2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification explained

Tourney Name:2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Country:Egypt (North Zone)
Country2:Liberia (West A Zone)
Country3:Nigeria (West B Zone)
Country4:Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone)
Country6:South Africa (South Zone)
Dates:5 August – 14 September 2023
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason: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]

Zones! colspan=4
Teams
UNAF
WAFU
US Forces Armées AS Police
Sam Nelly
UNIFFAC AS Awa (withdrew) AS Epah-Ngamba
CECAFA Buja Queens FAD Club
Kampala Queens
New Generation FC
COSAFA Young Buffaloes Olympic de Moroni CD Costa do Sol
Lesotho Defence Force Ladies Ntopwa FC

Associations which did not enter a team

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers.

WAFU Zone A

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers.

WAFU Zone B

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

UNIFFAC

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers.

CECAFA

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

COSAFA

See main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers.

Group stage

Group B

Knockout stage

Final

External links

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. 5 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 18 July 2023. All 37 Clubs of CAF Women’s Champions League, Cote D’Ivoire 2023 fully compliant with CLOP. CAFOnline.com. 18 July 2023.