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2022 CAF Women's Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Dates	Qualification: 7 August – 16 September Main tournament: 30 October – 13 November
Teams	Main tournament: 8 Total: 33 (from 33 associations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	AS FAR (1st title)
Runners-up	Mamelodi Sundowns
Third place	Bayelsa Queens
Fourth place	Simba Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibtissam Jraïdi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Fatima Tagnaout
Best goalkeeper	Khadija Er-Rmichi
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The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League was the 2nd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022.

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions after claiming the inaugural edition title, but was dethroned after losing 0–4 to AS FAR in the final. With the first title, AS FAR automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2023 edition.

Qualified teams

Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which ran from 7 August to 16 September 2022 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns qualified automatically for the group stage of this edition of the tournament, despite losing on penalty kicks in the final of their qualification tournament.

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Appearance
Morocco	AS FAR (hosts)	2021–22 Moroccan Championship champions	2nd
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	Title holders (2021 CAF Women's Champions League winners)	2nd
Zambia	Green Buffaloes	2022 CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Champions	1st
Egypt	Wadi Degla	2022 CAF WCL UNAF Qualifiers champions	2nd
Liberia	Determine Girls	2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions	1st
Tanzania	Simba Queens	2022 CAF WCL CECAFA Qualifiers champions	1st
Nigeria	Bayelsa Queens	2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions	1st
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2022 CAF WCL UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions	1st

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September 2022 at 11:30 CET (10:30 UTC). The 7 confirmed teams and the unknown UNIFFAC champion at the time of the draw were drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, AS FAR was allocated to position A1.

Venues

On 16 October 2022, CAF indicated that this edition of the tournament will be held in Rabat and Marrakesh.

	Rabat		Marrakesh
RabatMarrakesh	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	Stade Moulay Hassan	Stade de Marrakech
	Capacity: 45,800	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 45,240

Match officials

Referees

• Suavis Iratunga
• Zomadre Kore
• Shahenda El-Maghrabi
• Fatima El Ajjani
• Antsino Twanyanyukwa
• Ndidi Patience Madu
• Mame Faye
• Akhona Makalima
• Vincentina Amedomé
• Shamira Nabadda

Assistant referees

• Asma Ouahab
• Nafissatou Yekini
• Carine Atezambong
• Mireille Mujanayi
• Pélagie Rakotozafinoro
• Bernadettar Kwimbira
• Fanta Kone
• Mariem Chedad
• Ihsane Nouali
• Karima Khadiri
• Houda Afine
• Diana Chikotesha

Video assistant referees

• Ahmed El Ghandour
• Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea
• Dahane Beida
• Imtehaz Heeralall
• Samir Guezzaz
• Zakaria Brindisi
• Haythem Guirat

Group stage

The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS FAR (H)	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Simba Queens	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Green Buffaloes	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Determine Girls	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Green Buffaloes	4–0	Determine Girls
M. Chilenga 8' N. Nanyangwe 30' Chanda 31' Lungu 58'	Report (archived)

AS FAR	1–0	Simba Queens
Jraidi 67'	Report

Determine Girls	0–2	Simba Queens
	Report (archived)	Clement 53' B. Olaiya 80' (pen.)

AS FAR	2–1	Green Buffaloes
Tagnaout 30' (pen.), 62' (pen.)	Report (archived)	Lungu 19'

Determine Girls	0–2	AS FAR
		O. Harcouch 47' Jraïdi 78'

Simba Queens	2–0	Green Buffaloes
Djafari 64' Clement 79'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Bayelsa Queens	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	TP Mazembe	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Wadi Degla	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	Bayelsa Queens
Lelona Daweti 32', 58'	Report (archived)	M.-M. Anjor 81'

Wadi Degla	0–1	TP Mazembe
	Report (archived)	M. Kanjinga 7'

Mamelodi Sundowns	5–0	Wadi Degla
Lelona Daweti 10' Kgadiete 25' Mbane 60', 76' Rabale 65'	Report

TP Mazembe	0–2	Bayelsa Queens
	Report	O. Joseph 4' (pen.) G. Chinyere 24'

TP Mazembe	0–4	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Zanele Nhlapho 19' (pen.) Lelona Daweti 40' Kgadiete 49' G. Kekana 90'

Bayelsa Queens	3–0	Wadi Degla
J. Sunday 8' M. Itimi 49', 54'	Report

Knockout phase

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 November – Rabat
	AS FAR	1
					13 November – Rabat
	Bayelsa Queens	0
					AS FAR	4
	9 November – Rabat
					Mamelodi Sundowns	0
	Mamelodi Sundowns	1
	Simba Queens	0
					Third place
					12 November – Rabat
					Bayelsa Queens	1
					Simba Queens	0

Semi-finals

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Simba Queens
Rabale 76'	Report

AS FAR	1–0	Bayelsa Queens
Jraïdi 27'	Report

Third-place match

Bayelsa Queens	1–0	Simba Queens
J. Sunday 70'	Report

Final

AS FAR	4–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Tagnaout 15' (pen.) Jraïdi 54', 87', 90+2'	Report

Statistics

Top scorers

This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ibtissam Jraïdi	AS FAR	6
2	Lelona Daweti	Mamelodi Sundowns	4
3	Fatima Tagnaout	AS FAR	3
4	Mercy Itimi	Bayelsa Queens	2
	Juliet Sunday
	Melinda Kgadiete	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Bambanani Mbane
	Boitumelo Rabale
	Opah Clement	Simba Queens
	Ireen Lungu	Green Buffaloes
11	Merveille Kanjinga	TP Mazembe	1
	Oumaima Harcouch	AS FAR
	Mary-Magdalene Anjor	Bayelsa Queens
	Grace Chinyere
	Ogoma Joseph
	Gabonnelwe Kekana	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Zanele Nhlapo
	Asha Djafari	Simba Queens
	Barakat Olaiya
	Hellen Chanda	Green Buffaloes
	Maweta Chilenga
	Natasha Nanyangwe

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.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	AS FAR	5	5	0	0	15	10	1	+9
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	5	4	0	1	12	12	5	+7
3	Bayelsa Queens	5	3	0	2	9	7	3	+4
4	Simba Queens	5	2	0	3	6	4	3	+1
Eliminated in group stage
5	Green Buffaloes	3	1	0	2	3	5	4	+1
6	TP Mazembe	3	1	0	2	3	1	6	−5
7	Determine Girls	3	0	0	3	0	0	8	−8
8	Wadi Degla	3	0	0	3	0	0	9	−9

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

Award	Player	Team
Best Player	Fatima Tagnaout	AS FAR
Top Goal scorer	Ibtissam Jraïdi
Best Goalkeeper	Khadija Er-Rmichi
Fairplay team	Bayelsa Queens

See also

• 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship (Asia)
• 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina (South America)
• 2021–22 and 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League (Europe)

References

1. "CAF President Dr Motsepe announces African Super League launch details, AFCON 2023 and Champions League key decisions". CAFOnline.com. 3 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022. CAF had twice opened the bidding process of the TotalEnergies Women's Champions League 2022, and only Royal Morocco Football Federation submitted a bid. The Executive Committee therefore resolved to award the competition to Morocco as the only bidder.
2. "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 final draw". CAFOnline.com. 8 September 2022. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
3. "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League 2022 groups unveiled". CAFOnline.com. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
4. "CAF Women's Champions League 2022 match officials announced" (Press release). CAFOnline.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
5. "List of referees - Women CL 2022" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

External links

Official website (archived)

• 2022 CAF Women's Champions League
• 2021–22 in African football
• 2022 in women's association football
• CAF Women's Champions League seasons