2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uganda |
| City | Kampala |
| Dates | 12 – 30 August 2023 |
| Teams | 9 (from 9 associations) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 55 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer | |
| Best player | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Fair play award | |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers was the 3rd edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by CECAFA[1] to determine its representative at the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League in Ivory Coast. It was held in Kampala, Uganda from 12 to 30 August 2023.[2]
Participating clubs
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | N/A | |
| 2nd | Group stage (2021) | |
| 3rd | Runner up (2021) | |
| 2nd | Champion (2021) | |
| 2nd | Fourth place (2022) | |
| 3rd | Group stage (2021 and 2022) | |
| 1st | N/A | |
| 1st | N/A | |
| 2nd | Group stage (2022) |
Venues
| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Kampala | Omondi-Stadium Lugogo | xx |
| Kampala | FUFA Technical Centre Njeru |
Match officials
Referees
Assistant Referees
Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 5 July 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The nine teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 and 5 teams with the teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.
| Group A | Group B |
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Group stage
- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 10 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 |
| Yei Joint Stars FC | 0–3 | |
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| Yei Joint Stars FC | 2–0 | |
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| Yei Joint Stars FC | 0–1 | |
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| Yei Joint Stars FC | 0-4 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Vihiga Queens FC | 3–1 | |
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| AS Kigali WFC | 1–2 | |
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| JKT Queens | 1–0 | |
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| AS Kigali WFC | 0–1 | |
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| Vihiga Queens FC | 0–1 | |
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| AS Kigali WFC | 2–0 | |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| August 27– | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| August 30 – | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 0(5) | ||||||
| August 27– | ||||||
| 0(4) | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| August 30 – | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
Semi-finals
| JKT Queens | 3–1 | |
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| CBE F.C. | 2–1 | |
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Third place match
| Buja Queens | 1–0 | |
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| Lydia Akoth |
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Final
| JKT Queens | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Penalties | ||
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5–4 |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match (as of 30 August 2023).
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 1 | ||
- own goal
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
References
- ↑ "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". Football Kenya Federation. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ↑ Tovodounon, Jules S. (5 July 2023). "Ligue des Champions Féminine CAF 2023 : Le tirage au sort complet des éliminatoires" [CAF Women's Champions League 2023: The complete draw for the qualifiers]. Africa Foot United (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
