	1–2 (A)			Matchday 4	JS Kabylie	1–0 (H)
Saint-Éloi Lupopo	1–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Young Africans	1–0 (H)
MC Alger	2–0 (H)			Matchday 6	Al Ahly	0–0 (A)
Group C runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al Hilal 6 11 2 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 9 3 MC Alger 6 7 4 Saint-Éloi Lupopo 6 5 Source: CAF				Final standings	Group B runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al Ahly 6 10 2 AS FAR 6 9 3 Young Africans 6 8 4 JS Kabylie 6 3 Source: CAF
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Pyramids	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Espérance de Tunis	2–0	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	RS Berkane	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner.

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