2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers is the 4th edition of CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers tournament organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held from 1 to 11 August 2024 in Sierra Leone.[1][2][3][4] The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countrySierra Leone
CityBo
Dates1–11 August
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSenegal Aigles de la Médina (1st title)
Runners-upLiberia Determine Girls
Third placeSierra Leone Mogbwemo Queens
Fourth placeMali AS Mandé
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored22 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Bountou Sylla (4 goals)
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 11 August 2024.

Participating teams

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The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team Qualifying method Appearances Previous best performance
  Mogbwemo Queens 2023–24 Sierra Leonean Women's Champions 2nd Fourth place (2023)
  Determine Girls FC 2023–24 Liberian Women's Champions 4th Champions (2022)
  AS Mandé 2023–24 Malian Women's Champions 4th Champions (2021, 2023)
  Aigles de la Médina 2023–24 Senegalese Women's Champions 1st n/a
  Red Scorpion WFC 2023–24 GFF Women's League Division One Champions 1st n/a

Venues

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Cities Venues Capacity
Bo Bo Stadium 4,000

Qualifying tournament

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ADM MOQ DGF RSC ASM
1   Aigles de la Médina 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7 Main tournament 2–1 2–0
2   Mogbwemo Queens (H) 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 6[a] 2–2 0–0 0–0
3   Determine Girls 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6[a] 1–2 2–1 3–1
4   Red Scorpion 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4[b]
5   AS Mandé 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4[b] 2–0 0–1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Mogbwemo Queens 3, Determine Girls 0.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Red Scorpion 3, AS Mandé 0.
Mogbwemo Queens  0–0  AS Mandé
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Aigles de la Médina  2–0  Red Scorpion WFC
  • Badé   44'
  • Kande   90+2'
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Determine Girls FC  2–1  Red Scorpion WFC
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AS Mandé  2–0  Aigles de la Médina
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Mogbwemo Queens  2–2  Aigles de la Médina
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Determine Girls FC  3–1  AS Mandé
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Determine Girls FC  1–2  Mogbwemo Queens
AS Mandé  0–1  Red Scorpion WFC

Aigles de la Médina  2–1  Determine Girls FC
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Mogbwemo Queens  0–0  Red Scorpion WFC

Awards and statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match (as of 11 August 2024).

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Bountou Sylla   Determine Girls FC 4
2   Fatoumata Diarra   AS Mandé 2
  Catherine Jatta   Determine Girls FC
  Mbene Kané   Aigles de la Médina
5   Meta Kandé   Aigles de la Médina 1
  Haby Badé   Aigles de la Médina
  Marie Diokh   Aigles de la Médina
  Mbassey Darboe   Determine Girls FC
  Nadi Quadé   Mogbwemo Queens
  Kadiatu Kamara   Mogbwemo Queens
  Kaddijatou Jatta   Red Scorpion WFC
  Yasso Oriata Konaté   AS Mandé
  Rashida Kamara   Mogbwemo Queens
  Mariama Sambu   Mogbwemo Queens
  Kumba Kuyateh   Red Scorpion WFC

References

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  1. ^ football-feminin--coup-d-envoi-du-tournoi-preliminaire-de-la-caf
  2. ^ ldc-caf-feminine-ufoa-a-aigles-de-la-medina-debute-par-red-scorpion-de-la-gambie
  3. ^ "2024 CAF Women's Champions League: Results of the Zonal Qualifiers Draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue
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