2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers
The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 2nd edition of the CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers, a women's club football championship organised by the CECAFA for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will held from 28 July to 10 August 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania.[1] but it was moved to August 14-27th in Dar es salaam, Tanzania[2]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tanzania |
| City | Dar es Salaam |
| Dates | 15–27 August 2022 |
| Teams | 8 (from 8 associations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Simba Queens FC (1st title) |
| Runners-up | She Corporate FC |
| Third place | CBE F.C. |
| Fourth place | AS Kigali WFC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 72 (4.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Loza Abera (11 goals) |
The winner of the tournament will qualify for the inaugural 2022 CAF Women's Champions League which will held later this year.
Participating clubs
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Fofila PF | 1st | n/a |
| Garde Republic FC | 1st | n/a |
| Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC | 2nd | Runner up(2021) |
| AS Kigali WFC | 1st | n/a |
| Yei Join Star FC | 2nd | Groupe stage(2021) |
| Simba Queens FC (Host) | 2nd | 3rd(2021) |
| She Corporate FC | 1st | n/a |
| Warriors QFC | 1st | n/a |
Venues
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Miburani | National Stadium | 60,000 |
| Dar es Salaam | Azam Complex Stadium | 10,000 |
Match officials
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Assistant Referees
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Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.
| Group A | Group B |
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AS Kigali WFC Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC Warriors QFC Fofila PF |
Garde Republic FC Yei Join Star FC She Corporate FC Simba Queens FC |
Group stage
The tournament was played in a two groups format.[3]
- 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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Time UTC +3 [4]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CBE | ASK | FPF | WQFC | |
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| 1 | CBE FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals | — | 5–1 | 9–0 | ||
| 2 | AS Kigali WFC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | Fofila PF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | |||
| 4 | Warriors QFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | — |
| CBE FC | 9–0 | Warriors QFC |
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| Fofila PF | 1–2 | AS Kigali WFC |
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| CBE FC | 5–1 | Fofila PF |
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| AS Kigali WFC | 3–0 | Warriors QFC |
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| CBE FC | 2-0 | AS Kigali WFC |
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Abera 59'
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| Fofila PF | 3-0 | Warriors QFC |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SQ | SCP | YJS | GRFC | |
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| 1 | Simba Queens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | She Corporate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 6 | — | 6–0 | ||||
| 3 | Yei Joint Stars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | — | |||||
| 4 | GRFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | 0–6 | 0–8 | 0–6 | — |
| She Corporate | 6–0 | Yei Joint Stars |
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| GRFC | 0–6 | Simba Queens |
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| Simba Queens | 2–0 | She Corporate |
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| GRFC | 0–6 | Yei Joint Stars |
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| Simba Queens | 4–0 | Yei Joint Stars |
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| GRFC | 0–8 | She Corporate |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| August 24– | ||||||
| Simba Queens | 5 | |||||
| August 27 – | ||||||
| AS Kigali WFC | 1 | |||||
| She Corporate | 0 | |||||
| August 24– | ||||||
| Simba Queens | 1 | |||||
| CBE FC | 1 | |||||
| She Corporate | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| August 27– | ||||||
| CBE FC | 3 | |||||
| AS Kigali WFC | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Simba Queens | 5-1 | AS Kigali WFC |
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| Report | Mukeshimana 28' |
Third place match
| AS Kigali WFC | 1-3 | CBE FC |
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| Aregash 63' (o.g) | Report | Loza Abera 9'
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Final
| Simba Queens | 1-0 | She Corporate |
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| Corazone 46' (.pen) | Report |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 72 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match (as of 27 August 2022).
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loza Abera | CBE F.C. | 11 |
| 2 | Medina Busser | CBE F.C. | 6 |
| 3 | Phiona Nabbuma | She Corporate FC | 6 |
| 4 | Zawadi Usanase | AS Kigali WFC | 5 |
| 5 | Alworonga Debora | Yei Joint Stars | 4 |
| Favour Nambatya | She Corporate FC | ||
| 7 | Vivian Corazone | Simba Queens | 3 |
| 8 | Olaiya Barakat | Simba Queens | 2 |
| Asha Djafari | Simba Queens | ||
| Pambani Kuzoya | Simba Queens | ||
| Philomena Abakah | Simba Queens | ||
| Joanita Ainembabazi | She Corporate FC | ||
| Mariam Luiz | Yei Joint Stars | ||
| Charlotte Irankunda | Fofila PF | ||
| Anita Namata | She Corporate FC | ||
| Opa Clement | Simba Queens | ||
| Corazone Aquino | Simba Queens | ||
| 18 | Margaret Namiru | She Corporate FC | 1 |
| Jackline Nakasi | She Corporate FC | ||
| Joëlle Bukuru | Simba Queens | ||
| Fatuma Kankidi | Fofila PF | ||
| Sakina Saidi | Fofila PF | ||
| Drazila Uwenea | Fofila PF | ||
| Nardos Getenet | CBE F.C. | ||
| Aisha Juma Manunka | Simba Queens | ||
| Diana William Mnally | Simba Queens | ||
| Dorothee Mukeshimana | AS Kigali WFC | ||
| Hasabe Gila | CBE F.C. | ||
| Aregash | CBE F.C. |
- own goal
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Aregash | CBE FC | 1 |
References
- "Eight teams for CECAFA Women's Champions League 2022 in Tanzania". 6 July 2022.
- "CECAFA Women's Champions League moves to Dar es Salaam - CECAFA FOOTBALL".
- "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". footballkenya.org. FKF Communications. 24 August 2021.
- Cecafaonline [@Cecafaonline] (2 August 2022). "CECAFA Women's Champions League 2022 fixture out. https://t.co/TDOdp3dcvL" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022 – via Twitter.