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

Tourney Name:	CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Year:	2023
Dates:	18–31 August
Num Teams:	7
Associations:	7
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Country:	Nigeria
City:	Benin City
Champion Other:	Ampem Darkoa
Count:	1
Second Other:	Delta Queens F.C.
Third Other:	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Fourth Other:	Sam Nelly FC
Matches:	10
Goals:	31
Top Scorer:	Mary Amponsah (7goals)
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024
Updated:	31 August 2023

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers was the third edition of the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 18 to 31 August 2023 in Benin City, Nigeria.^[1] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
		n/a
Sam Nelly FC		n/a
Ampem Darkoa		Runner up (2022)
AS Police (W)^[2]		Groupe stage (2021 and 2022)
US Forces Armées		Fourth (2021)
		Third (2021)
		n/a

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 5 July 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. The seven teams were drawn into 2 group with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B
Sam Nelly Athlético FC d'Abidjan AS Police	US Forces Armées Ampem Darkoa Delta Queens F.C. AS OTR Lomé

Due to the withdrawal of the club AS Police from Niger for reasons mentioned in a letter sent to the management of UFOA-B. A new draw will be made Friday, August 18, 2023 at 10:00 am at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.^{[3] [4]}

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B
Sam Nelly US Forces Armées Delta Queens F.C.	Athlético FC d'Abidjan Ampem Darkoa AS OTR Lomé

Group stage

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.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1		Ampem Darkoa	8
2	Mercy Omokwo	Delta Queens F.C.	3
	Adjoua Edgwige Sandrine Niamien	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
4		Ampem Darkoa	2
	Grewa Gnaly	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
		Ampem Darkoa
7		Delta Queens F.C.	1
		Delta Queens F.C.
		Delta Queens F.C.
	Ifeoma Ifituzue	Delta Queens F.C.
	Temilope Owoeye	Delta Queens F.C.
		AS OTR Lomé
		AS OTR Lomé
	Favour Kalu	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
	Melissa Behinan	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
	Joy Sunday	Athlético FC d'Abidjan
	Valentine Cloto	Sam Nelly

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.
2. https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692442660710010891/photo/1
3. https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692442660710010891/photo/1
4. https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692510527166017801/photo/1