Tournament details | |
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Host country | Côte d'Ivoire |
Dates | Qualification: 5 August – 16 September Main tournament: 5 November – 19 November |
Teams | Main tournament: 8 Total: 37 (from 37 associations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd title) |
Runners-up | SC Casablanca |
Third place | AS FAR |
Fourth place | Ampem Darkoa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 41 (2.56 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Refilwe Tholakele (5 goals) |
Best player(s) | Boitumelo Rabale |
Best goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini |
The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023. [1] The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of the following edition of the tournament. The qualification draw was conducted on 5 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Rabat, Morocco. [2] [3]
Qualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament. [4]
Association | Team | Qualifying method | Appearance |
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Ivory Coast | Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (hosts) | 2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions | 1st |
Morocco | AS FAR (holders) | 2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners | 3rd |
SC Casablanca | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions | 1st | |
Mali | AS Mandé | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions | 2nd |
Ghana | Ampem Darkoa | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions | 1st |
Tanzania | JKT Queens | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions | 1st |
Equatorial Guinea | Huracanes | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions | 1st |
South Africa | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers Champions | 3rd |
The draw of this edition of the tournament was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 9 October 2023 at 16:00 CET (16:00 GMT). [5] The 8 confirmed teams was drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Athlético Abidjan was allocated to position A1. [6]
Korhogo | San-Pédro | |
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Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium | Laurent Pokou Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | SC Casablanca | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | JKT Queens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | Athlético Abidjan (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan | 1–1 | SC Casablanca |
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JKT Queens | 0–2 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan | 1–2 | JKT Queens |
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Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | SC Casablanca |
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Mamelodi Sundowns | 3–0 | Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan |
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SC Casablanca | 4–1 | JKT Queens |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ampem Darkoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to semi-finals |
2 | AS FAR | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | AS Mandé | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Huracanes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
AS FAR | 1–2 | Ampem Darkoa |
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AS Mandé | 3–0 | Ampem Darkoa |
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Ampem Darkoa | 3–1 | Huracanes |
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Semifinals | Final | |||||
November 15 – Korhogo | ||||||
Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | |||||
November 18 – Korhogo | ||||||
AS FAR | 0 | |||||
Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | |||||
November 15 – San Pédro | ||||||
SC Casablanca | 0 | |||||
Ampem Darkoa | 2 (2) | |||||
SC Casablanca (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
November 19 – Korhogo | ||||||
AS FAR | 2 | |||||
Ampem Darkoa | 0 |
Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | AS FAR |
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AS FAR | 2–0 | Ampem Darkoa |
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This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:
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The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.
Award | Player | Team |
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Best Player | Boitumelo Rabale | Mamelodi Sundowns |
Top Goal scorer | Refilwe Tholakele | |
Best Goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini | |
Fairplay team | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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