2022 CAF Women's Champions League

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2022 CAF Women's Champions League
2022 CAF WCL (logo).png
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
Dates Qualification:
7 August – 16 September
Main tournament:
30 October – 13 November
TeamsMain tournament: 8
Total: 33 (from 33 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens
Fourth place Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Morocco.svg Ibtissam Jraïdi (6 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Morocco.svg Fatima Tagnaout
Best goalkeeper Flag of Morocco.svg Khadija Er-Rmichi
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The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League was the 2nd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022. [1]

Contents

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions after claiming the inaugural edition title, but was dethroned after losing 0–4 to AS FAR in the final. With the first title, AS FAR automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2023 edition.

Qualified teams

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Location of teams of the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Red pog.svg Group A
Green pog.svg Group B

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which ran from 7 August to 16 September 2022 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns qualified automatically for the group stage of this edition of the tournament, despite losing on penalty kicks in the final of their qualification tournament.

AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppearance
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco AS FAR (hosts)2021–22 Moroccan Championship champions2nd
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Title holders (2021 CAF Women's Champions League winners)2nd
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Green Buffaloes 2022 CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Champions1st
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 　 Wadi Degla 2022 CAF WCL UNAF Qualifiers champions2nd
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Determine Girls 2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions1st
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 　 Simba Queens 2022 CAF WCL CECAFA Qualifiers champions1st
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 　 Bayelsa Queens 2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions1st
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo 　 TP Mazembe 2022 CAF WCL UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions1st

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September 2022 at 11:30 CET (10:30 UTC). [2] The 7 confirmed teams and the unknown UNIFFAC champion at the time of the draw were drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, AS FAR was allocated to position A1. [3]

Venues

On 16 October 2022, CAF indicated that this edition of the tournament will be held in Rabat and Marrakesh.

Rabat Marrakesh
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Stade Moulay Hassan Stade de Marrakech
Capacity: 45,800Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 45,240
Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah.jpg Stade My Hassan.jpg Stade de marrakech.jpg

Match officials

Referees [4] [5]
Assistant referees
Video assistant referees

Group stage

The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR (H)330051+49Advance to Semi-finals
2 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 320141+36
3 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 310254+13
4 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls 300308−80
Source: CAFOnline.com
(H) Hosts
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 4–0 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls
  • M. Chilenga Soccerball shade.svg8'
  • N. Nanyangwe Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Chanda Soccerball shade.svg31'
  • Lungu Soccerball shade.svg58'
 Report (archived)
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Shahenda El Maghrabi (Egypt)
AS FAR Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Jraidi Soccerball shade.svg67' Report
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Determine Girls Flag of Liberia.svg 0–2 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Report (archived)
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Sonia Koré (Ivory Coast)
AS FAR Flag of Morocco.svg 2–1 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Tagnaout Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Report (archived) Lungu Soccerball shade.svg19'
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)
Determine Girls Flag of Liberia.svg 0–2 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)
Simba Queens Flag of Tanzania.svg 2–0 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 3300111+109Advance to Semi-finals
2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens 320162+46
3 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 310216−53
4 Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla 300309−90
Source: CAFOnline.com
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 2–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens
Lelona Daweti Soccerball shade.svg32', 58' Report (archived)M.-M. Anjor Soccerball shade.svg81'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Wadi Degla Flag of Egypt.svg 0–1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe
Report (archived)M. Kanjinga Soccerball shade.svg7'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 5–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla
Report
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 0–2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens
Report
  • O. Joseph Soccerball shade.svg4' (pen.)
  • G. Chinyere Soccerball shade.svg24'
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Fatima El Ajjani (Morocco)
TP Mazembe Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 0–4 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Bayelsa Queens Flag of Nigeria.svg 3–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla
  • J. Sunday Soccerball shade.svg8'
  • M. Itimi Soccerball shade.svg49', 54'
 Report
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)

Knockout phase

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
9 November – Rabat
 
 
 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 1
 
13 November – Rabat
 
 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens 0
 
 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 4
 
9 November – Rabat
 
 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 0
 
 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 1
 
 
 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 0
 
Third place
 
 
12 November – Rabat
 
 
 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens 1
 
 
 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 0

Semi-finals

Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 1–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Rabale Soccerball shade.svg76' Report
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Shahenda El Maghrabi (Egypt)
AS FAR Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens
Jraïdi Soccerball shade.svg27' Report
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Third-place match

Bayelsa Queens Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
J. Sunday Soccerball shade.svg70' Report
Stade Moulay Hassan, Rabat
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

Final

AS FAR Flag of Morocco.svg 4–0 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)

Statistics

Top scorers

This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Morocco.svg Ibtissam Jraïdi Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 6
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Lelona Daweti Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 4
3 Flag of Morocco.svg Fatima Tagnaout Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 3
4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Mercy Itimi Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens 2
Flag of Nigeria.svg Juliet Sunday
Flag of South Africa.svg Melinda Kgadiete Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Flag of South Africa.svg Bambanani Mbane
Flag of Lesotho.svg Boitumelo Rabale
Flag of Tanzania.svg Opah Clement Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Flag of Zambia.svg Ireen Lungu Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
11 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Merveille Kanjinga Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 1
Flag of Morocco.svg Oumaima Harcouch Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR
Flag of Nigeria.svg Mary-Magdalene Anjor Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Chinyere
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ogoma Joseph
Flag of South Africa.svg Gabonnelwe Kekana Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns
Flag of South Africa.svg Zanele Nhlapo
Flag of Burundi.svg Asha Djafari Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens
Flag of Nigeria.svg Barakat Olaiya
Flag of Zambia.svg Hellen Chanda Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Flag of Zambia.svg Maweta Chilenga
Flag of Zambia.svg Natasha Nanyangwe

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos.TeamPldWDLPtsGFGAGD
1 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 550015101+9
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 540112125+7
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens 5302973+4
4 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 5203643+1
Eliminated in group stage
5 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 3102354+1
6 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 3102316−5
7 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls 3003008−8
8 Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla 3003009−9

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

AwardPlayerTeam
Best Player Flag of Morocco.svg Fatima Tagnaout Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR
Top Goal scorer Flag of Morocco.svg Ibtissam Jraïdi
Best Goalkeeper Flag of Morocco.svg Khadija Er-Rmichi
Fairplay team Flag of Nigeria.svg Bayelsa Queens

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