2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
CityYamoussoukro
Dates20 August – 2 September
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bayelsa Queens F.C. (1st title)
Runners-up Ampem Darkoa
Third place Africa Sports
Fourth place Espoir FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored41 (3.73 per match)
Top scorer Etim Edidiong (6 goals)
2021
2023

Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League for West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B took place in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast between 20 August and 2 September 2022 to qualify its representative at the group stage in Morocco.[1] Originally scheduled to be held in Abidjan, this edition was moved due to then-ongoing renovations at the stadiums situated there.[2]

Participating clubs

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Africa Sports 1st n/a
Espoir FC 1st n/a
Ampem Darkoa 1st n/a
AS Police 2nd Groupe stage(2021)
US Forces Armées 2nd Fourth (2021)
Athleta FC 1st n/a
Bayelsa Queens F.C. 1st n/a

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Yamoussoukro Stade de Yamoussoukro 20,000

Match officials

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 seven teams were drawn into 2 group with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group A Group B
  • Espoir FC
  • Africa Sports
  • AS Police

Group stage

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.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are Time in Ivory Coast (UTC+0).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASA EFC ASP
1 Africa Sports 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Semi-finals 5–0
2 Espoir FC 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 1–3
3 AS Police 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 1–2
Source:
Africa Sports 5-0 AS Police
  • Edwige 14'
  • Abrogoua 24'
  • Esperance 36'
  • Doudou 69'
  • Deborah 80'
Report

AS Police 1-2 Espoir FC
Mamadou 82' Report Zinsou 21', 90'

Africa Sports 3-1 Espoir FC
  • Akebie Abrogoua ??'
  • Adjoua Edwige ??'
  • Estelle Grewa ??'
Report Merveille Zinsou ??'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AD BFC USFA AFC
1 Ampem Darkoa 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Semi-finals 0–0 3–0
2 Bayelsa Queens 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 3–1
3 USFA 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3 5–1
4 Athleta FC 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 0–1 0–5
Source:
Ampem Darkoa 3-0 USFA
  • E.Owusu 6'
  • Ouattara 44', .og'
  • M.Owusu 89'
Report
Athleta FC0-5 Bayelsa Queens
Report
  • Miracle 6'
  • Belssing 8'
  • Mercy 64', 78', 89'

USFA 5-1 Athleta FC
  • Compaoré ?'
  • Ilboudo ?'
  • Millogo ?'
  • Sawadogo ?'
  • Sawadogo ?'
Report Bendoukilou ?'

Ampem Darkoa 1-0 Athleta FC
Mavis Owusu ?'
Stade INHP
Bayelsa Queens 3-1USFA
  • Etim Belssing ?'
  • Flourish Sabastine ?'
  • Aderami Shola ?'
?'

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
30 August –
 
 
Africa Sports 1(5)
 
3 September –
 
Ampem Darkoa 1(6)
 
Ampem Darkoa 0
 
30 August –
 
Bayelsa Queens 3
 
Bayelsa Queens 6
 
 
Espoir FC 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 September –
 
 
Africa Sports 4
 
 
Espoir FC 0

Semi-finals

Africa Sports 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ampem Darkoa
Penalties
5–6

Bayelsa Queens 6–0 Espoir FC

Third place match

Africa Sports 4-0 Espoir FC

Final

Ampem Darkoa 0-3 Bayelsa Queens

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match (as of 1 September 2022).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Etim Edidiong Bayelsa Queens 6
2 Adjoua Edwige Sandrine Africa Sports 3
3 Adjouvi Zonsou Espoir FC 2
Mavis Owusu Ampem Darkoa
Chinyere Igboamalu Bayelsa Queens FC
6 Joseph Miracle Bayelsa Queens FC 1
7 Flourish Sebastine Bayelsa Queens 1
8 Adeyemi Mary Bayelsa Queens 1
9 Kafayat Bashiru Bayelsa Queens 1
10 Glory Edet Bayelsa Queens 1
11 Anjor Mary Bayelsa Queens 1
12 Akebe Abrougoua Africa Sports 1
13 Cousso Esperance Africa Sports 1
14 Yeti Doudou Africa Sports 1
15 Ange Deborah Africa Sports 1
16 Grewa Estelle Africa Sports 1
17 Abrougoua Africa Sports 1
18 Fatimata Mamadou AS Police 1
19 Merrveille Espoir FC 1
20 Gladys Amfobea Ampem Darkoa 1
21 Sara Ilboudo USFA 1
22 Charlotte Millogo USFA 1
23 Mouniratou Compaore USFA 1
24 Balkissa Sawadogo USFA 1
25 Rasmata Sawadogo USFA 1
26 Lala Traore USFA 1
  • own goal: Mariam Ouattara

References

  1. ^ "CAF/UFOA B - Ligue des Champions Feminine - Sept clubs se disputent la succession de Hasaacas Ladies FC du Ghana" [CAF/UFOA B - Women's Champions League - Seven clubs are vying for the succession of Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana]. WAFU-UFOA B (in French). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Yamoussoukro
  2. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League: WAFU B confirms new date and venue for qualifiers". Kickoff Ghana. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.