CAF Women's Champions League

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CAF Women's Champions League
CAF Women's CL (logo).png
Founded12 September 2020; 15 months ago (2020-09-12)
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 33
Current championsSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (1st title)
Most successful club(s)South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (1 title)
Television broadcasters
WebsiteOfficial website
2021 CAF WCL

The CAF Women's Champions League (French: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF; Arabic: دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات and sometimes abbreviated as CAF WCL) is an annual international women's association football club competition in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football, involving the continent's top women's club teams.[2][3] It is the female counterpart of the CAF Champions League.

History[]

A CAF Executive Meeting on June 30, 2020 cancelled the that year's Africa Women Cup of Nations, principally citing the COVID-19 pandemic on association football in Africa as the reason, in favor of the approval of the creation of the CAF Women's Champions League.[4] The tournament was launched on September 12 that year.[5]

Format[]

The format for the first edition saw the champions of each of the six CAF zones play for a spot in the competition.[6] They are joined by the hosts and an extra team from the zone of the defending/reigning/current Africa Women Cup of Nations champions (for the inaugural edition only).[7] The tournament is currently played in two groups of four teams.

Results[]

Key
dagger Match was won during extra time
* Match won after a penalty shoot-out
CAF Women's Champions League finals
Season Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
2021 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 Ghana Hasaacas Ladies 30 June Stadium, Cairo 0[note 1]
Upcoming finals
Season Finalist Match Finalist Venue Attendance
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Records and statistics[]

Winners by club[]

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 2021
Ghana Hasaacas Ladies 0 1 2021

By nation[]

Nation Winners Runners-up Semi-finalists Winner Runners-up Semi-finalists
 South Africa 1 0 0
 Ghana 0 1 0
 Equatorial Guinea 0 0 1
 Morocco 0 0 1

Top scorers by tournament[]

The top scorer award is given for most goals in the final tournament.[8]

Season Top scorer Team Goals
2021 Ghana Evelyn Badu Ghana Hasaacas Ladies 5

See also[]

Notes & references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
  2. ^ Malabo Kings finished fourth in 2021.
  3. ^ AS FAR finished third in 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ "TotalEnergies Women's Champions League: Global TV stations and online platforms to show inaugural tournament around the world". cafonline.com. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "African women's football primed for new chapter". FIFA.com. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ Grainey, Tim (31 October 2021). "The Week in Women's Football: African Champions League; COSAFA; DR Congo controversy - Tribal Football". Tribal Football. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". Confederation of African Football. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League takes one giant leap towards realization". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League WAFU B draw kicks-off a new era". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ^ Komugisha, Usher (12 September 2020). "CAF reveals women's champions league format – Panafricanfootball". Pan-African Football. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ https://ghanasoccernet.com/caf-womens-champions-league-evelyn-badu-wins-top-scorer-award

External links[]

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