2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
Dates18–31 August
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsGhanaAmpem Darkoa (1st title)
Runners-upNigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Third placeIvory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Fourth placeBenin Sam Nelly FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Mary Amponsah (7goals)

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 Nigeria.[1] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan1stn/a
Benin Sam Nelly FC1stn/a
Ghana Ampem Darkoa2ndRunner up (2022)
Niger AS Police (W)[2]3rdGroupe stage (2021 and 2022)
Burkina Faso US Forces Armées2ndFourth (2021)
Togo Academie Amis du Monde2ndThird (2021)
Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.1stn/a

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Benin City Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

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.

Group A Group B

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]

Group A Group B

Qualifying Tournaments

Tiebreakers

Teams 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DQ SN USFA
1 Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Semi-finals — 2–0
2 Benin Sam Nelly 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 — 0–0
3 Burkina Faso US Forces Armées 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1 0–3 —
Source:
US Forces Armées Burkina Faso0–3Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.
  • Olabiyi 1'
  • Agoh 61'
  • Omokwo 78'
Sam Nelly Benin0–0Burkina Faso US Forces Armées
Delta Queens F.C. Nigeria2–0Benin Sam Nelly
  • Owoeye 34'
  • Ifituzue 54'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AD AA AAM
1 Ghana Ampem Darkoa 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Semi-finals — 4–2
2 Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–3 —
3 Togo Academie Amis du Monde 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0 0–2 —
Source:
Ampem Darkoa Ghana4–2Togo Academie Amis du Monde
  • Ufomba 18'
  • Tassa 90'
Athlético FC d'Abidjan Ivory Coast1–3Ghana Ampem Darkoa
Gnaly 83' Amponsah 1', 15', 28'

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 28 August –
 
 
Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 3
 
 31 August –
 
Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2
 
Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 0
 
 28 August –
 
 Ghana Ampem Darkoa 1
 
Ghana Ampem Darkoa 4
 
 
Benin Sam Nelly 1
 
Third place
 
 
 31 August –
 
 
Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan 3
 
 
Benin Sam Nelly 0

Semi-finals

Delta Queens F.C. Nigeria3–2 (a.e.t.)Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ampem Darkoa Ghana4–1Benin Sam Nelly
  • Cloto 55'

Third place match

Athlético FC d'Abidjan Ivory Coast3–0Benin Sam Nelly
  • Niamien 24'
  • Gnaly 27'
  • Kalu ?'

Final

Goalscorers

There have been 31 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match (as of 31 August 2023).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Ghana Mary Amponsah Ghana Ampem Darkoa 8
2 Nigeria Mercy Omokwo Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 3
Ivory CoastAdjoua Edgwige Sandrine Niamien Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
4 Ghana Tracey Twum Ghana Ampem Darkoa 2
Ivory CoastGrewa Gnaly Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ghana Ophelia Amponsah Ghana Ampem Darkoa
7 Nigeria Alaba Olabiyi Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 1
Nigeria Chinaza Agoh Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Nigeria Taiwo Afolabi Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Nigeria Ifeoma Ifituzue Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Nigeria Temilope Owoeye Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Togo Chinwendu Ufomba Togo Academie Amis du Monde
Togo Senyebia Tassa Togo Academie Amis du Monde
Ivory CoastFavour Kalu Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ivory CoastMelissa Behinan Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ivory CoastJoy Sunday Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
BeninValentine Cloto Benin Sam Nelly

References

  1. ↑ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 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
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