2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers

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2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
City Dakar
Datesfrom 5 to 17 August
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako (women)
Runners-up Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Third place Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng F.C.
Fourth place Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Ram Kamara
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mali.svg Oumou Koné (3 goals)
2024
2026
All statistics correct as of 19 August 2025.

The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers is the 5th 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 will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 5 to 17 August 2025. [1] The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Contents

Participating teams

The following five teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

TeamQualifying methodAppearancesPrevious best performance
Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina 2024–25 Senegalese Women's Champions 2ndChampions (2024)
Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako2024–25 Malian Women's Champions 1stn/a
Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls FC 2024–25 Liberian Women's Champions 4thChampions (2022)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Ram Kamara2024–25 Sierra Leonean Women's Champions 1stn/a
Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC2024–25 GFF Women's League Division One Champions 1stn/a

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Dakar Diamniadio Olympic Stadium Annex

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the tournament.

Referees

Assistant referees

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
1 Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako 430171+69 Main tournament
2 Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina (H)430183+59
3 Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC 420265+16
4 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Ram Kamara 41121654
5 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls 40131871
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Aigles de la Médina Flag of Senegal.svg 0–2 Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako
Report
  • Koné Soccerball shade.svg68'
  • Keïta Soccerball shade.svg76'
Ram Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 0–0 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls
Report
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Isatou Touray (The Gambia)

USFAS Bamako Flag of Mali.svg 0–1 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Ram Kamara
Report Jumu Soccerball shade.svg34'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Fatoumata Sall Touré (Senegal)
Berewuleng FC Flag of The Gambia.svg 1–2 Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Report
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Aminata Fullah (Sierra Leone)

Ram Kamara Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 0–1 Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC
Report Jarju Soccerball shade.svg13'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Alima Diarra (Mali)
USFAS Bamako Flag of Mali.svg 3–0 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)

Determine Girls Flag of Liberia.svg 0–1 Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Diallo Soccerball shade.svg62'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Aminata Fullah (Sierra Leone)
Berewuleng FC Flag of The Gambia.svg 0–2 Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Love Wehyee (Liberia)

Determine Girls Flag of Liberia.svg 1–4 Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex 2, Dakar
Aigles de la Médina Flag of Senegal.svg 5–0 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Ram Kamara
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex 1, Dakar
Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 13 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 1.62 goals per match (as of 14 August 2025).

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Mali.svg Oumou Koné Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako 3
2 Flag of Mali.svg Safiatou Keïta Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako 2
3 Flag of Mali.svg Djouma Kamaté Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako 1
Flag of The Gambia.svg Sarah Jarju Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC
Flag of Mali.svg Maimouna Traoré Flag of Mali.svg USFAS Bamako
Flag of Senegal.svg Sadigatou Diallo Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Flag of Senegal.svg Ndèye Awa Casset Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Flag of Senegal.svg Aissatou Chris Ba Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
Flag of The Gambia.svg Mariama Cham Flag of The Gambia.svg Berewuleng FC

References

  1. "Ligue des Champions Féminine – Zone UFOA-A : le programme complet du tournoi qualificatif". cafonline.com (in French). Confederation of African Football. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.