2024 CAF Women's Champions League explained

Tourney Name:2024 CAF Women's Champions League
Dates:Qualification


1–30 August 2024
Main tournament:
9–23 November 2024

Num Teams:Main tournament: 8
Total: 36
Associations:36
Venues:2
Cities:2
Country:Morocco
Count:1
Second Other: AS FAR
Third Other: FC Masar
Fourth Other: Edo Queens
Matches:16
Goals:39
Top Scorer: Doha El Madani
(6 goals)
Player: Sanaâ Mssoudy
Goalkeeper: Habiba El Taher
Fair Play: FC Masar
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League was the fourth edition of the annual African premier women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. The tournament was hosted by Morocco from 9 to 23 November 2024.[1]

TP Mazembe defeated AS FAR 1–0 in the final, claiming their first-ever CAF Women's Champions League title, and earning a spot in the group stage of the tournament's next edition.[2]

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.[3] [4]

Qualified teams

See main article: 2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification.

Qualification for this edition, like in previous editions of the tournament, consisted of six sub-confederation qualifying tournaments held between 1 and 30 August 2024, with each confederation having a representative.[5] [6] [7] As the defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns qualified automatically for the group stage.[3]

Association Team Qualifying method Appearance
AS FAR 2023–24 Moroccan Women's Championship champions
2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions
4th
Mamelodi Sundowns 2023 CAF Women's Champions League winners 4th
2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers champions 1st
2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers runners-up 1st
2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions 1st
2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions 1st
2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions1st
2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions 2nd

Venues

Morocco was announced as the host country for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League on 15 October 2024.[1] Two venues will be hosting the tournament.

CasablancaEl Jadida
Larbi Zaouli StadiumBen M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium
Capacity: 18,000Capacity: 20,000

Draw

The draw for the group stage and final rounds was held on 18 October 2024, 11:00 GMT (12:00 local time, UTC+1), in Salé, Morocco.[8] The eight qualified teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with hosts AS FAR allocated to position A1, and defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns allocated to position B1.[9]

Group stage

All times are WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Top scorers

This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Doha El Madani AS FAR6
2 Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns3
Merveille Kanjinga TP Mazembe
Emem Essien Edo Queens
3 Sanaâ Mssoudy2
Lacho Marta TP Mazembe
Marlène Kasaj TP Mazembe
Priscille Kreto TP Mazembe
Sandrine Niyonkuru FC Masar
10 Aziza Rabbah AS FAR1
Safa Banouk AS FAR
Elena Obono TP Mazembe
Flolashade Ijamilusi Edo Queens
Goodness Osigwe Edo Queens
Molatelo Kobo UWC Ladies
Ntombifikile Ndlovu UWC Ladies
Boitumelo Rabale Mamelodi Sundowns
Lelona Daweti Mamelodi Sundowns
Maya Ehab
FC Masar
Senaf Wakuma CBE

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.[10]

AwardPlayerTeam
Best Player Sanaâ Mssoudy AS FAR
Top Goal scorer Doha El Madani
Best Goalkeeper Habiba Emad FC Masar
Fairplay team FC Masar

The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows:[11]

Coach: Lamia Boumehdi[12]

See also

Notes

  1. News: Morocco to host CAF Women’s Champions League 2024 in November . . 15 October 2024 . 17 October 2024.
  2. News: TP Mazembe win African Women's Champions League in upset . . 23 November 2024 . 23 November 2024.
  3. News: Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Secure Second CAF Women's Champions League Title. en. beIN Sports. Redaction. 19 November 2023.
  4. News: Edo Queens send defending champions Sundowns packing, FC Masar make history . . 16 November 2024 . 23 November 2024.
  5. News: اكتمال الأندية المشاركة في بطولة شمال إفريقيا المؤهلة لدوري الأبطال. ar. Kora Plus. Hatem Shaabane. 10 June 2024.
  6. News: Sierra Leone to Host WAFU Zone A Female Champions League Qualifiers. en. Owlpress. Dauda Musa Bangura. 3 April 2024.
  7. News: WAFU Zone B confirms date and host country for Women's Champions League Qualifiers. en. Ghana FA. Redaction. 17 June 2024.
  8. Web site: Salé, Morocco to host the CAF Women’s Champions League Final Draw on Friday, 18 October . . 17 October 2024 . 21 October 2024.
  9. Web site: Hosts AS FAR face debutants Aigles de la Médina while Mamelodi Sundowns begin title defence against Tutankhamun . . 18 October 2024 . 21 October 2024.
  10. Web site: CAF Women's Champions League Morocco 2024: Mssoudy, El Madani, Emad rewarded . 2024-11-26 . CAF. en-GB.
  11. Web site: CAF Releases Women’s Champions League Morocco 2024 Best XI . 2024-11-26 . CAF . en-GB.
  12. 1861107588244324373 . CAFwomen . Leading TP Mazembe to their first ever title, Lamia Boumehdi is the coach of the tournament..

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