2023 CAF Women's Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Ivory Coast |
| Dates | Qualification: 5 August – 16 September 2023 Main tournament: 5 November – 19 November 2023 |
| Teams | Main tournament: 8 Total: 37 (from 37 associations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
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]
AS FAR are the defending champions.
Qualified teams
Group A 
Group BThe 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]
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ivory Coast |
Athlético FC d'Abidjan (hosts) | 2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions | 1st |
 Morocco
|
AS FAR (holders) | 2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners | 3rd |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium | Laurent Pokou Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
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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 | 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 | |
| 3 | JKT Queens
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Athlético Abidjan (H)
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ampem Darkoa
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6[a] | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | AS FAR
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | AS Mandé
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Huracanes
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
Notes:
See also
- 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship
- 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina
- 2022–23 and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
- 2023 OFC Women's Champions League
References
- ^ "Côte d'Ivoire to host 2023 CAF Women's Champions League". CAFOnline.com. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Côte d'Ivoire 2023 competition dates confirmed". CAFOnline.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Regulations of the CAF Women's Champions League" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Cote d'Ivoire:2023 draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com. 9 October 2023.
- ^ "CAF Women's Champions League, Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Draw sets up exciting encounters". CAFOnline.com. 9 October 2023.