2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

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]

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

Participating clubs

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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

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Cities Venues Capacity
Yamoussoukro Stade de Yamoussoukro 20,000

Match officials

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Draw

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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

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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

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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: [citation needed]
Africa Sports  5-0  AS Police
Report

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

Africa Sports  3-1  Espoir FC
Akebie Abrogoua  ??' Report Merveille Zinsou  ??'

Group B

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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: [citation needed]
Ampem Darkoa  3-0  USFA
Report
  Athleta FC0-5  Bayelsa Queens
Report

USFA  5-1  Athleta FC
Report Bendoukilou  ?'

Ampem Darkoa  1-0  Athleta FC
Mavis Owusu  ?'
Stade INHP

Knockout stage

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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

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

Bayelsa Queens  6–0  Espoir FC

Third place match

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Africa Sports  4-0  Espoir FC

Final

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Ampem Darkoa  0-3  Bayelsa Queens

Awards and statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

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  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.