3rd CAF Women's Champions League edition
2023 CAF Women's Champions League Tournament details Host country Côte d'Ivoire Dates Qualification : 5 August – 16 SeptemberMain tournament: 5 November – 19 NovemberTeams Main tournament: 8 Total: 37 (from 37 associations)Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Final positions Champions Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd title) Runners-up SC CasablancaThird place AS FARFourth place Ampem Darkoa Tournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 41 (2.56 per match) Top scorer(s) Refilwe Tholakele (5 goals)Best player(s) Boitumelo RabaleBest goalkeeper Andile Dlamini
International football competition
The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football , it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023.[ 1] The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of the following edition of the tournament. The qualification draw was conducted on 5 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Rabat, Morocco.[ 2] [ 3]
AS FAR are the defending champions .
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Location of teams of the
2023 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B
Qualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.[ 4]
Draw The draw of this edition of the tournament was held in Abidjan , Cote d’Ivoire on 9 October 2023 at 16:00 CET (16:00 GMT).[ 5] The 8 confirmed teams was drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Athlético Abidjan was allocated to position A1.[ 6]
Venues
Squads
Match officials Referees Ghada Mehat Suavis Iratunga Aline Guimbang A Etong Shahenda El Maghrabi Natacha Gérardine Konan Eness Gumbo Antsino Twanyanyukwa Yemisi Akintoye Salima Mukansanga Aline Umutoni Akhona Makalima Vincentia Amedome Dorsaf Ganouati Shamirah Nabadda Assistant referees Asma Feriel Ouahab Nafissatou Yekini Fidès Bangurambona Yara Atef Prisca Danielle Ta Mary Njoroge Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Koné Meriem Chedad Queency Victoire Houda Afine Nancy Kasitu Video assistant referees Issa Sy Maria Rivet Fatiha Jermoumi Bouchra Karboubi Soukaina Hamdi Abongile Tom Diana Chikotesha
Group stage The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).
Group A Source: CAFOnline.com(H) Hosts
5 November 2023 (2023-11-05 )
17:00
5 November 2023 (2023-11-05 )
20:00
Referee: Shahenda Ali ElMaghrabi (
Egypt )
8 November 2023 (2023-11-08 )
17:00
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (
Namibia )
8 November 2023 (2023-11-08 )
20:00
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (
Togo )
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11 )
20:00
11 November 2023 (2023-11-11 )
20:00
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Ampem Darkoa 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6[ a] Advance to semi-finals 2 AS FAR 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6[ a] 3 AS Mandé 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 4 Huracanes 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: CAFOnline.com Notes:
^ a b Head-to-head points: Ampem Darkoa 3, AS FAR 0. 6 November 2023 (2023-11-06 )
17:00
6 November 2023 (2023-11-06 )
20:00
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09 )
17:00
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (
Uganda )
9 November 2023 (2023-11-09 )
20:00
12 November 2023 (2023-11-12 )
20:00
AS Mandé 0–2 AS FAR Report
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (
Namibia )
12 November 2023 (2023-11-12 )
20:00
Referee: Shahenda Ali ElMaghrabi (
Egypt )
Knockout phase
Semi-finals 15 November 2023 (2023-11-15 )
17:00
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (
Uganda )
15 November 2023 (2023-11-15 )
20:00
Referee: Vincentia Amedome (
Togo )
Third-place match 18 November 2023 (2023-11-18 )
20:00
Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (
Namibia )
Final 19 November 2023 (2023-11-19 )
17:00
Statistics
Top scorers This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:
Final standings Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Awards The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.
The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows:[ 7]
Coach: Jerry Tshabalala
See also
References ^ "Côte d'Ivoire to host 2023 CAF Women's Champions League". CAFOnline.com . 19 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com . 5 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Côte d'Ivoire 2023 competition dates confirmed". CAFOnline.com . 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023 . ^ "Regulations of the CAF Women's Champions League" (PDF) . CAFOnline.com . 23 February 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Cote d'Ivoire:2023 draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com . 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com . 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023 . ^ "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire Best Xl confirmed". CAF Women’s Champions League, Cote d’Ivoire Best Xl confirmed . Retrieved 2024-06-05 .
External links
CAF Women's Champions League
Seasons Qualification
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