2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
City	Yamoussoukro
Dates	20 August – 2 September
Teams	7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bayelsa Queens F.C. (1st title)
Runners-up	Ampem Darkoa
Third place	Africa Sports
Fourth place	Espoir FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	41 (3.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Etim Edidiong (6 goals)
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Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League for West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B took place in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast between 20 August and 2 September 2022 to qualify its representative at the group stage in Morocco.^[1] Originally scheduled to be held in Abidjan, this edition was moved due to then-ongoing renovations at the stadiums situated there.^[2]

Participating clubs[edit]

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Africa Sports	1st	n/a
Espoir FC	1st	n/a
Ampem Darkoa	1st	n/a
AS Police	2nd	Groupe stage(2021)
US Forces Armées	2nd	Fourth (2021)
Athleta FC	1st	n/a
Bayelsa Queens F.C.	1st	n/a

Venues[edit]

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Yamoussoukro	Stade de Yamoussoukro	20,000

Match officials[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. The seven teams were drawn into 2 group with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group A	Group B
Espoir FC Africa Sports AS Police	US Forces Armées Ampem Darkoa Bayelsa Queens Athleta FC

Qualifying Tournaments[edit]

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout 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.

All times are Time in Ivory Coast (UTC+0).

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ASA	EFC	ASP
1	Africa Sports	2	2	0	8	1	+7	6	Semi-finals	—		5–0
2	Espoir FC	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3	Semi-finals	1–3	—
3	AS Police	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0			1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 August 2022

15:00

Africa Sports	5-0	AS Police
Edwige 14' Abrogoua 24' Esperance 36' Doudou 69' Deborah 80'	Report

Stade de Yamoussoukro, Yamoussoukro

23 August 2022

15:00

AS Police	1-2	Espoir FC
Mamadou 82'	Report	Zinsou 21', 90'

Stade de Yamoussoukro, Yamoussoukro

26 August 2022

16:00

Africa Sports	3-1	Espoir FC
Akebie Abrogoua ??' Adjoua Edwige ??' Estelle Grewa ??'	Report	Merveille Zinsou ??'

Stade de Yamoussoukro, Yamoussoukro

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AD	BFC	USFA	AFC
1	Ampem Darkoa	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Semi-finals	—	0–0	3–0
2	Bayelsa Queens	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Semi-finals		—	3–1
3	USFA	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3				—	5–1
4	Athleta FC	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0		0–1	0–5		—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 August 2022