UNAF Women's Club Tournament
Founded2007
RegionNorth Africa (UNAF)
Number of teams4
Current championsMorocco SC Casablanca
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Algeria ASE Alger Centre
Morocco FC Berrechid
Tunisia ASF Sahel
Morocco ASFAR
Egypt Wadi Degla
Morocco SC Casablanca
(1 title each)
Websiteunaf-foot.com

The UNAF Women's Club Tournament (Arabic: دورة إتحاد شمال إفريقيا للأندية للسيدات) is an international club women's association football club competition run by the Union of North African Football Federations (UNAF). The top club sides from North Africa's football women's leagues are invited to participate in this competition.

History

The competition started in 2007 after decision of the UNAF committee. The three first editions were held successfully. The 2010 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, initially held from 12 to 18 July 2010 in Morocco[1] was postponed because of the withdrawal on first of Wadi Degla from Egypt which were replaced by the Moroccan team Raja CA. however ASE Alger Centre from Algeria declared to withdraw, so the organisation committee declared the tournament cancelled.[2] The 2011 UNAF Women's Club Tournament, initially held in May 2011[3] was cancelled also but because Tunisian Revolution, however, UNAF negotiated with a Tunisian champion AS Banque de l'Habitat to organize the competition in Aïn Draham from 23 June to 3 July but it was finally cancelled too.[4]

The tournament returned in 2021, with the winner qualifying to the CAF Women's Champions League.

Finals

Year Champions Score Runner-up Venue Attendance Ref.
2007
Details		 Morocco FC Berrechid n/a Algeria ASE Alger Centre Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Manouba Stadium, Tunis
2008
Details		 Algeria ASE Alger Centre n/a Tunisia CS ISSEPC Kef 20 August Stadium, Algiers
Ali Benfedda Stadium, Zéralda
2009
Details		 Tunisia ASF Sahel n/a Egypt Wadi Degla Suez
2010 Postponed Morocco —
2011 Cancelled because Tunisian Revolution Municipal Stadium, Aïn Draham —
2021
Details		 Morocco ASFAR n/a Algeria Afak Relizane Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane [5]
2022
Details		 Egypt Wadi Degla n/a Tunisia AS Banque de l'Habitat Adrar Stadium, Agadir [6]
2023
Details		 Morocco SC Casablanca n/a Algeria Afak Relizane Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria

 [7]

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Records and statistics

Performance by club

Num Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
1 Algeria ASE Alger Centre 1 1 2008 2007
Egypt Wadi Degla 2022 2009
2 Morocco FC Berrechid 1 0 2007
Tunisia ASF Sahel 2009
Morocco ASFAR 2021
Morocco SC Casablanca 2023
3 Algeria Afak Relizane 0 2 2021, 2023
4 Tunisia CS ISSEPC Kef 0 1 2008
Tunisia AS Banque de l'Habitat 2022

Performance by nation

Num Nation Winners Runners-up
1 Morocco Morocco 3 0
2 Algeria Algeria 1 3
3 Tunisia Tunisia 1 2
4 Egypt Egypt 1 1

Maghreb Women's Club Tournament

The tournament was a related annual competition held in Aïn Defla, Algeria from 2010 to 2012. Women's clubs from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia took part in these three editions. Afak Relizane won the tournament twice in 2010 and 2012 while ASE Alger Centre won once in 2011.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Le Tournoi de l'UNAF prévu du 12 au 18 juillet 2010". lematin.ma. 2 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Le Championnat d'Afrique du Nord n'aura pas lieu". libe.ma. Kamal Mountassir. 10 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "UNAF: vers une fusion Coupe des clubs". babnet.net. 20 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Coupe de l'UNAF (saison 2011-2012)". Tunis Afrique Presse. 6 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Mazouz, Salah Eddine (15 September 2021). "CAF: Morocco's AS FAR Competes In Inaugural Women's Champions League". Morocco World News. Archived from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Ali, Ahmad Gamal (2022-08-22). "Wadi Degla qualify for 2022 CAF Women's Champions League". KingFut. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  7. ↑ "Sporting Casablanca qualifies for CAF Women's Champions League". CAF. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  8. ↑ "Maghreb Champions' Cup (Women)". rsssf. Hans Schöggl. 21 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Afak Relizane remporte le tournoi maghrébin à Aïn Defla". L'Expression. R. S. 11 March 2010.
  10. ↑ "Football féminin : un tournoi maghrébin à Aïn Defla". El Watan. 24 February 2012.


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