2023 CAF Women's Champions League

3rd CAF Women's Champions League edition

2023 CAF Women's Champions League
Tournament details

Host country	Côte d'Ivoire
Dates	Qualification: 5 August – 16 September Main tournament: 5 November – 19 November
Teams	Main tournament: 8 Total: 37 (from 37 associations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd title)
Runners-up	SC Casablanca
Third place	AS FAR
Fourth place	Ampem Darkoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	41 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Refilwe Tholakele (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Boitumelo Rabale
Best goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini
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International football competition

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023.^[1] The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of 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]

AS FAR are the defending champions.

Qualified teams

AS FAR

SC Casablanca

AS Mandé

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Location of teams of the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.

Group A

Group B

Qualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.^[4]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Appearance
Ivory Coast	Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (hosts)	2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions	1st
Morocco	AS FAR (holders)	2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners	3rd
Morocco	SC Casablanca	2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions	1st
Mali	AS Mandé	2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions	2nd
Ghana	Ampem Darkoa	2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions	1st
Tanzania	JKT Queens	2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions	1st
Equatorial Guinea	Huracanes	2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions	1st
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers Champions	3rd

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

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

Squads

Match officials

Referees

Ghada Mehat
Suavis Iratunga
Aline Guimbang A Etong
Shahenda El Maghrabi
Natacha Gérardine Konan
Eness Gumbo
Antsino Twanyanyukwa
Yemisi Akintoye
Salima Mukansanga
Aline Umutoni
Akhona Makalima
Vincentia Amedome
Dorsaf Ganouati
Shamirah Nabadda

Assistant referees

Asma Ouahab
Nafissatou Yekini
Fidès Bangurambona
Yara Atef
Prisca Danielle Ta
Mary Njoroge
Bernadettar Kwimbira
Fanta Koné
Meriem Chedad
Queency Victoire
Houda Afine
Nancy Kasitu

Video assistant referees

Issa Sy
Maria Rivet
Fatiha Jermoumi
Bouchra Karboubi
Soukaina Hamdi
Abongile Tom
Diana Chikotesha

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	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to semi-finals
2	SC Casablanca	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Advance to semi-finals
3	JKT Queens	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Athlético Abidjan (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: CAFOnline.com
(H) Hosts

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)