2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	Algeria (North Zone); Sierra Leone (West A Zone); Ivory Coast (West B Zone); DR Congo (Central Zone); Ethiopia (Central-East Zone); Malawi (South Zone)
Dates	1 –30 August 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	207 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandrine Niyonkuru; (5 goals- North Zone); Bountou Sylla; (4 goals - West A Zone); Emem Peace Essien; (6 goals - West B Zone); Esther Dikisha; (4 goals - Central Zone); Sinaf Wakuma; (6 goals - Central-East Zone); Siphilisiwe Ndlovu; Bongeka Gamede; (3 goals each - South Zone);
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 30 August 2024.

Qualification for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League began on 1 August and ended on 30 August 2024.

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which will be starting on the 1st of August 2024. Qualification will finish in September with the participating teams reduced to the final 8, consisting of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations, the tournament's defending champions, and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phases which had not been chosen yet.^[1]

Teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase by winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF.^[2] A total of 36 (out of 54) countries have a participant club in this edition.^[3]

Key to colours
Winners and advance to group stage

UNAF
Team	Part.
CF Akbou	(1st)
Tutankhamun FC	(1st)
AS FAR	(4th)
ASF Sousse	(2nd)

WAFU A
Team	Part.
Red Scorpion WFC	(1st)
Determine Girls	(4th)
AS Mandé	(4th)
Aigles de la Médina	(1st)
Mogbwemo Queens	(2nd)

WAFU B
Team	Part.
Ainonvi FC	(1st)
AO Etincelle	(1st)
FC Inter d'Abidjan	(1st)
Hasaacas Ladies	(2nd)
AS GNN	(1st)
Edo Queens	(1st)
ASKO Kara	(1st)

UNIFFAC
Team	Part.
Lekié FF	(1st)
CSM Diables Noirs	(1st)
TP Mazembe	(3rd)
Atlético Malabo	(1st)

CECAFA
Team	Part.
PVP Buyenzi	(2nd)
FAD Club	(3rd)
CBE	(4th)
Kenya Police Bullets	(1st)
Rayon Sports	(1st)
Yei Joint Stars	(4th)
Simba Queens	(3rd)
Kawempe Muslim LFC	(1st)

COSAFA
Team	Part.
Gaborone United Ladies	(2nd)
Young Buffaloes	(3rd)
Ascent Academy	(1st)
UD Lichinga	(1st)
Ongos SC	(2nd)
UWC Ladies	(1st)
Green Buffaloes	(4th)
Herentals Queens	(1st)

Associations that did not enter a team

Angola
Central African Republic
Cape Verde
Chad
Comoros
Eritrea
Gabon
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Libya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mauritius
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Zanzibar (Warriors Queens withdrawn)^[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows

Schedule for 2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Zone	Date
UNAF	24–30 August 2024
WAFU A	1–11 August 2024
WAFU B	10–23 August 2024^[5]
UNIFFAC	19–23 August 2024^[6]
CECAFA	17–29 August 2024^[7]
COSAFA	15–24 August 2024^[8]

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS FAR	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Main tournament^[a]
2	Tutankhamun	3	2	1	11	3	+8	6	Main tournament^[a]
3	CF Akbou (H)	3	1	2	6	9	−3	3
4	ASF Sousse	3	0	3	1	16	−15	0

Source: UNAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ FC Masar, who were known as Tutankhamun during the qualifiers, qualified to the finals on 15 October 2024, as the qualifiers winners AS FAR also won the Moroccan Women's Championship and automatically qualified as hosts.^[9]

WAFU Zone A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ADM	MOQ	DGF	RSC	ASM
1	Aigles de la Médina	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Main tournament			2–1	2–0
2	Mogbwemo Queens (H)	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6^[a]		2–2			0–0	0–0
3	Determine Girls	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6^[a]			1–2		2–1	3–1
4	Red Scorpion	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4^[b]
5	AS Mandé	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4^[b]		2–0			0–1

Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Mogbwemo Queens 3, Determine Girls 0.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Red Scorpion 3, AS Mandé 0.

WAFU Zone B

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AFC	FCI	ASK
1	Ainonvi FC	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Semi-finals	—		2–1
2	FC Inter d'Abidjan (H)	2	1	1	5	5	0	3	Semi-finals	1–2	—
3	ASKO Kara	2	0	2	4	6	−2	0			3–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EDO	AOE	HSC	ASG
1	Edo Queens	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Semi-finals	—	1–0	0–3
2	AO Etincelle	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4	Semi-finals		—		1–6
3	Hasaacas Ladies	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4			0–0	—	6–1
4	AS GNN	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0		0–5			—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ainonvi FC	1–0	AO Etincelle
Edo Queens	2–1	FC Inter d'Abidjan

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AO Etincelle	0–1	FC Inter d'Abidjan

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ainonvi FC	0–3	Edo Queens

UNIFFAC

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TPM	LFF	ATM	CDN
1	TP Mazembe (H)	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Main tournament	—	1–1	—	7–0
2	Lekié FF	3	1	2	0	6	1	+5	5		—	—	—	0–0
3	Atlético Malabo	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3		0–4	0–5	—	—
4	CSM Diables Noirs	3	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1		—	—	2–3	—

Source: UNIFFAC
(H) Hosts

CECAFA

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CBE	KPB	YJS	RYS
1	CBE (H)	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Semi-finals	—			3–2
2	Kenya Police Bullets	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Semi-finals		—	0–0	1–0
3	Yei Joint Stars	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4		0–4		—
4	Rayon Sport	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0					—

Source: CECAFA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SBQ	KML	PVP	FAD
1	Simba Queens	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Semi-finals	—	3–0		5–0
2	Kawempe Muslim Ladies	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6	Semi-finals		—
3	PVP Buyenzi	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2			0–2	—	0–0
4	FAD Club	3	0	1	2	0	15	−15	1					—

Source: CECAFA

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CBE	2–1	Kawempe Muslim Ladies
Simba Queens	2–3	Kenya Police Bullets

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kawempe Muslim Ladies	2–0	Simba Queens

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
CBE	1–0	Kenya Police Bullets

COSAFA

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UWC	HRQ	FCO	GRB
1	UWC Ladies	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6	Semi-finals	—			0–1
2	Herentals Queens	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Semi-finals	1–2	—	3–1
3	Ongos SC	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3^[a]		0–3		—
4	Green Buffaloes	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3^[a]			0–1	1–2	—

Source: cosafa
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: FC Ongos 3, Green Buffaloes 0.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GBU	YBU	UDL	ASA
1	Gaborone United	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Semi-finals	—	1–1	0–0
2	Young Buffaloes	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Semi-finals		—	4–0	1–2
3	União Desportiva de Lichinga	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4				—	1–0
4	Ascent Soccer Academy (H)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3					—

Source: COSAFA
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UWC Ladies	6–0	Young Buffaloes
Gaborone United	1–0	Herentals Queens

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
UWC Ladies	1–1 (9–8 p)	Gaborone United

References

^ Oyebola, Mike (22 June 2024). "CAF opens bid for three competitions". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
^ "CAF unveils list of licensed clubs ahead of CAF Women's Champions League season". CAFOnline.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "CAF Women's Champions League 2024: Everything you need to know about the qualifiers". CAFOnline.com. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
^ "Zanzibar's Warrior Queens pull out of CAF Women's Champions League Zonal qualifier". CECAFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ "Nigeria's Edo Queens to represent WAFU B in 2024 CAF Women's Champions League - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
^ "Fin tournoi de foot UNIFAC : Le FCF MAZEMBE valide son ticket pour la phase finale de la Ligue des Champions féminine de la CAF - PourElle.info" (in French). 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
^ "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia win CECAFA Women's Champions League 2024 title - CECAFA FOOTBALL" (in Italian). 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
^ "EN, FR, PR: UWC win CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
^ "Masar FC secure CAF Women's Champions League spot". KingFut. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

External links

CAF Women's Champions League – CAFOnline.com

[table_note_res_KO0.39371385024568-10] FC Masar, who were known as Tutankhamun during the qualifiers, qualified to the finals on 15 October 2024, as the qualifiers winners AS FAR also won the Moroccan Women's Championship and automatically qualified as hosts.^[9]

[table_hth_MOQ0.88558285724632-11] Head-to-head points: Mogbwemo Queens 3, Determine Girls 0.

[table_hth_RSC0.88558285724632-12] Head-to-head points: Red Scorpion 3, AS Mandé 0.

[table_hth_FCO0.88776337163884-13] Head-to-head points: FC Ongos 3, Green Buffaloes 0.

[1] Oyebola, Mike (22 June 2024). "CAF opens bid for three competitions". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 June 2024.

[2] "CAF unveils list of licensed clubs ahead of CAF Women's Champions League season". CAFOnline.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[3] "CAF Women's Champions League 2024: Everything you need to know about the qualifiers". CAFOnline.com. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

[4] "Zanzibar's Warrior Queens pull out of CAF Women's Champions League Zonal qualifier". CECAFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.

[5] "Nigeria's Edo Queens to represent WAFU B in 2024 CAF Women's Champions League - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-08-23. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[6] "Fin tournoi de foot UNIFAC : Le FCF MAZEMBE valide son ticket pour la phase finale de la Ligue des Champions féminine de la CAF - PourElle.info" (in French). 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[7] "Commercial Bank of Ethiopia win CECAFA Women's Champions League 2024 title - CECAFA FOOTBALL" (in Italian). 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[8] "EN, FR, PR: UWC win CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers". 2024-08-24. Retrieved 2024-09-04.

[Masar-9] "Masar FC secure CAF Women's Champions League spot". KingFut. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

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Tournament details
Host countries	Algeria (North Zone) Sierra Leone (West A Zone) Ivory Coast (West B Zone) DR Congo (Central Zone) Ethiopia (Central-East Zone) Malawi (South Zone)
Dates	1 –30 August 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played	66
Goals scored	207 (3.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sandrine Niyonkuru (5 goals- North Zone) Bountou Sylla (4 goals - West A Zone) Emem Peace Essien (6 goals - West B Zone) Esther Dikisha (4 goals - Central Zone) Sinaf Wakuma (6 goals - Central-East Zone) Siphilisiwe Ndlovu Bongeka Gamede (3 goals each - South Zone)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 30 August 2024.