2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification explained

Tourney Name:2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Country:Morocco (North Zone)
Country2:Liberia (West A Zone)
Country3:Ivory Coast (West B Zone)
Country4:Cameroon (Central Zone)
Country6:South Africa (South Zone)
Dates:7 August – 15 September 2022
Prevseason:2021
Nextseason:2023

Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League began on 7 August and concluded on 15 September 2022.

Qualification began COSAFA for Southern Africa and the CECAFA for mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa on 7 August 2022 and concluded on 16 September 2022. After qualification, 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 tournament's defending champions and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phase which took place in Morocco.

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 33 (out of 54) countries had a participant club in this edition.

Zones! colspan=4
Teams
UNAF AS FAR
WAFU USPA
US Forces Armées AS Police
Bayelsa Queens Athleta Espoir
UNIFFAC CECUS FC
AC Colombe
CECAFA Fofila GRFC
Yei Join Star She Corporate Warrior Queens
COSAFA Young Buffaloes Olympic de Moroni CD Costa do Sol
Associations which did not enter a team

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers.

Qualification from this region took place in Agadir, Morocco from 14 to 20 August 2022.

WAFU Zone A

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers.

Qualification from this region took place in Paynesville, Liberia.

WAFU Zone B

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers. Seven clubs competed for this year's qualification tournament which was held in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, from 20 August to 2 September 2022.[1] having been originally scheduled for hosting in Abidjan.[2]

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

UNIFFAC

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers.

Qualification from this region was originally to be held from 20 August to 4 September 2022 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with two-legged ties for the semi-finals.[3] Due to the lack of guarantee from the Cameroonian government,[4] Equatorial Guinea was announced as the new host on 24 August which ran from 10 to 26 September 2022, disqualifying Cameroonian club, AS Awa, in the process.[5]

Final

CECAFA

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers.

Qualification from this region was held from 14 to 27 August in Dar es salaam, Tanzania,[6] having initially been scheduled from 28 July to 10 August 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania.[7]

Group stage

Group A

Knockout stage

Final

COSAFA

See main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers.

Qualification from this region (branded as the COSAFA Women's Champions League) was held in South Africa from 7 to 14 August 2022. Six qualified teams were divided into two groups of three with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 July 2022. CAF Women's Champions League: WAFU B confirms new date and venue for qualifiers. KickOff Ghana. 4 September 2022.
  2. Web site: 1 August 2022. CAF/UFOA B - Ligue des Champions Feminine - Sept clubs se disputent la succession de Hasaacas Ladies FC du Ghana. CAF/UFOA B - Women's Champions League - Seven clubs are vying for the succession of Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana. WAFU-UFOA B Website. 10 August 2022. fr-FR.
  3. Web site: 15 July 2022. Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF 2e édition : Le FCF TP Mazembe disputera sa qualification à Yaoundé. CAF Women's Champions League 2nd edition: FCF TP Mazembe will play its qualification in Yaoundé. PyramidActu. 30 July 2022. fr-FR.
  4. Web site: Nsangou. Ayouba. 21 August 2022. Ligue des Champions (F) UNIFFAC, As AWA perd une occasion. Champions League (F) – UNIFFAC: As AWA loses an opportunity. Afrik Sports Magazine. 14 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Nsangou. Ayouba. 24 August 2022. Ligue Des Champions (F) – UNIFFAC : La Guinée Équatoriale Accueille Le Tournoi Zonal. Champions League (F) – UNIFFAC: Equatorial Guinea hosts the zonal tournament. Afrik Sport Magazine. 14 September 2022. fr-FR.
  6. Web site: 19 July 2022. CECAFA Women's Champions League moves to Dar es Salaam. CECAFA. 14 September 2022.
  7. Web site: 6 July 2022. Eight teams for CECAFA Women's Champions League 2022 in Tanzania. Sport News Africa. 14 September 2022.