| Dates: | Qualifying
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| Num Teams: | Main tournament: 8 Total: 33 |
| Associations: | 33 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Country: | Egypt |
| City: | Cairo |
| Champion Other: | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Hasaacas Ladies |
| Third Other: | AS FAR |
| Fourth Other: | Malabo Kings |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 40 |
| Top Scorer: |  Evelyn Badu (5) |
| Player: | Evelyn Badu |
| Goalkeeper: | Andile Dlamini |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League, known as the 2021 TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League for sponsorship purposes,[1] was the inaugural edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by CAF. It was held in Cairo, Egypt from 5 to 19 November 2021.[2]
See main article: 2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification.
The qualification phases were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualification tournaments which began with those of UNAF for North Africa and West Africa's Zone A on 24 July 2021 and concluded on 8 September 2021. Qualification ended with the participating teams reduced to the final 8 which were made up of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the host nation's league-winning team and, for this edition only, an additional team from the sub-confederation of the incumbent Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Appearance |
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| Wadi Degla | 2021 Egyptian League champions[3] | 1st | |
| AS FAR[4] [5] | 1st | ||
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The draw for this edition of the tournament was held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 29 September 2021 at 17:00 CAT (15:00 UTC).[6] The eight confirmed teams were put into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Wadi Degla was allocated to position A1.[7]
This edition of the tournament was held in two venues in Cairo; the 30 June Stadium and the Al Salam Stadium.
| Cairo | |||
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| 30 June Stadium | Al Salam Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 28,500 | ||
The following sets of referees were chosen for the tournament;[8]
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The group stage kick-off times were in Central Africa Time (CAT) . Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated travel restrictions, the matches were played behind closed doors.
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See main article: 2021 CAF Women's Champions League Final.
Below is the list of the top 10 scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | 5 |
| 2 |  Stéphanie Gbogou | Malabo Kings | 3 |
 Sanaâ Mssoudy | AS FAR | ||
| 4 |  Noha El Solh | Wadi Degla | 2 |
| Fatumata Dukureh | Wadi Degla | ||
| Jasmin Theresa "Ayala" Zachwieja | Wadi Degla | ||
| Perpetual Agyekum | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
| Ghizlane Chebbak | AS FAR | ||
 Vivian Obianujuwan Ikechukwu | Rivers Angels | ||
| 10 |  Carol Carioca | Malabo Kings | 1 |
 Muriel Lynda Mendoua | Malabo Kings | ||
| Grâce Balongo | Malabo Kings | ||
| Doris Boaduwaa | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
| Faustina Nyame | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
| Veronica Appiah | Hasaacas Ladies | ||
 Jentrix Shikangwa | Vihiga Queens | ||
| Violet Wanyonyi | Vihiga Queens | ||
 Awa Traoré | Mandé | ||
| Bassira Touré | Mandé | ||
| Najat Badri | AS FAR | ||
| Fatima Tagnaout | AS FAR | ||
| Oluwadamilola Iyabo Koku | Rivers Angels | ||
| Gift Monday | Rivers Angels | ||
| Melinda Kgadiete | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Andisiwe Mgcoyi | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Chuene Morifi | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| Zanele Nhlapho | Mamelodi Sundowns |
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of the group stage:[9]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Asa Rabalao | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Bambanani Mbane | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Janet Egyir | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Zanele Nhlapho | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Perpetual Agyekum | Hasaacas Ladies | |
 Grâce Mfwamba | Malabo Kings | |
| Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Ghizlane Chhiri | AS FAR | |
| Fatima Tagnaout | AS FAR | |
| Sanaâ Mssoudy | AS FAR | |
| Jasmín Zachwieja | Wadi Degla |
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the group stage:
| Award | Player/Coach | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Player | Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Best Coach | Yusif Basigi | Hasaacas Ladies |
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of this edition of the tournament.[10]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Andile Dlamini | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Bambanani Mbane | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Janet Egyir | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Zanele Nhlapho | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
| Perpetual Agyekum | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Fatima Dahmos | AS FAR | |
| Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Ghizlane Chhiri | AS FAR | |
| Fatima Tagnaout | AS FAR | |
| Sanaâ Mssoudy | AS FAR | |
| Doris Boaduwaa | Hasaacas Ladies |
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.
| Award | Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Player | Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Top Goal scorer | Evelyn Badu | Hasaacas Ladies | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini | Mamelodi Sundowns |
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
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