2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesEgypt (North Zone)
Liberia (West A Zone)
Nigeria (West B Zone)
Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone)
Uganda (Central-East Zone)
South Africa (South Zone)
Dates5 August – 14 September 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored198 (3.25 per match)
2022
2024

Qualification for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League began on 5 August and concluded on 14 September 2023.

Contents

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which commenced on 12 August within COSAFA for Southern Africa and the CECAFA for mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa. Qualification ended on 14 September with the participating teams reduced to the final 8 which consisted of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the tournament's defending champions and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phases currently being held in Ivory Coast. [1]

Participating teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase via winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 37 (out of 54) countries have a participant club in this edition. [2]

Qualified teams for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase
ZonesTeams
UNAF Flag of Algeria.svg Afak Relizane (3rd) Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla (3rd) Flag of Morocco.svg SC Casablanca (1st) Flag of Tunisia.svg ASF Sousse (1st)
WAFU A Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls (3rd) Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé (3rd) Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st) Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens (1st)
B Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées (3rd) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (2nd) Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa (2nd) Flag of Niger.svg AS Police (2nd)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Delta Queens (1st) Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Academie Amis du Monde (2nd) Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly (1st)
UNIFFAC Flag of Cameroon.svg AS Awa (2nd)(withdrew) Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AS Epah-Ngamba (1st) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Huracanes (1st) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe (2nd)
CECAFA Flag of Burundi.svg Buja Queens (1st) Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club (2nd) Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE (3rd) Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens (2nd)
Flag of Rwanda.svg AS Kigali (2nd) Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Joint Stars (3rd) Flag of Tanzania.svg JKT Queens (2nd) Flag of Uganda.svg Kampala Queens (1st)
Flag of Zanzibar.svg New Generation FC (2nd)
COSAFA Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies (3rd) Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes (2nd) Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni (2nd) Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol (2nd)
Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns (3rd) Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes (3rd) Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies (2nd) Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC (1st)

Associations which did not enter a team

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SCC AFR WDG ASFS
1 Flag of Morocco.svg SC Casablanca 3300135+89 Main tournament 4–36–1
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Afak Relizane 3201125+76
3 Flag of Egypt.svg Wadi Degla (H)3102713631–4
4 Flag of Tunisia.svg ASF Sousse 3003413901–30–53–5
Source: unafonline.org
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ASM ASD DGF MQFC
1 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 312041+35 Main tournament
2 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar 312032+151–11–11–0
3 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC 311135240–32–1
4 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens 301213210–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

WAFU Zone B

Group stage

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 Nelly201102210–0
3 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg US Forces Armées201103310–3
Source: [ citation needed ]
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 (3-2).svg AS OTR Lomé 200226400–2
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
Delta Queens Flag of Nigeria.svg 3–2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Athlético d'Abidjan
Ampem Darkoa Flag of Ghana.svg 4–1 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly
Third place
Team 1 Score Team 2
Athlético d'Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–0 Flag of Benin.svg Sam Nelly
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
Delta Queens Flag of Nigeria.svg 0–1 Flag of Ghana.svg Ampem Darkoa

UNIFFAC

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification HFC TPM ASEN ASA
1 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Huracanes 220083+56 Main tournament 3–25–1
2 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 210143+132–0
3 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AS Epah-Ngamba20021760
4 Flag of Cameroon.svg AS Awa 00000000Withdrew
Source: [ citation needed ]

CECAFA

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE 4310152+1310 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Burundi.svg Buja Queens430164+29
3 Flag of Uganda.svg Kampala Queens4211114+77
4 Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Joint Stars 41032863
5 Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club4004218160
Source: [ citation needed ]
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Tanzania.svg JKT Queens 330041+39 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens FC 320142+26
3 Flag of Rwanda.svg AS Kigali WFC 31023303
4 Flag of Zanzibar.svg New Generation FC30031650
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
JKT Queens Flag of Tanzania.svg 3–1 Flag of Burundi.svg Buja Queens
CBE Flag of Ethiopia.svg 2–1 Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens F.C.
Third place
Team 1 Score Team 2
Buja Queens Flag of Burundi.svg 1–0 Flag of Kenya.svg Vihiga Queens F.C.
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
CBE Flag of Ethiopia.svg 0–0 (4–5 p) Flag of Tanzania.svg JKT Queens

COSAFA

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Botswana.svg Double Action Ladies 321061+57 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 321042+27
3 Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Defence Force Ladies30122421
4 Flag of Malawi.svg Ntopwa FC30121651
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 3300160+169 Semi-finals
2 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol32014626
3 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes 30124951
4 Flag of the Comoros.svg Olympic de Moroni301241391

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1 Score Team 2
Double Action Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 2–0 Flag of Mozambique.svg CD Costa do Sol
Mamelodi Sundowns Flag of South Africa.svg 3–1 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Third place
Team 1 Score Team 2
CD Costa do Sol Flag of Mozambique.svg 2–1 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes
Final
Team 1 Score Team 2
Double Action Ladies Flag of Botswana.svg 0–2 Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns

References

  1. "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com . 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. "All 37 Clubs of CAF Women's Champions League, Cote D'Ivoire 2023 fully compliant with CLOP". CAFOnline.com . 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.