2024 CAF Women's Champions League

2024 CAF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryMorocco
DatesQualification:
1–30 August 2024
Main tournament:
9–23 November 2024
TeamsMain tournament: 8
Total: 36 (from 36 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe (1st title)
Runners-upMorocco AS FAR
Third placeEgypt FC Masar
Fourth placeNigeria Edo Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Doha El Madani
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Morocco Sanaâ Mssoudy
Best goalkeeperEgypt Habiba El Taher
Fair play awardEgypt FC Masar
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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

Main article: 2024 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
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Location of teams of the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B

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
 Morocco AS FAR (hosts) 2023–24 Moroccan Women's Championship champions
2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions		 4th
 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns (holders) 2023 CAF Women's Champions League winners 4th
UWC Ladies 2024 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers champions 1st
 Egypt FC Masar[note 1] 2024 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers runners-up[note 2] 1st
 Senegal Aigles de la Médina 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions 1st
 Nigeria Edo Queens 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions 1st
 Ethiopia CBE 2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions 1st
 DR Congo TP Mazembe 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.

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Location of the Moroccan host cities of the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League
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Larbi Zaouli Stadium Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 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.[10] 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.[11]

Group stage

All times are WAT (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morocco AS FAR (H) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3 South Africa UWC Ladies 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 Senegal Aigles de la Médina 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: Soccerway
(H) Hosts
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0South Africa UWC Ladies
 Report
AS FAR Morocco3–0Senegal Aigles de la Médina
 Report
UWC Ladies South Africa2–0Senegal Aigles de la Médina
 Report
AS FAR Morocco3–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
UWC Ladies South Africa0–2Morocco AS FAR
Report El Madani 35' (pen.), 62'
Aigles de la Médina Senegal0–4Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nigeria Edo Queens 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt FC Masar 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
3 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3 1 0 2 5 3 +2 3
4 Ethiopia CBE 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: Soccerway
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–1Egypt FC Masar
Report
CBE Ethiopia0–3Nigeria Edo Queens
Report
Referee: Sabah Sadir (Morocco)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa4–0Ethiopia CBE
 Report
Edo Queens Nigeria0–0Egypt FC Masar
Report
Edo Queens Nigeria2–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
FC Masar Egypt2–1Ethiopia CBE
 Report

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 November – El Jadida
 
 
Morocco AS FAR2
 
 23 November – El Jadida
 
Egypt FC Masar1
 
Morocco AS FAR0
 
 19 November – Casablanca
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe1
 
Nigeria Edo Queens1
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe (a.e.t.)3
 
Third place
 
 
 22 November – El Jadida
 
 
Egypt FC Masar (p)0 (4)
 
 
Nigeria Edo Queens0 (3)

Semi-finals

Edo Queens Nigeria1–3 (a.e.t.)Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
AS FAR Morocco2–1Egypt FC Masar
 Report

Third-place match

FC Masar Egypt0–0Nigeria Edo Queens
Report
Penalties
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soccer ball with check mark Essien
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soccer ball with red X Olise
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

Final

Main article: 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final
AS FAR Morocco0–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report Kasaj 10' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,000

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Morocco Doha El Madani Morocco AS FAR 6
2 South Africa Melinda Kgadiete South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo Merveille Kanjinga Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Nigeria Emem Essien Nigeria Edo Queens
3 Morocco Sanaâ Mssoudy Morocco AS FAR 2
Angola Marta Lacho Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Marlène Kasaj Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Ivory Coast Priscille Kreto Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Burundi Sandrine Niyonkuru Egypt FC Masar
10 Morocco Aziza Rabbah Morocco AS FAR 1
Morocco Safa Banouk Morocco AS FAR
Equatorial Guinea Elena Obono Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Nigeria Flolashade Ijamilusi Nigeria Edo Queens
Nigeria Goodness Osigwe Nigeria Edo Queens
South Africa Molatelo Kobo South Africa UWC Ladies
South Africa Ntombifikile Ndlovu South Africa UWC Ladies
Lesotho Boitumelo Rabale South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
South Africa Lelona Daweti South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Egypt Maya Ehab Egypt FC Masar
Egypt Yasmin Mohamed Egypt FC Masar
Nigeria Mary Mamudu Nigeria Edo Queens
Ethiopia Senaf Wakuma Ethiopia CBE

Awards

Sanaâ Mssoudy (left) and Doha El Madani (right) with their trophies.

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.[12]

Award Player Team
Best Player Morocco Sanaâ Mssoudy Morocco AS FAR
Top Goal scorer Morocco Doha El Madani
Best Goalkeeper Egypt Habiba Emad Egypt FC Masar
Fairplay team Egypt FC Masar

The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows:[13]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Best XI

Egypt Emad

Nigeria Usani
Uganda Nankya
Uganda Nantongo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Vukulu

Democratic Republic of the Congo Kasaj
Morocco Mssoudy
Burundi Niyonkuru

Morocco El Madani
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kanjinga
Angola Marta Lacho

Coach: Lamia Boumehdi[14]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The club was known as Tutankhamun during the qualiying tournament, but they underwent a rebranding and changed their name to FC Masar on 25 September 2024.[8]
  2. ^ FC Masar were granted a place in the finals on 15 October 2024, as the qualifiers winners AS FAR also won the Moroccan Women's Championship and automatically qualified as hosts.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Morocco to host CAF Women's Champions League 2024 in November". CAF. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ "TP Mazembe win African Women's Champions League in upset". BBC Sport. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Secure Second CAF Women's Champions League Title". beIN Sports. Redaction. 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Edo Queens send defending champions Sundowns packing, FC Masar make history". CAF. 16 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ^ "اكتمال الأندية المشاركة في بطولة شمال إفريقيا المؤهلة لدوري الأبطال". Kora Plus (in Arabic). Hatem Shaabane. 10 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Sierra Leone to Host WAFU Zone A Female Champions League Qualifiers". Owlpress. Dauda Musa Bangura. 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ "WAFU Zone B confirms date and host country for Women's Champions League Qualifiers". Ghana FA. Redaction. 17 June 2024.
  8. ^ "رسميًا.. تغيير اسم نادي توت عنخ آمون لـ "مسار"" [OFFICIAL: Tutankhamun FC rebrands to FC Masar]. Kora Plus (in Arabic). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Masar FC secure CAF Women's Champions League spot". KingFut. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Salé, Morocco to host the CAF Women's Champions League Final Draw on Friday, 18 October". CAF. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Hosts AS FAR face debutants Aigles de la Médina while Mamelodi Sundowns begin title defence against Tutankhamun". CAF. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  12. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Morocco 2024: Mssoudy, El Madani, Emad rewarded". CAF. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  13. ^ "CAF Releases Women's Champions League Morocco 2024 Best XI". CAF. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  14. ^ @CAFwomen (November 25, 2024). "Leading TP Mazembe to their first ever title, Lamia Boumehdi is the coach of the tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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