2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	Egypt (North Zone); Liberia (West A Zone); Nigeria (West B Zone); Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone); Uganda (Central-East Zone); South Africa (South Zone)
Dates	5 August – 14 September 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
Goals scored	198 (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.

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
Zones		Teams
UNAF		Afak Relizane (3rd)	Wadi Degla (3rd)	SC Casablanca (1st)	ASF Sousse (1st)

WAFU	A	Determine Girls (3rd)	AS Mandé (3rd)	AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st)	Mogbwemo Queens (1st)
	B	US Forces Armées (3rd)	Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (2nd)	Ampem Darkoa (2nd)	AS Police (2nd)
	B	Delta Queens (1st)	Academie Amis du Monde (2nd)	Sam Nelly (1st)

UNIFFAC		AS Awa (2nd) (withdrew)	AS Epah-Ngamba (1st)	Huracanes (1st)	TP Mazembe (2nd)

CECAFA		Buja Queens (1st)	FAD Club (2nd)	CBE (3rd)	Vihiga Queens (2nd)
		AS Kigali (2nd)	Yei Joint Stars (3rd)	JKT Queens (2nd)	Kampala Queens (1st)
		New Generation FC (2nd)

COSAFA		Double Action Ladies (3rd)	Young Buffaloes (2nd)	Olympic de Moroni (2nd)	CD Costa do Sol (2nd)
COSAFA		Mamelodi Sundowns (3rd)	Green Buffaloes (3rd)	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies (2nd)	Ntopwa FC (1st)

Associations which did not enter a team

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCC	AFR	WDG	ASFS
1	SC Casablanca	3	3	0	13	5	+8	9	Main tournament	—	4–3	6–1
2	Afak Relizane	3	2	1	12	5	+7	6			—
3	Wadi Degla (H)	3	1	2	7	13	−6	3			1–4	—
4	ASF Sousse	3	0	3	4	13	−9	0		1–3	0–5	3–5	—

Source: unafonline.org
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ASM	ASD	DGF	MQFC
1	AS Mandé	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Main tournament	—
2	AS Dakar	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5		1–1	—	1–1	1–0
3	Determine Girls FC	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4		0–3		—	2–1
4	Mogbwemo Queens	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1		0–0			—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

WAFU Zone B

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DQ	SN	USFA
1	Delta Queens F.C.	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Semi-finals	—	2–0
2	Sam Nelly	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Semi-finals		—	0–0
3	US Forces Armées	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1		0–3		—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AD	AA	OTR
1	Ampem Darkoa	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6	Semi-finals	—		4–2
2	Athlético FC d'Abidjan	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Semi-finals	1–3	—
3	AS OTR Lomé	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0			0–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Delta Queens	3–2	Athlético d'Abidjan
Ampem Darkoa	4–1	Sam Nelly

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Athlético d'Abidjan	3–0	Sam Nelly

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Delta Queens	0–1	Ampem Darkoa

UNIFFAC

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HFC	TPM	ASEN	ASA
1	Huracanes	2	2	0	8	3	+5	6	Main tournament	—	3–2	5–1
2	TP Mazembe	2	1	1	4	3	+1	3			—	2–0
3	AS Epah-Ngamba	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0				—
4	AS Awa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew				—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

CECAFA

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CBE	4	3	1	0	15	2	+13	10	Semi-finals
2	Buja Queens	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Semi-finals
3	Kampala Queens	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7
4	Yei Joint Stars	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3
5	FAD Club	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JKT Queens	3	3	0	4	1	+3	9	Semi-finals
2	Vihiga Queens FC	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Semi-finals
3	AS Kigali WFC	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	New Generation FC	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
JKT Queens	3–1	Buja Queens
CBE	2–1	Vihiga Queens F.C.

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Buja Queens	1–0	Vihiga Queens F.C.

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CBE	0–0 (4–5 p)	JKT Queens

COSAFA

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Double Action Ladies	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Green Buffaloes	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Semi-finals
3	Lesotho Defence Force Ladies	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Ntopwa FC	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: Group standings section in-page

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Semi-finals
2	CD Costa do Sol	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6	Semi-finals
3	Young Buffaloes	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
4	Olympic de Moroni	3	0	1	2	4	13	−9	1

Source: Group standings section in-page

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Double Action Ladies	2–0	CD Costa do Sol
Mamelodi Sundowns	3–1	Green Buffaloes

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CD Costa do Sol	2–1	Green Buffaloes

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Double Action Ladies	0–2	Mamelodi Sundowns

References

^ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ "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.

External links

2023 CAF Women's Champions League – CAFOnline.com

[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.

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