Berkane will take on Tanzania’s Simba in the two-legged final next month after the Dar-es-Salaam club held out for a goalless draw earlier on Sunday in South Africa to pip Stellenbosch 1-0 on aggregate.

Berkane, winners of the competition in 2020 and 2022 and runners-up in 2019 and last season, lost 1-0 away at CS Constantine but had a comfortable 4-0 cushion from the first leg.

Abennour Belhocini scored the only goal of the second leg two minutes into the second half in Constantine, but the home team never looked capable of reducing the considerable aggregate deficit.

Berkane were crowned Moroccan champions for the first time last month and had not lost in 11 previous matches in this year’s Confederation Cup.
They will host the first leg of the final on May 17 against Simba, who defended stoutly in Durban against their hosts.

--Reuters--