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The 2018 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2018 Total CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th 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.[1]
| 2018 Total CAF Super Cup | |||||||
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| Date | 24 February 2018 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca | ||||||
| Referee | Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 45,000 | ||||||
The match was played between Wydad AC of Morocco, the 2017 CAF Champions League winners, and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners. It was hosted by Wydad AC at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on 24 February 2018.[2][3]
Wydad AC won the match 1–0 to claim their first CAF Super Cup title.[4][5]
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| Team | Zone | Qualification | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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 Wydad AC |
UNAF (North Africa) | 2017 CAF Champions League winners | 2 (1993, 2003) |
 TP Mazembe |
UNIFFAC (Central Africa) | 2017 CAF Confederation Cup winners | 4 (2010, 2011, 2016, 2017) |
The CAF Super Cup was played as a single match, with the CAF Champions League winners hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (CAF Champions League Regulations XXVII and CAF Confederation Cup Regulations XXV).[6][7]
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| Wydad AC | 1–0 | TP Mazembe |
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Tighazoui  83' |
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Prize money shared between CAF Champions League winner and CAF Confederations Cup winner in CAF Super Cup are as following :[9]
| Final position | Money awarded to club |
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| winner | US$100,000 |
| Runners-up | US$75,000 |
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