2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers explained

Tourney Name:CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Year:2024
Dates:10–23 August
Num Teams:7
Associations:7
Venues:2
Cities:2
Country:Ivory Coast
Matches:11
Goals:38
Top Scorer:Emem Peace Essien (5 goals)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Updated:20 August 2024

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers is the 4th 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 10 to 23 August 2023 in Ivory Coast.[1] [2] [3] [4] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.[5]

Participating clubs

TeamQualifying methodAppearances Previous best performance
2023–24 Ivory Coast Women's Championship Champions n/a
2023–24 Benin Women's Championship Champions n/a
2023–24 Ghana Women's Premier League Champions Champions (2021)
2023–24 Niger Women's Championship Champions n/a
2023–24 Burkinabé Women's Championship Champions n/a
ASKO de Kara Féminines 2023–24 Togolese Women's Championship Champions n/a
2023–24 NWFL Premiership Champions n/a

Venues

BouakéYamoussoukro
Stade de la PaixCharles Konan Banny Stadium
Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 20,000

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt.[6] The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[7]

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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

Final

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Emem Peace Essien Edo Queens5
2Esperance Cousso Agbo FC Inter d'Abidjan3
3Faridatou Ligali Ainonvi FC2
Deborah Guira
Suliat Abideen Edo Queens
ASKO de Kara
Rahina Moussa Hassane AS GNN
Comfort Owusu
Yasminath Djribil
Blessing Ilivieda Edo Queens
10Mama Junior Fofana FC Inter d'Abidjan1
Melissa Sandrine Behinan FC Inter d'Abidjan
A Dossi Germaine Honfo
Esther Chioma Moses Edo Queens
Joy Jerry Edo Queens
ASKO de Kara
Tatiana KayabaASKO de Kara
Sawadogo Aicha
Grace Animah

Notes and References

  1. https://sosports.tg/ldcfufoa-b-la-date-des-eliminatoires-et-le-pays-hote-officialises/ ldcfufoa-b-la-date-des-eliminatoires-et-le-pays-hote-officialises
  2. Web site: 24 July 2024. 2024 CAF Women's Champions League: Results of the Zonal Qualifiers Draw. CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2024. 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729110721/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/2024-caf-womens-champions-league-results-of-the-zonal-qualifiers-draw/ . live.
  3. https://sportnewsafrica.com/breve/ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue/ ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue
  4. https://www.sport-ivoire.ci/football-caf-ldc/f%C3%A9minine-ufoa-b-2024-krah-kouabenan%C2%A0-%C2%AB%C2%A0nous-serons-%C3%A0-la-comp%C3%A9tition-pour-porter Féminine : UFOA-B 2024 : Krah Kouabenan : « Nous serons à la compétition pour porter plus haut l'image de notre pays »
  5. Web site: 9 August 2024. Women's Champions League: Everything you need to know about the WAFU B Qualifiers . CAFOnline.com. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240809203428/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/womens-champions-league-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-wafu-b-qualifiers/ . live.
  6. Web site: 24 July 2024. RE-WATCH: CAF Women’s Champions League 2024 Qualifiers Draw. . 2 August 2024. 2 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240802182640/https://www.cafonline.com/caf-womens-champions-league/news/re-watch-caf-women-s-champions-league-2024-qualifiers-draw/ . live.
  7. Web site: 24 July 2024. UFOA-B l Élim CAF-LDC (F) : Le groupe A pour Asko, tableau complet. megasports.tg . 4 August 2024 . fr . 4 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240804165842/https://megasports.tg/ufoa-b-l-elim-caf-ldc-f-le-groupe-a-pour-asko-tableau-complet/ . live.