2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
City Benin City
Dates18–31 August
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Third place Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Fourth place Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ghana.svg Mary Amponsah (7goals)
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All statistics correct as of 31 August 2023.

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers was the third edition of the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 18 to 31 August 2023 in Benin City, Nigeria. [1] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Contents

Participating clubs

TeamAppearancesPrevious best performance
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan 1stn/a
Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly FC1stn/a
Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 2ndRunner up (2022)
Flag of Niger.svg AS Police (W) [2] 3rdGroupe stage (2021 and 2022)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées2ndFourth (2021)
Flag of Togo.svg AS OTR Lomé 2ndThird (2021)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 1stn/a

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Benin City Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 5 July 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. The seven teams were drawn into 2 group with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group AGroup B

Due to the withdrawal of the club AS Police from Niger for reasons mentioned in a letter sent to the management of UFOA-B. A new draw will be made Friday, August 18, 2023 at 10:00 am at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City. [3] [4]

Group AGroup B

Group stage

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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification DQ SNUSFA
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 220050+56 Semi-finals —2–0
2 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly201102−21—0–0
3 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées201103−310–3—
Source: [ citation needed ]
US Forces Armées Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City
Sam Nelly Flag of Benin.svg 0–0 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City
Delta Queens F.C. Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–0 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AD AA OTR
1 Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 220073+46 Semi-finals —4–2
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan 210133031–3—
3 Flag of Togo.svg AS OTR Lomé 200226−400–2—
Source: [ citation needed ]
Ampem Darkoa Flag of Ghana.svg 4–2 Flag of Togo.svg AS OTR Lomé
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

Knockout stage

 
 Semifinals Final
 
      
 
 28 August – Benin City
 
 
 Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 3
 
 31 August – Benin City
 
 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2
 
 Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 0
 
 28 August – Benin City
 
 Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 1
 
 Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 4
 
 
 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly 1
 
Third place
 
 
 31 August – Benin City
 
 
 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan 3
 
 
 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly 0

Semi-finals

Ampem Darkoa Flag of Ghana.svg 4–1 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

Third place match

Athlético FC d'Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–0 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City

Final

Goalscorers

There have been 31 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match (as of 31 August 2023).

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Ghana.svg Mary Amponsah Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 8
2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Mercy Omokwo Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 3
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Adjoua Edgwige Sandrine Niamien Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
4 Flag of Ghana.svg Tracey Twum Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Grewa Gnaly Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Flag of Ghana.svg Ophelia Amponsah Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa
7 Flag of Nigeria.svg Alaba Olabiyi Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C. 1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Chinaza Agoh Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Flag of Nigeria.svg Taiwo Afolabi Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifeoma Ifituzue Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Flag of Nigeria.svg Temilope Owoeye Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens F.C.
Flag of Togo.svg Chinwendu Ufomba Flag of Togo.svg AS OTR Lomé
Flag of Togo.svg Senyebia Tassa Flag of Togo.svg AS OTR Lomé
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Favour Kalu Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Melissa Behinan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Joy Sunday Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Flag of Benin.svg Valentine Cloto Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly

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