Morocco (North Zone) Cape Verde (West A Zone) Ivory Coast (West B Zone) Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone) Kenya (Central-East Zone) South Africa (South Zone)
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
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]
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]
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 Ethiopia (CBE) FC 2–1 in the final.[16]
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]
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