2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
CityBenin City
Dates18–31 August
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsAmpem Darkoa (1st title)
Runners-up Delta Queens F.C.
Third place Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Fourth place Sam Nelly FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer Mary Amponsah (7goals)
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All statistics correct as of 31 August 2023.

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers was the third edition of the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 18 to 31 August 2023 in Benin City, Nigeria.[1] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Athlético FC d'Abidjan 1st n/a
Sam Nelly FC 1st n/a
Ampem Darkoa 2nd Runner up (2022)
AS Police (W)[2] 3rd Groupe stage (2021 and 2022)
US Forces Armées 2nd Fourth (2021)
AS OTR Lomé 2nd Third (2021)
Delta Queens F.C. 1st n/a

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Benin City Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 5 July 2023 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

Due to the withdrawal of the club AS Police from Niger for reasons mentioned in a letter sent to the management of UFOA-B. A new draw will be made Friday, August 18, 2023 at 10:00 am at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.[3][4]

Group A Group B

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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DQ SN USFA
1 Delta Queens F.C. 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Semi-finals — 2–0
2 Sam Nelly 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 — 0–0
3 US Forces Armées 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1 0–3 —
Source:
US Forces Armées 0–3 Delta Queens F.C.
  • Olabiyi 1'
  • Agoh 61'
  • Omokwo 78'
Sam Nelly 0–0 US Forces Armées
Delta Queens F.C. 2–0 Sam Nelly
  • Owoeye 34'
  • Ifituzue 54'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AD AA OTR
1 Ampem Darkoa 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Semi-finals — 4–2
2 Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–3 —
3 AS OTR Lomé 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0 0–2 —
Source:
Ampem Darkoa 4–2 AS OTR Lomé
  • Ufomba 18'
  • Tassa 90'
AS OTR Lomé 0–2 Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Niamien 43 ', 57'
Athlético FC d'Abidjan 1–3 Ampem Darkoa
Gnaly 83' Amponsah 1', 15', 28'

Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 28 August – Benin City
 
 
 Delta Queens F.C. 3
 
 31 August – Benin City
 
 Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2
 
 Delta Queens F.C. 0
 
 28 August – Benin City
 
 Ampem Darkoa 1
 
 Ampem Darkoa 4
 
 
 Sam Nelly 1
 
Third place
 
 
 31 August – Benin City
 
 
 Athlético FC d'Abidjan 3
 
 
 Sam Nelly 0

Semi-finals

Delta Queens F.C. 3–2 (a.e.t.) Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ampem Darkoa 4–1 Sam Nelly
  • Cloto 55'

Third place match

Athlético FC d'Abidjan 3–0 Sam Nelly
  • Niamien 24'
  • Gnaly 27'
  • Kalu ?'

Final

Delta Queens F.C. 0–1 Ampem Darkoa

Goalscorers

There have been 31 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3.1 goals per match (as of 31 August 2023).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mary Amponsah Ampem Darkoa 8
2 Mercy Omokwo Delta Queens F.C. 3
Adjoua Edgwige Sandrine Niamien Athlético FC d'Abidjan
4 Tracey Twum Ampem Darkoa 2
Grewa Gnaly Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Ophelia Amponsah Ampem Darkoa
7 Alaba Olabiyi Delta Queens F.C. 1
Chinaza Agoh Delta Queens F.C.
Taiwo Afolabi Delta Queens F.C.
Ifeoma Ifituzue Delta Queens F.C.
Temilope Owoeye Delta Queens F.C.
Chinwendu Ufomba AS OTR Lomé
Senyebia Tassa AS OTR Lomé
Favour Kalu Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Melissa Behinan Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Joy Sunday Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Valentine Cloto Sam Nelly

References

  1. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692442660710010891/photo/1
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692442660710010891/photo/1
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/UfoawafuB/status/1692510527166017801/photo/1
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