A second African club final between Congolese Mazembe and Tunisians Sfaxien in successive years is on the cards after they won CAF Champions League groups at the weekend.

Mazembe forced a 0-0 draw at compatriots Vita to top Group A while Sfaxien finished first in Group B despite being held 1-1 at home by Algerians Entente Setif.

Those results delivered a semi-finals line-up of Vita against Sfaxien and Setif against Mazembe with the home-and-away ties scheduled for consecutive September weekends.

The winners advance to a two-leg final with a $1.5 million (1.1 million euros) first prize on the line plus a place at the end-of-year FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.

Sfaxien edged Mazembe in a dramatic climax to the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup last season, winning 2-0 in Tunisia and losing 2-1 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

With full-time looming and Mazembe two goals ahead at home, a penalty shoot-out seemed inevitable until Fakhreddine Ben Youssef snatched a goal for the Tunisians.

So the perfect ending to the Champions League this November for Mazembe would be lifting the Champions League trophy after defeating Sfaxien.

A Sfaxien-Mazembe decider would also create a tactical showdown between French coaches Philippe Troussier and Patrice Carteron.

Troussier, whose African successes earned him the 'white witchdoctor' nickname, inherited the Sfaxien dug-out from out-of-contract Hamadi Daou midway through the group phase.

Carteron guided Mali to third place at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations before moving south to Lubumbashi when Senegalese Lamine N'Diaye vacated the 'hot seat'.

Vita came closest to breaking the deadlock in Kinshasa against Mazembe seven minutes from time when goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba and then Joel Kimwaki foiled Firmin Mubele.

The near-miss frustrated Mubele, whose last goal of five in the Champions League this season came three months ago against Egyptians Zamalek.

Authorities restricted the crowd to 30,000 at the 40,000-capacity Stade Tata Raphael after 15 spectators were crushed to death when the Congolese clubs met at the same venue last May.

Sfaxien and Setif failed to score off penalty-kicks in Mediterranean city Sfax, where Gabonese Benjamin Ze Ondo put the visitors ahead and Ali Maaloul levelled three minutes from time.

Group B flops Tunisians Esperance finished with a 1-0 win over Libyans Al-Ahly Benghazi thanks to a Seifeddine Jerdi penalty goal.

After reaching three Champions League finals and the semi-finals once in the past four seasons, the Tunis outfit were expected to reach the penultimate stage.

But the 'Blood and Gold' never recovered from a shock matchday one home loss to Setif and constant coaching changes did not have the desired effect.

Ruud Krol, a 1970s Dutch star, went after two defeats and a win-loss-draw record was not enough to save his successor, Frenchman Sebastien Desabre.

Tunisian Khaled Ben Yahia was in charge against Benghazi amid media speculation that Esperance want to hire veteran French coach Roger Lemerre.

Esperance finished third in Group B and Sudanese El-Hilal occupied the same place in the other mini-league after a 2-1 win over visiting Zamalek.