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2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

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2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryNigeria
CityBenin City
Dates18–31 August
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsGhanaAmpem Darkoa (1st title)
Runners-upNigeria Delta Queens F.C.
Third placeIvory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan
Fourth placeBenin Sam Nelly FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ghana Mary Amponsah (7goals)
2022
2024
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

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

Venues

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Cities Venues Capacity
Benin City Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium

Draw

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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

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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.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DQ SN USFA
1 Nigeria Delta Queens F.C. 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Semi-finals 2–0
2 Benin Sam Nelly 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1 0–0
3 Burkina Faso US Forces Armées 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1 0–3
Source: [citation needed]
US Forces Armées Burkina Faso0–3Nigeria Delta Queens F.C.

Sam Nelly Benin0–0Burkina Faso US Forces Armées

Delta Queens F.C. Nigeria2–0Benin Sam Nelly

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AD AA OTR
1 Ghana Ampem Darkoa 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6 Semi-finals 4–2
2 Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1–3
3 Togo AS OTR Lomé 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Ampem Darkoa Ghana4–2Togo AS OTR Lomé


Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

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Ampem Darkoa Ghana4–1Benin Sam Nelly

Third place match

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Athlético FC d'Abidjan Ivory Coast3–0Benin Sam Nelly

Final

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Goalscorers

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

References

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  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