CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A

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WAFU A Women's Champions League
Organising body WAFU
Founded2021
Region West Africa
Number of teams5
Current champions Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Flag of Mali.svg AS Mandé (women) (2 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 edition

The CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A, is an annual qualification tournament for the CAF Women's Champions League organized by WAFU for its WAFU A member nations.

Contents

History

In 2020, CAF announced the launch of the CAF Women's Champions League with each of the six sub confederations to hold qualifiers with the winners to represent them at the main tournament. [1]

Results

SeasonChampionsScoreRunners-UpRef.
2021 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mande
2–1
Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar
2022 Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls Flag of Mali.svg AS Mande [2]
2023 Flag of Mali.svg AS Mande
1–1
Flag of Senegal.svg AS Dakar [3]
2024 Flag of Senegal.svg Aigles de la Médina
2–1
Flag of Liberia.svg Determine Girls [4]

Records and statistics

Best player


Top goal scorers

Best goalkeeper

Fair play


Performance by nation

NationWinnersRunners-up3rd Places4th placesWinnerRunners-up3rd Place4th place
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2100
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1210
  • USPA(1)
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 103
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 0001
  • Seven Stars (1)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 0001
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0001

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References

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