2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers is the 4th 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 10 to 23 August 2023 in Ivory Coast.[1][2][3][4] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.[5]

2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
Dates10–23 August
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Edo Queens (1st title)
Runners-upBenin Ainonvi FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored44 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Emem Peace Essien
(6 goals)
2023
2025

Participating clubs

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Team Qualifying method Appearances Previous best performance
  FC Inter d'Abidjan 2023–24 Ivory Coast Women's Championship Champions 1st n/a
  Ainonvi FC 2023–24 Benin Women's Championship Champions 1st n/a
  Hasaacas Ladies 2023–24 Ghana Women's Premier League Champions 2nd Champions (2021)
  AS GNN 2023–24 Niger Women's Championship Champions 1st n/a
  AO Etincelle 2023–24 Burkinabé Women's Championship Champions 1st n/a
  ASKO Kara 2023–24 Togolese Women's Championship Champions 1st n/a
  Edo Queens 2023–24 NWFL Premiership Champions 1st n/a

Venues

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Bouaké Yamoussoukro
Stade de la Paix Charles Konan Banny Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 20,000
   

Draw

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The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt.[6] The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[7]

Seeded Unseeded

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 AFC FCI ASK
1   Ainonvi FC 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Semi-finals 2–1
2   FC Inter d'Abidjan (H) 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3 1–2
3   ASKO Kara 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 0 3–4
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
FC Inter d'Abidjan  1–2  Ainonvi FC
  • Fofana   14'

ASKO Kara  1–2  Ainonvi FC

FC Inter d'Abidjan  4–3  ASKO Kara
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EDO AOE HSC ASG
1   Edo Queens 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Semi-finals 1–0 0–3
2   AO Etincelle 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4 1–6
3   Hasaacas Ladies 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4 0–0 6–1
4   AS GNN 3 0 0 3 2 17 −15 0 0–5
Source: [citation needed]
Hasaacas Ladies  0–0  AO Etincelle
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AS GNN  0–5  Edo Queens
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AS GNN  1–6  AO Etincelle
Hasaacas Ladies  0–3  Edo Queens

Hasaacas Ladies  6–1  AS GNN
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AO Etincelle  0–1  Edo Queens
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Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Ainonvi FC  1–0  AO Etincelle
Djibril   84'
Edo Queens  2–1  FC Inter d'Abidjan
Niamien   46' (pen.)

Third place match

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AO Etincelle  0–1  FC Inter d'Abidjan
S. Behinan   27'

Final

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Ainonvi FC  0–3  Edo Queens

Awards and statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 44 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match (as of 23 August 2024).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Emem Peace Essien   Edo Queens 6
2 Esperance Cousso Agbo   FC Inter d'Abidjan 3
Suliat Abideen   Edo Queens
Comfort Owusu   Hasaacas Ladies
5 Faridatou Ligali   Ainonvi FC 2
Mounifatou Helbi   AO Etincelle
Deborah Guira   AO Etincelle
Kpandjapou Gbati   ASKO Kara
Rahina Moussa Hassane   AS GNN
Yasminath Djribil   Ainonvi FC
Blessing Ilivieda   Edo Queens
Melissa Sandrine Behinan   FC Inter d'Abidjan
13 Mama Junior Fofana   FC Inter d'Abidjan 1
Sandrine Niamien   FC Inter d'Abidjan
A Dossi Germaine Honfo   Ainonvi FC
Esther Chioma Moses   Edo Queens
Joy Jerry   Edo Queens
Solim Kadanga   ASKO Kara
Tatiana Kayaba   ASKO Kara
Adama Congo   AO Etincelle
Sawadogo Aicha   AO Etincelle
Fatoumata Tamboura   Hasaacas Ladies
Grace Animah   Hasaacas Ladies
Abigail Sakyiwaa   Hasaacas Ladies

own goals

Rank Player Team Opponent Goals
1 Elizabeth Ukandu Ainonvi FC   Edo Queens   1

References

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  1. ^ ldcfufoa-b-la-date-des-eliminatoires-et-le-pays-hote-officialises
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ ldc-feminine-caf-la-date-du-tirage-au-sort-des-eliminatoires-connue
  4. ^ Féminine : UFOA-B 2024 : Krah Kouabenan : « Nous serons à la compétition pour porter plus haut l'image de notre pays »
  5. ^ "Women's Champions League: Everything you need to know about the WAFU B Qualifiers". CAFOnline.com. 9 August 2024. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ "RE-WATCH: CAF Women's Champions League 2024 Qualifiers Draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  7. ^ "UFOA-B l Élim CAF-LDC (F) : Le groupe A pour Asko, tableau complet". megasports.tg (in French). 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.