2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League for West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B took place in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast between 20 August and 2 September 2022 to qualify its representative at the group stage in Morocco.[1] Originally scheduled to be held in Abidjan, this edition was moved due to then-ongoing renovations at the stadiums situated there.[2]

2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
CityYamoussoukro
Dates20 August – 2 September
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Bayelsa Queens F.C. (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Ampem Darkoa
Third placeIvory Coast Africa Sports
Fourth placeBenin Espoir FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored41 (3.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Etim Edidiong (6 goals)

Participating clubs
Team Appearances Previous best performance
Ivory Coast Africa Sports1stn/a
Benin Espoir FC1stn/a
Ghana Ampem Darkoa1stn/a
Niger AS Police2ndGroupe stage(2021)
Burkina Faso US Forces Armées2ndFourth (2021)
Togo Athleta FC1stn/a
Nigeria Bayelsa Queens F.C.1stn/a

Venues
CitiesVenuesCapacity
Yamoussoukro Stade de Yamoussoukro 20,000

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 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
  • Benin Espoir FC
  • Ivory Coast Africa Sports
  • Niger AS Police

Qualifying Tournaments
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage
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.

All times are Time in Ivory Coast (UTC+0).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASA EFC ASP
1 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Semi-finals — 5–0
2 Benin Espoir FC 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3 1–3 —
3 Niger AS Police 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 1–2 —
Source:
Africa Sports Ivory Coast5-0Niger AS Police
  • Edwige 14'
  • Abrogoua 24'
  • Esperance 36'
  • Doudou 69'
  • Deborah 80'
 Report
AS Police Niger1-2Benin Espoir FC
Mamadou 82' Report Zinsou 21', 90'
Africa Sports Ivory Coast3-1Benin Espoir FC
Akebie Abrogoua ??'
  • Adjoua Edwige ??'
  • Estelle Grewa ??'
 Report Merveille Zinsou ??'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AD BFC USFA AFC
1 Ghana Ampem Darkoa 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Semi-finals — 0–0 3–0
2 Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 — 3–1
3 Burkina Faso USFA 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3 — 5–1
4 Togo Athleta FC 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 0–1 0–5 —
Source:
Ampem Darkoa Ghana3-0Burkina Faso USFA
  • E.Owusu 6'
  • Ouattara 44', .og'
  • M.Owusu 89'
 Report
Togo Athleta FC0-5Nigeria Bayelsa Queens
Report
  • Miracle 6'
  • Belssing 8'
  • Mercy 64', 78', 89'
USFA Burkina Faso5-1Togo Athleta FC
  • Compaoré ?'
  • Ilboudo ?'
  • Millogo ?'
  • Sawadogo ?'
  • Sawadogo ?'
 Report Bendoukilou ?'
Bayelsa Queens Nigeria0-0Ghana Ampem Darkoa
Report
Ampem Darkoa Ghana1-0Togo Athleta FC
Mavis Owusu ?'
Stade INHP
Bayelsa Queens Nigeria3-1USFA Burkina Faso
  • Etim Belssing ?'
  • Flourish Sabastine ?'
  • Aderami Shola ?'
 ?'

Knockout stage
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 30 August –
 
 
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1(5)
 
 3 September –
 
Ghana Ampem Darkoa 1(6)
 
Ghana Ampem Darkoa 0
 
 30 August –
 
 Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 3
 
Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 6
 
 
Benin Espoir FC 0
 
Third place
 
 
 3 September –
 
 
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 4
 
 
Benin Espoir FC 0

Semi-finals
Africa Sports Ivory Coast1–1 (a.e.t.)Ghana Ampem Darkoa
Penalties
5–6
Bayelsa Queens Nigeria6–0Benin Espoir FC

Third place match
Africa Sports Ivory Coast4-0Benin Espoir FC

Final
Ampem Darkoa Ghana0-3Nigeria Bayelsa Queens

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match (as of 1 September 2022).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Nigeria Etim Edidiong Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 6
2 Ivory Coast Adjoua Edwige Sandrine Ivory Coast Africa Sports 3
3 Benin Adjouvi Zonsou Benin Espoir FC 2
Ghana Mavis Owusu Ghana Ampem Darkoa
Nigeria Chinyere Igboamalu Nigeria Bayelsa Queens FC
6 Nigeria Joseph Miracle Nigeria Bayelsa Queens FC 1
7 Nigeria Flourish Sebastine Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 1
8 Nigeria Adeyemi Mary Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 1
9 Nigeria Kafayat Bashiru Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 1
10 Nigeria Glory Edet Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 1
11 Nigeria Anjor Mary Nigeria Bayelsa Queens 1
12 Ivory Coast Akebe Abrougoua Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
13 Ivory Coast Cousso Esperance Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
14 Ivory Coast Yeti Doudou Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
15 Ivory Coast Ange Deborah Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
16 Ivory Coast Grewa Estelle Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
17 Ivory Coast Abrougoua Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1
18 Niger Fatimata Mamadou Niger AS Police 1
19 Benin Merrveille Benin Espoir FC 1
20 Ghana Gladys Amfobea Ghana Ampem Darkoa 1
21 Burkina Faso Sara Ilboudo Burkina Faso USFA 1
22 Ghana Charlotte Millogo Ghana USFA 1
23 Burkina Faso Mouniratou Compaore Burkina Faso USFA 1
24 Burkina Faso Balkissa Sawadogo Burkina Faso USFA 1
25 Burkina Faso Rasmata Sawadogo Burkina Faso USFA 1
26 Burkina Faso Lala Traore Burkina Faso USFA 1
  • own goal: Burkina Faso Mariam Ouattara

References
  1. "CAF/UFOA B - Ligue des Champions Feminine - Sept clubs se disputent la succession de Hasaacas Ladies FC du Ghana" [CAF/UFOA B - Women's Champions League - Seven clubs are vying for the succession of Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana]. WAFU-UFOA B (in French). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Yamoussoukro
  2. "CAF Women's Champions League: WAFU B confirms new date and venue for qualifiers". Kickoff Ghana. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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