2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

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2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesAlgeria (North Zone)
Sierra Leone (West A Zone)
Ivory Coast (West B Zone)
DR Congo (Central Zone)
Ethiopia (Central-East Zone)
Malawi (South Zone)
Dates1 –30 August 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored207 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 30 August 2024.

Qualification for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League began on 1 August and ended on 30 August 2024.

Contents

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which will be starting on the 1st of August 2024. Qualification will finish in September with the participating teams reduced to the final 8, consisting of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations, the tournament's defending champions, and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phases which had not been chosen yet. [1]

Teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase by winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. [2] A total of 36 (out of 54) countries have a participant club in this edition. [3]

Key to colours
Winners and advance to group stage
UNAF
TeamPart.
Flag of Algeria.svg CF Akbou (1st)
Flag of Egypt.svg Tutankhamun FC (1st)
Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR (4th)
Flag of Tunisia.svg ASF Sousse (2nd)
WAFU A
TeamPart.
Flag of The Gambia.svg Red Scorpion WFC (1st)
Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls (4th)
Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé (4th)
Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina (1st)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens (2nd)
WAFU B
TeamPart.
Flag of Benin.svg Ainonvi FC (1st)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg AO Etincelle (1st)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg FC Inter d'Abidjan (1st)
Flag of Ghana.svg Hasaacas Ladies (2nd)
Flag of Niger.svg AS GNN (1st)
Flag of Nigeria.svg Edo Queens (1st)
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg ASKO Kara (1st)
UNIFFAC
TeamPart.
Flag of Cameroon.svg Lekié FF (1st)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CSM Diables Noirs(1st)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe (3rd)
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Atlético Malabo (1st)
CECAFA
TeamPart.
Flag of Burundi.svg PVP Buyenzi (2nd)
Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club(3rd)
Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE (4th)
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Police Bullets (1st)
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sports(1st)
Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Joint Stars (4th)
Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens (3rd)
Flag of Uganda.svg Kawempe Muslim LFC (1st)
COSAFA
TeamPart.
Flag of Botswana.svg Gaborone United Ladies (2nd)
Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes (3rd)
Flag of Malawi.svg Ascent Academy(1st)
Flag of Mozambique.svg UD Lichinga(1st)
Flag of Namibia.svg Ongos SC (2nd)
Flag of South Africa.svg UWC Ladies (1st)
Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes (4th)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Herentals Queens (1st)

Associations that did not enter a team

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows

Schedule for 2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
ZoneDate
UNAF24–30 August 2024
WAFU A1–11 August 2024
WAFU B10–23 August 2024 [5]
UNIFFAC19–23 August 2024 [6]
CECAFA17–29 August 2024 [7]
COSAFA15–24 August 2024 [8]

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification FAR TUT CFA ASF
1 Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 3300100+109 Main tournament 1–0 4–0
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Tutankhamun 3201113+86 4–2
3 Flag of Algeria.svg CF Akbou (H)31026933 4–1
4 Flag of Tunisia.svg ASF Sousse 3003116150 0–5 0–7
Source: UNAF
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ADM MOQ DGF RSC ASM
1 Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina 421165+17 Main tournament 2–12–0
2 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mogbwemo Queens (H)413043+16 [lower-alpha 1] 2–20–00–0
3 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls 420276+16 [lower-alpha 1] 1–22–13–1
4 Flag of The Gambia.svg Red Scorpion 41122424 [lower-alpha 2]
5 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé 41123414 [lower-alpha 2] 2–00–1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mogbwemo Queens 3, Determine Girls 0.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Red Scorpion 3, AS Mandé 0.

WAFU Zone B

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AFC FCI ASK
1 Flag of Benin.svg Ainonvi FC 220042+26 Semi-finals 2–1
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg FC Inter d'Abidjan (H)210155031–2
3 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg ASKO Kara 200246203–4
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification EDO AOE HSC ASG
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Edo Queens 330090+99 Semi-finals 1–00–3
2 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg AO Etincelle 311162+441–6
3 Flag of Ghana.svg Hasaacas Ladies 311164+240–06–1
4 Flag of Niger.svg AS GNN 30032171500–5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Ainonvi FC   Flag of Benin.svg 1–0 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg   AO Etincelle
Edo Queens   Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg   FC Inter d'Abidjan
Third place
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
AO Etincelle   Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg   FC Inter d'Abidjan
Final
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Ainonvi FC   Flag of Benin.svg 0–3 Flag of Nigeria.svg   Edo Queens

UNIFFAC

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification TPM LFF ATM CDN
1 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe (H)3210121+117 Main tournament 1–1 7–0
2 Flag of Cameroon.svg Lekié FF 312061+55 0–0
3 Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Atlético Malabo 310231183 0–4 0–5
4 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CSM Diables Noirs301221081 2–3
Source: UNIFFAC
(H) Hosts

CECAFA

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CBE KPB YJS RYS
1 Flag of Ethiopia.svg CBE (H)330093+69 Semi-finals 3–2
2 Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Police Bullets 311122040–01–0
3 Flag of South Sudan.svg Yei Joint Stars 311125340–4
4 Flag of Rwanda.svg Rayon Sport30033630
Source: CECAFA
(H) Hosts
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SBQ KML PVP FAD
1 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba Queens 3210102+87 Semi-finals 3–05–0
2 Flag of Uganda.svg Kawempe Muslim Ladies 3201123+96
3 Flag of Burundi.svg PVP Buyenzi 302124220–20–0
4 Flag of Djibouti.svg FAD Club3012015151
Source: CECAFA

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
CBE   Flag of Ethiopia.svg 2–1 Flag of Uganda.svg   Kawempe Muslim Ladies
Simba Queens   Flag of Tanzania.svg 2–3 Flag of Kenya.svg   Kenya Police Bullets
Third place
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Kawempe Muslim Ladies   Flag of Uganda.svg 2–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg   Simba Queens
Final
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
CBE   Flag of Ethiopia.svg 1–0 Flag of Kenya.svg   Kenya Police Bullets

COSAFA

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification UWC HRQ FCO GRB
1 Flag of South Africa.svg UWC Ladies 320152+36 Semi-finals 0–1
2 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Herentals Queens 320153+261–23–1
3 Flag of Namibia.svg Ongos SC 31023743 [lower-alpha 1] 0–3
4 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 31022313 [lower-alpha 1] 0–11–2
Source: cosafa
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: FC Ongos 3, Green Buffaloes 0.
Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification GBU YBU UDLASA
1 Flag of Botswana.svg Gaborone United 312043+15 Semi-finals 1–10–0
2 Flag of Eswatini.svg Young Buffaloes 311163+344–01–2
3 Flag of Mozambique.svg União Desportiva de Lichinga311114341–0
4 Flag of Malawi.svg Ascent Soccer Academy (H)31024513
Source: COSAFA
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
UWC Ladies   Flag of South Africa.svg 6–0 Flag of Eswatini.svg  Young Buffaloes
Gaborone United   Flag of Botswana.svg 1–0 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg   Herentals Queens
Final
Team 1ScoreTeam 2
UWC Ladies   Flag of South Africa.svg 1–1 (9–8 p) Flag of Botswana.svg   Gaborone United

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