2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryIvory Coast
CityYamoussoukro
Dates20 August – 2 September
Teams7 (from 7 associations)
Venue2 (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 scorerNigeria Etim Edidiong (6 goals)
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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]

Participating clubs

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1st n/a
Benin Espoir FC 1st n/a
Ghana Ampem Darkoa 1st n/a
Niger AS Police 2nd Groupe stage(2021)
Burkina Faso US Forces Armées 2nd Fourth (2021)
Togo Athleta FC 1st n/a
Nigeria Bayelsa Queens F.C. 1st n/a

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Yamoussoukro Stade de Yamoussoukro 20,000

Match officials

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

Group 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 ?'

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.