2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers explained

Tourney Name:	CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers
Year:	2023
Dates:	5-13 August
Num Teams:	4
Associations:	4
Country:	Liberia
City:	Paynesville
Count:	2
Second Other:	AS Dakar
Third Other:	Determine Girls FC
Fourth Other:	Mogbwemo Queens
Matches:	6
Goals:	11
Top Scorer:	Oumou Kone (3 goals)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	12 August 2023

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers was the 3rd 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 was held from 5 to 13 August 2023 in Paynesville, Liberia.^[1] The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating teams

The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team	Qualifying method	Appearances	Previous best performance
			Champions 2022
			Champions 2021
			n/a
			n/a

Qualifying tournament

TiebreakersTeams 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.

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Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Oumou Kone	AS Mandé	3
2	Mabinty Camara	Determine Girls FC	2
	Korka Fall
4	Maimouna Traoré	AS Mandé	1
		AS Dakar
	Elizabeth Tamba	Determine Girls FC
		Mogbwemo Queens

External links

• 2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers – cafonline.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 July 2023. CAF Women’s Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition. CAFOnline.com. 3 July 2023.