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 AS FAR 2021–22 Moroccan Championship champions 2nd Mamelodi Sundowns Title holders (2021 CAF Women's Champions League winners) 2nd Green Buffaloes 2022 CAF WCL COSAFA Qualifiers Champions 1st Wadi Degla 2022 CAF WCL UNAF Qualifiers champions 2nd Determine Girls 2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions 1st Simba Queens 2022 CAF WCL CECAFA Qualifiers champions 1st Bayelsa Queens 2022 CAF WCL WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions 1st 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.
RabatMarrakeshPrince Moulay Abdellah StadiumStade Moulay HassanStade de MarrakechCapacity: 45,800Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 45,240
Match officials Referees
Suavis Iratunga Zomadre Kore Shahenda El Maghrabi Fatima El Ajjani Antsino Twanyanyukwa Patience Madu Ndidi Mame Faye Akhona Makalima Vincentia Amedome Shamirah 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).
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).
If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):
Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots. If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead: Points in matches between the tied teams; Goal difference in matches between the tied teams; Goals scored in matches between the tied teams; If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Statistics Top scorers This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ibtissam Jraïdi AS FAR62 Lelona Daweti Mamelodi Sundowns43 Fatima Tagnaout AS FAR34 Mercy Itimi Bayelsa Queens2 Juliet Sunday Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns Bambanani Mbane Boitumelo Rabale Opah Clement Simba Queens Ireen Lungu Green Buffaloes11 Merveille Kanjinga TP Mazembe1 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.
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in group stage
Awards The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament. AwardPlayerTeamBest Player Fatima Tagnaout AS FARTop Goal scorer Ibtissam JraïdiBest Goalkeeper Khadija Er-RmichiFairplay 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
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