2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

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2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesMorocco (North Zone)
Cape Verde (West A Zone)
Ivory Coast (West B Zone)
Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone)
Kenya (Central-East Zone)
South Africa (South Zone)
Dates24 July – 25 August
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored213 (3.94 per match)
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Qualification for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League began on 24 July 2021 within UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and concluded on 4 September 2021 within COSAFA for Southern Africa.

Contents

Qualification was situated within the 6 CAF sub-confederations. At the end of qualification, the qualified teams were reduced to the final 8 who would then proceed to the group stages of this edition of the tournament, which took place across two stadiums in Cairo, Egypt from 5 to 19 November 2021. [1] These teams were composed of one winning team from each of the qualification competitions of the CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the host nation's league-winning team and, for this edition only, an additional team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.

Teams

All participating teams qualified for their sub-regional qualification competitions via winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 33 (out of 54) countries had at least one team which participated in this first qualification edition.

Qualified teams for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase
ZonesTeams
UNAF Flag of Algeria.svg Afak Relizane (1st) Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla HNT(1st) Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR (1st) Flag of Tunisia.svg AS Banque de l'Habitat (1st)
WAFU A Flag of Cape Verde.svg Seven Stars (1st) Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls (1st) Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé (1st) Flag of Senegal.svg Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st)
B Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées (1st) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (1st) Flag of Ghana.svg Hasaacas Ladies (1st) Flag of Niger.svg AS Police (1st)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Angels (1st) Flag of Togo.svg Amis du Monde (1st)
UNIFFAC Flag of Cameroon.svg Louves Minproff (1st) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg FCF Amani (1st) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Malabo Kings (1st) Flag of Gabon.svg Missile FC (1st)
CECAFA Flag of Burundi.svg PVP Buyenzi (1st) Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club (1st) Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE (1st) Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens (1st)
Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Join Star (1st) Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens (1st) Flag of Uganda.svg Lady Doves (1st) Flag of Zanzibar.svg New Generation FC (1st)
COSAFA Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies (1st) Flag of Eswatini.svg Manzini Wonderers (1st) Flag of Lesotho.svg LDF LFC (1st) Flag of Namibia.svg Tura Magic (1st)
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns (1st) Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes (1st) Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Black Rhinos Queens (1st)

Associations which entered no team:

Qualification

Each CAF sub-confederation held a qualifying tournament, starting with UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and ending with final for COSAFA's competition. The winners of these tournaments advanced to the group stages of the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League where they were joined by the host nation's league champions and another team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions. [2]

UNAF

The draw for this edition of qualification was held on 7 July 2021 [3] with the competition itself running from 24 to 30 July in Berkane, Morocco [4] and was won by the host nation's representative, AS FAR. [5] [6]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification FAR AFR ASB
1 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR (H)2200141+136 Group stage —4–1
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Afak Relizane 210145−13—3–1
3 Flag of Tunisia.svg AS Banque de l'Habitat 2002113−1200–10—
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

The tournament took place in Mindelo, Cape Verde from 24 to 30 July [7] with AS Mandé emerging as its representative after defeating AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur in the final. [8]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ASM ASD DGF SST
1 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 3210102+87 Group stage —4–04–0
2 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur 320146−26—2–1
3 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC 310236−331–2—
4 Flag of Cape Verde.svg Seven Stars (H)301236−312–20–2—
Source: Zone Oest/West A (Table uncompiled from source)
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone B

The tournament took place in Marcory, Ivory Coast from 24 July to 5 August 2021 [9] with Hasaacas Ladies emerging as its representavie after beating Rivers Angels 3–1 in the final. [10]

Group stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationUSFAAMOSG
1 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées220031+26 Semi-finals —2–1
2 Flag of Togo.svg Académie Amis du Monde FC201134−11—2–2
3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (H)201123−110–1—
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RIV HAL ASP
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Angels F.C. 220070+76 Semi-finals —2–0
2 Flag of Ghana.svg Hasaacas Ladies F.C. 210132+13—3–0
3 Flag of Niger.svg AS Police200208−800–5—
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
US Forces Armées Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–2 Flag of Ghana.svg Hasaacas Ladies
Rivers Angels Flag of Nigeria.svg 5–1 Flag of Togo.svg Académie Amis du Monde FC
Third place match
Team 1 Score Team 2
US Forces Armées Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–2 Flag of Togo.svg Académie Amis du Monde FC
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
Hasaacas Ladies Flag of Ghana.svg 3–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Rivers Angels

UNIFFAC

The qualification tournament for UNIFFAC teams was held from 1 to 29 August 2021. [11] with Malabo Kings emerged as the UNNIFAC representative after beating FCF Amani 5–1 in the final. [12]

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Louves Minproff Flag of Cameroon.svg 0–4 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Malabo Kings 0–30–1
FCF Amani Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 3–2 Flag of Gabon.svg Missile FC0–13–1

Final

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Malabo Kings Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg 5–1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg FCF Amani4–11–0

CECAFA

The draw for the qualification tournament for CECAFA teams (branded as the CECAFA Women's Champions League) was held on 8 July 2021 [3] [13] with the competition itself running from 28 August to 9 September in Nairobi, Kenya. [14] [15] The host nation's team, Vihiga Queens emerged as the CECAFA representavie after beating Commercial Bank of Ehiopia (CBE) FC 2–1 in the final. [16]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SIM LDWPVPFAD
1 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 3210141+137 Knockout stage —10–0
2 Flag of Uganda.svg Lady Doves WFC321080+870–0—3–05–0
3 Flag of Burundi.svg PVP Buyenzi310238−531–4—2–1
4 Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club3003117−160—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationCBE VIQ YJSNGE
1 Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE FC3300243+219 Knockout stage —4–210–010–1
2 Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens (H)3201214+176—
3 Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Join Stars FC3102222−2030–11—2–1
4 Flag of Zanzibar.svg New Generation FC3003220−1800–8—
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
Simba Queens Flag of Tanzania.svg 1–2 Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens
CBE FC Flag of Ethiopia.svg 1–1 (5–3 p) Flag of Uganda.svg Lady Doves WFC
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
Vihiga Queens Flag of Kenya.svg 2–1 Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE FC

COSAFA

COSAFA organized a qualification tournament for its countries known as the COSAFA Women's Champions League to qualify its winners there, whose was held on 29 July 2021 [17] [18] with the competition itself taking place at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa from 26 to 31 August 2021. Eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two in each group advancing to the knock-out phase (semi-finals). [19] [20] [21] Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies emerged as the COSAFA representative after beating Black Rhinos Queens 3–0 in the final. [22]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MSL DAL MWLDF
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (H)3300181+179 Knockout phase —6–06–16–0
2 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 320196+36—3–0
3 Flag of Eswatini.svg Manzini Wanderers LFC3012210−81—
4 Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defense Force3012113−1210–61–1—
Source: Match Line-up sourcing
(H) Hosts
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationBRQ GBL TML
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Black Rhinos Queens FC220050+56 Knockout phase —
2 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 210112−130–2—1–0
3 Flag of Namibia.svg Tura Magic Ladies FC200204−400–3—

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
Black Rhinos Queens Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2–0 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Flag of South Africa.svg 1–0 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
Black Rhinos Queens Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 0–3 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

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