2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesMorocco (North Zone)
Cape Verde (West A Zone)
Ivory Coast (West B Zone)
Equatorial Guinea (Central Zone)
Kenya (Central-East Zone)
South Africa (South Zone)
Dates24 July – 25 August
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored213 (3.94 per match)

Qualification for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League began on 24 July 2021 within UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and concluded on 4 September 2021 within COSAFA for Southern Africa.

Qualification was situated within the 6 CAF sub-confederations. At the end of qualification, the qualified teams were reduced to the final 8 who would then proceed to the group stages of this edition of the tournament, which took place across two stadiums in Cairo, Egypt from 5 to 19 November 2021.[1] These teams were composed of one winning team from each of the qualification competitions of the CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the host nation's league-winning team and, for this edition only, an additional team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.

Teams

All participating teams qualified for their sub-regional qualification competitions via winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 33 (out of 54) countries had at least one team which participated in this first qualification edition.

Qualified teams for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase
Zones Teams
UNAF Algeria Afak Relizane (1st) Egypt Wadi DeglaHNT (1st) Morocco AS FAR (1st) Tunisia AS Banque de l'Habitat (1st)
WAFU A Cape Verde Seven Stars (1st) Liberia Determine Girls (1st) Mali AS Mandé (1st) Senegal Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st)
B Burkina Faso US Forces Armées (1st) Ivory Coast Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (1st) Ghana Hasaacas Ladies (1st) Niger AS Police (1st)
Nigeria Rivers Angels (1st) Togo Amis du Monde (1st)
UNIFFAC Cameroon Louves Minproff (1st) Democratic Republic of the Congo FCF Amani (1st) Equatorial Guinea Malabo Kings (1st) Gabon Missile FC (1st)
CECAFA Burundi PVP Buyenzi (1st) Djibouti FAD Club (1st) Ethiopia CBE (1st) Kenya Vihiga Queens (1st)
South Sudan Yei Join Star (1st) Tanzania Simba Queens (1st) Uganda Lady Doves (1st) Zanzibar New Generation FC (1st)
COSAFA Botswana Double Action Ladies (1st) Eswatini Manzini Wonderers (1st) Lesotho LDF LFC (1st) Namibia Tura Magic (1st)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (1st) Zambia Green Buffaloes (1st) Zimbabwe Black Rhinos Queens (1st)

Associations which entered no team:

Qualification

Each CAF sub-confederation held a qualifying tournament, starting with UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and ending with final for COSAFA's competition. The winners of these tournaments advanced to the group stages of the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League where they were joined by the host nation's league champions and another team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.[2]

UNAF

The draw for this edition of qualification was held on 7 July 2021[3] with the competition itself running from 24 to 30 July in Berkane, Morocco[4] and was won by the host nation's representative, AS FAR.[5][6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR AFR ASB
1 Morocco AS FAR (H) 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13 6 Group stage — 4–1
2 Algeria Afak Relizane 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 — 3–1
3 Tunisia AS Banque de l'Habitat 2 0 0 2 1 13 −12 0 0–10 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

The tournament took place in Mindelo, Cape Verde from 24 to 30 July[7] with AS Mandé emerging as its representative after defeating AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur in the final.[8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASM ASD DGF SST
1 Mali AS Mandé 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Group stage — 4–0 4–0
2 Senegal AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur 3 2 0 1 4 6 −2 6 — 2–1
3 Liberia Determine Girls FC 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 1–2 —
4 Cape Verde Seven Stars (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1 2–2 0–2 —
Source: Zone Oest/West A (Table uncompiled from source)
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone B

The tournament took place in Marcory, Ivory Coast from 24 July to 5 August 2021[9] with Hasaacas Ladies emerging as its representavie after beating Rivers Angels 3–1 in the final.[10]

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USF AAM OSG
1 Burkina Faso US Forces Armées 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Semi-finals — 2–1
2 Togo Académie Amis du Monde FC 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 — 2–2
3 Ivory Coast Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (H) 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 0–1 —
Source:
(H) Hosts
Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RIV HAL ASP
1 Nigeria Rivers Angels F.C. 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Semi-finals — 2–0
2 Ghana Hasaacas Ladies F.C. 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 — 3–0
3 Niger AS Police 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0 0–5 —
Source:

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
US Forces Armées Burkina Faso 0–2 Ghana Hasaacas Ladies
Rivers Angels Nigeria 5–1 Togo Académie Amis du Monde FC
Third place match
Team 1  Score  Team 2
US Forces Armées Burkina Faso 0–2 Togo Académie Amis du Monde FC
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Hasaacas Ladies Ghana 3–1 Nigeria Rivers Angels

UNIFFAC

The qualification tournament for UNIFFAC teams was held from 1 to 29 August 2021.[11] with Malabo Kings emerged as the UNNIFAC representative after beating FCF Amani 5–1 in the final.[12]

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Louves Minproff Cameroon 0–4 Equatorial Guinea Malabo Kings 0–3 0–1
FCF Amani Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–2 Gabon Missile FC 0–1 3–1

Final

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Malabo Kings Equatorial Guinea 5–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo FCF Amani 4–1 1–0

CECAFA

The draw for the qualification tournament for CECAFA teams (branded as the CECAFA Women's Champions League) was held on 8 July 2021[3][13] with the competition itself running from 28 August to 9 September in Nairobi, Kenya.[14][15] The host nation's team, Vihiga Queens emerged as the CECAFA representavie after beating Commercial Bank of Ehiopia (CBE) FC 2–1 in the final.[16]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIM LDW PVP FAD
1 Tanzania Simba Queens 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Knockout stage — 10–0
2 Uganda Lady Doves WFC 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7 0–0 — 3–0 5–0
3 Burundi PVP Buyenzi 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3 1–4 — 2–1
4 Djibouti FAD Club 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0 —
Source:
Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CBE VIQ YJS NGE
1 Ethiopia CBE FC 3 3 0 0 24 3 +21 9 Knockout stage — 4–2 10–0 10–1
2 Kenya Vihiga Queens (H) 3 2 0 1 21 4 +17 6 —
3 South Sudan Yei Join Stars FC 3 1 0 2 2 22 −20 3 0–11 — 2–1
4 Zanzibar New Generation FC 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0 0–8 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Simba Queens Tanzania 1–2 Kenya Vihiga Queens
CBE FC Ethiopia 1–1 (5–3 p) Uganda Lady Doves WFC
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vihiga Queens Kenya 2–1 Ethiopia CBE FC

COSAFA

COSAFA organized a qualification tournament for its countries known as the COSAFA Women's Champions League to qualify its winners there, whose was held on 29 July 2021[17][18] with the competition itself taking place at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa from 26 to 31 August 2021. Eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two in each group advancing to the knock-out phase (semi-finals).[19][20][21] Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies emerged as the COSAFA representative after beating Black Rhinos Queens 3–0 in the final.[22]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MSL DAL MW LDF
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (H) 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Knockout phase — 6–0 6–1 6–0
2 Botswana Double Action Ladies 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6 — 3–0
3 Eswatini Manzini Wanderers LFC 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1 —
4 Lesotho Lesotho Defense Force 3 0 1 2 1 13 −12 1 0–6 1–1 —
Source: Match Line-up sourcing
(H) Hosts
Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRQ GBL TML
1 Zimbabwe Black Rhinos Queens FC 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Knockout phase —
2 Zambia Green Buffaloes 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 0–2 — 1–0
3 Namibia Tura Magic Ladies FC 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 0–3 —

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Black Rhinos Queens Zimbabwe 2–0 Botswana Double Action Ladies
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies South Africa 1–0 Zambia Green Buffaloes
Final
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Black Rhinos Queens Zimbabwe 0–3 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

References

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