2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryEquatorial Guinea
CityMalabo
Dates10–16 September 2022
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions TP Mazembe (1st title)
Runners-up AS Awa
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Merveille Kanjinga (4 goals)
2021
2023

The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers is the 2nd edition of CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers tournament organised by the UNIFFAC for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was originally to be held from 20 August to 4 September 2022 in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé.[1] However on 11 August the competition was postponed indefinitely following the lack of guarantee from the government of the Republic of Cameroon, the new dates and hosts will be fixed by UNIFFAC. [2] On 24 August 2022 it was announced that Equatorial Guinea will host the tournament starting from 10 september. [3] The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League.

Venues

Matches are held at the Estadio de Malabo.

Malabo
Malabo
2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers (Equatorial Guinea)
Estadio de Malabo
Capacity: 15 250

Participating teams

The following five teams will contest in the qualifying tournament.

Team Qualifying method Appearances Previous best performance
AS Awa 2021–22 Cameroonian Women's champions 1st n/a
TP Mazembe 2021–22 Congolese Democratic Rep. Women's champions 1st n/a
Malabo Kings FC 2020–21 Equatorial Guinean Women's champions 2nd Winner (2021)
CECUS FC 2021–22 Tchadien Women's champions 1st n/a
AC Colombe 2021–22 Congolaise Women's champions 1st n/a
Associations which did not enter a team

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 6 september 2022 in Cairo,Egypt. [4]

Bye to First round Participating in First round

Malabo Kings FC

AS Awa
TP Mazembe
AC Colombe (W)
CECUS FC

Qualifying tournament

First round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CECUS FC w/o AC Colombe
AS Awa 0–1 TP Mazembe
CECUS FC Cancelled AC Colombe
Report
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Aline Guimbang A Etong (Cameroon)

CECUS FC won on walkover after AC Colombe failed to appear on the pitch.

AS Awa 0–1 TP Mazembe
Report
  • Kanjinga 55'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Richy Carmen Nganda Madiamba (Gabon)

Second round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
CECUS FC 0–4 TP Mazembe
Malabo Kings 0–3 AS Awa FC
CECUS FC 0–4 TP Mazembe
Report
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Agnès Ngoma (Congo)
Malabo Kings 0–3 AS Awa
Report
  • Enganemben 34'
  • Kouesso 40'
  • Tabe 46'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Final

Team 1  Score  Team 2
TP Mazembe 2–1 AS Awa
TP Mazembe 2–1 AS Awa
Report
  • Machia 52'
Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Referee: Agnès Ngoma (Congo)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match (as of 16 September 2022).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Merveille Kanjinga TP Mazembe 4
2 Justine Bousu TP Mazembe 2
3 Esther Dikisha TP Mazembe 1
Farida Machia AS Awa
Felicia Enganemben AS Awa
Jeanne Kouesso AS Awa
Brenda Tabe AS Awa

References

  1. ^ "Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF 2e édition". pyramidactu.net. 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Football-LDC (F) : le tour préliminaire de la zone UNIFFAC reporté". sportnewsafrica.com. 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ "LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS (F) – UNIFFAC : LA GUINÉE ÉQUATORIALE ACCUEILLE LE TOURNOI ZONAL". sportnewsafrica.com. 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF WCL UNIFFAC Qualifiers Schedule".