2022 CAF Women's Champions League

The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League was the 2nd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022.[1]

2022 CAF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesQualification:
7 August – 16 September
Main tournament:
30 October – 13 November
TeamsMain tournament: 8
Total: 33 (from 33 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions AS FAR (1st title)
Runners-up Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place Bayelsa Queens
Fourth place Simba Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ibtissam Jraïdi (6 goals)
Best player(s) Fatima Tagnaout
Best goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions after claiming the inaugural edition title, but was dethroned after losing 0–4 to AS FAR in the final. With the first title, AS FAR automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2023 edition.

Qualified teams
Main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Location of teams of the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which ran from 7 August to 16 September 2022 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns qualified automatically for the group stage of this edition of the tournament, despite losing on penalty kicks in the final of their qualification tournament.

AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppearance
 MoroccoAS FAR (hosts)2021–22 Moroccan Championship champions2nd
 South AfricaMamelodi SundownsTitle holders (2021 CAF Women's Champions League winners)2nd
 ZambiaGreen Buffaloes2022 CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Champions1st
 Egypt　Wadi Degla2022 CAF WCL UNAF Qualifiers champions2nd
 LiberiaDetermine Girls2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions1st
 Tanzania　Simba Queens2022 CAF WCL CECAFA Qualifiers champions1st
 Nigeria　Bayelsa Queens 2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions1st
 DR Congo　TP Mazembe2022 CAF WCL UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions1st

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September 2022 at 11:30 CET (10:30 UTC).[2] The 7 confirmed teams and the unknown UNIFFAC champion at the time of the draw were drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, AS FAR was allocated to position A1.[3]

Venues

On 16 October 2022, CAF indicated that this edition of the tournament will be held in Rabat and Marrakesh.

Rabat Marrakesh
 Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Stade Moulay Hassan Stade de Marrakech
Capacity: 45,800 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 45,240

Match officials
Referees [4][5]
  • Suavis Iratunga
  • Zomadre Kore
  • Shahenda El-Maghrabi
  • Fatima El Ajjani
  • Antsino Twanyanyukwa
  • Ndidi Patience Madu
  • Mame Faye
  • Akhona Makalima
  • Vincentina Amedomé
  • Shamira Nabadda
Assistant referees
  • Asma Ouahab
  • Nafissatou Yekini
  • Carine Atezambong
  • Mireille Mujanayi
  • Pélagie Rakotozafinoro
  • Bernadettar Kwimbira
  • Fanta Kone
  • Mariem Chedad
  • Ihsane Nouali
  • Karima Khadiri
  • Houda Afine
  • Diana Chikotesha
Video assistant referees
  • Ahmed El Ghandour
  • Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea
  • Dahane Beida
  • Imtehaz Heeralall
  • Samir Guezzaz
  • Zakaria Brindisi
  • Haythem Guirat

Group stage

The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AS FAR (H) 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Simba Queens 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
3 Green Buffaloes 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4 Determine Girls 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: CAFOnline.com
(H) Hosts
Green Buffaloes 4–0 Determine Girls
  • M. Chilenga 8'
  • N. Nanyangwe 30'
  • Chanda 31'
  • Lungu 58'
 Report (archived)
Referee: Shahenda El Maghrabi (Egypt)
AS FAR 1–0 Simba Queens
Jraidi 67' Report
Determine Girls 0–2 Simba Queens
Report (archived)
Referee: Sonia Koré (Ivory Coast)
AS FAR 2–1 Green Buffaloes
Tagnaout 30' (pen.), 62' (pen.) Report (archived) Lungu 19'
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)
Determine Girls 0–2 AS FAR
Referee: Patience Madu (Nigeria)
Simba Queens 2–0 Green Buffaloes

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Bayelsa Queens 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3 TP Mazembe 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4 Wadi Degla 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: CAFOnline.com
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–1 Bayelsa Queens
Lelona Daweti 32', 58' Report (archived) M.-M. Anjor 81'
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Wadi Degla 0–1 TP Mazembe
Report (archived) M. Kanjinga 7'
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Mamelodi Sundowns 5–0 Wadi Degla
 Report
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
TP Mazembe 0–2 Bayelsa Queens
Report
  • O. Joseph 4' (pen.)
  • G. Chinyere 24'
Referee: Fatima El Ajjani (Morocco)
TP Mazembe 0–4 Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)
Bayelsa Queens 3–0 Wadi Degla
  • J. Sunday 8'
  • M. Itimi 49', 54'
 Report
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)

Knockout phase
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 November – Rabat
 
 
 AS FAR1
 
13 November – Rabat
 
 Bayelsa Queens0
 
 AS FAR4
 
9 November – Rabat
 
 Mamelodi Sundowns0
 
 Mamelodi Sundowns1
 
 
 Simba Queens0
 
Third place
 
 
12 November – Rabat
 
 
 Bayelsa Queens1
 
 
 Simba Queens0

Semi-finals
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–0 Simba Queens
Rabale 76' Report
Referee: Shahenda El Maghrabi (Egypt)
AS FAR 1–0 Bayelsa Queens
Jraïdi 27' Report
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Third-place match
Bayelsa Queens 1–0 Simba Queens
J. Sunday 70' Report
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

Final
Main article: 2022 CAF Women's Champions League final
AS FAR 4–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Vincentina Amedomé (Togo)

Statistics

Top scorers

This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Ibtissam Jraïdi AS FAR 6
2 Lelona Daweti Mamelodi Sundowns 4
3 Fatima Tagnaout AS FAR 3
4 Mercy Itimi Bayelsa Queens 2
Juliet Sunday
Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns
Bambanani Mbane
Boitumelo Rabale
Opah Clement Simba Queens
Ireen Lungu Green Buffaloes
11 Merveille Kanjinga TP Mazembe 1
Oumaima Harcouch AS FAR
Mary-Magdalene Anjor Bayelsa Queens
Grace Chinyere
Ogoma Joseph
Gabonnelwe Kekana Mamelodi Sundowns
Zanele Nhlapo
Asha Djafari Simba Queens
Barakat Olaiya
Hellen Chanda Green Buffaloes
Maweta Chilenga
Natasha Nanyangwe

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 AS FAR 5 5 0 0 15 10 1 +9
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 5 4 0 1 12 12 5 +7
3 Bayelsa Queens 5 3 0 2 9 7 3 +4
4 Simba Queens 5 2 0 3 6 4 3 +1
Eliminated in group stage
5 Green Buffaloes 3 1 0 2 3 5 4 +1
6 TP Mazembe 3 1 0 2 3 1 6 −5
7 Determine Girls 3 0 0 3 0 0 8 −8
8 Wadi Degla 3 0 0 3 0 0 9 −9

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

Award Player Team
Best Player Fatima Tagnaout AS FAR
Top Goal scorer Ibtissam Jraïdi
Best Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi
Fairplay team Bayelsa Queens

See also

References
  1. "CAF President Dr Motsepe announces African Super League launch details, AFCON 2023 and Champions League key decisions". CAFOnline.com. 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. CAF had twice opened the bidding process of the TotalEnergies Women's Champions League 2022, and only Royal Morocco Football Federation submitted a bid. The Executive Committee therefore resolved to award the competition to Morocco as the only bidder.
  2. "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 final draw". CAFOnline.com. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. "CAF Women's Champions League 2022 match officials announced" (Press release). CAFOnline.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  5. "List of referees - Women CL 2022" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

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