Tourney Name: | 2024 CAF Women's Champions League |
Dates: | Qualification
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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]
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 |
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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 champions | 1st | ||
2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions | 2nd | ||
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.
Casablanca | El Jadida | |
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Larbi Zaouli Stadium | Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium | |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
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]
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This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Doha El Madani | AS FAR | 6 |
2 | Melinda Kgadiete | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 |
Merveille Kanjinga | TP Mazembe | ||
Emem Essien | Edo Queens | ||
3 | Sanaâ Mssoudy | 2 | |
Lacho Marta | TP Mazembe | ||
Marlène Kasaj | TP Mazembe | ||
Priscille Kreto | TP Mazembe | ||
Sandrine Niyonkuru | FC Masar | ||
10 | Aziza Rabbah | AS FAR | 1 |
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 |
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.[10]
Award | Player | Team |
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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]