[4] Al Ahly defeated Kaizer Chiefs 3–0 to win a record-extending 10th CAF Champions League title.

Al Ahly also qualified for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in United Arab Emirates, entering from the second round.

For the second consecutive year, the final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue by CAF instead of a two-legged fixtures format, which was being used in the competition since 1966.

[citation needed] On 16 May 2021, Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco was chosen by a CAF Executive Committee to host the final during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda.

The final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue, with the winner of semi-final 1 according to the knockout stage draw designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.