2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryLiberia
City Paynesville
Dates5-13 August
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar
Third place Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC
Fourth place Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored11 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mali.svg Oumou Kone (3 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 12 August 2023.

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers was the 3rd edition of CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers tournament organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 5 to 13 August 2023 in Paynesville, Liberia. [1] The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Contents

Participating teams

The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

TeamQualifying methodAppearancesPrevious best performance
Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC 2022–23 Liberian Women's Champions 3rdChampions 2022
Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 2022–23 Malian Women's Champions 3rdChampions 2021
Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar 2022–23 Senegalese Women's Champions 1stn/a
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens 2022–23 Sierra Leonean Women's Champions 1stn/a

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Paynesville Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex 22,000

Match officials

Qualifying tournament

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ASM ASD DGF MQFC
1 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 312041+35 Main tournament —
2 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar 312032+151–1—1–11–0
3 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC 311135−240–3—2–1
4 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens 301213−210–0—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Determine Girls FC Flag of Liberia.svg 0–3 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé
  • Traoré Soccerball shade.svg47'
  • Kone Soccerball shade.svg60', 73'
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
AS Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg 1–0 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
Mogbwemo Queens Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 0–0 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
AS Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg 1–1 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC
K.Fall Soccerball shade.svg76' M. Camara Soccerball shade.svg40'
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
Determine Girls FC Flag of Liberia.svg 2–1 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia
Referee: Aissata Diarra (Mali)
AS Dakar Flag of Senegal.svg 1–1 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé
Fall Soccerball shade.svg60' Kone Soccerball shade.svg51'
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 11 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.83 goals per match (as of 12 August 2023).

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Mali.svg Oumou Kone Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 3
2 Flag of Liberia.svg Mabinty Camara Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC2
Flag of Senegal.svg Korka Fall Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar
4 Flag of Mali.svg Maimouna Traoré Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 1
Flag of Senegal.svg Coumba Sylla Mbodji Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar
Flag of Liberia.svg Elizabeth Tamba Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Wuyah Sao Mohai Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens

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  1. ↑ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com . 5 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
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