2023 CAF Women's Champions League

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League will be the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football set to take place in Ivory Coast.[1] The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for 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]

2023 CAF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
DatesQualification:
5 August – 16 September 2023
Main tournament:
5 November – 19 November 2023
TeamsMain tournament: 8
Total: 37 (from 37 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)

AS FAR are the defending champions.

Qualified teams
Main article: 2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Location of teams of the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B

The qualification phases will be made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which will ran from August 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.[4]

AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppearance
 Ivory CoastAthlético FC d'Abidjan (hosts)2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions1st
 Morocco AS FAR (holders)2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners3rd
SC Casablanca2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions1st
 MaliAS Mandé2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions2nd
 GhanaAmpem Darkoa2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions1st
 TanzaniaJKT Queens2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions1st
 Equatorial GuineaHuracanes2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions1st
 South AfricaMamelodi Sundowns2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers Champions3rd

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
2023 CAF Women's Champions League (Ivory Coast)
 Korhogo San Pédro
Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium Laurent Pokou Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000

Group stage

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ivory Coast Athlético FC d'Abidjan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Morocco SC Casablanca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Tanzania JKT Queens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: CAFOnline.com
(H) Hosts

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morocco AS FAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Ghana Ampem Darkoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Equatorial Guinea Huracanes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Mali AS Mandé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: CAFOnline.com

See also

References
  1. "Côte d'Ivoire to host 2023 CAF Women's Champions League". CAFOnline.com. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. "CAF Women's Champions League Côte d'Ivoire 2023 competition dates confirmed". CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. "Regulations of the CAF Women's Champions League" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. "CAF Women's Champions League Cote d'Ivoire:2023 draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com. 9 October 2023.
  6. "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com. 9 October 2023.
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