# 2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

Qualification for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League began on 5 August and concluded on 14 September 2023.
Qualification was made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which commenced on 12 August within COSAFA for Southern Africa and the CECAFA for mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa. Qualification ended on 14 September with the participating teams reduced to the final 8 which consisted of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the tournament's defending champions and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phases currently being held in Ivory Coast.

## Participating teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase via winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 37 (out of 54) countries have a participant club in this edition.
Qualified teams for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase :
| Zones | Zones | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| UNAF | UNAF | Afak Relizane (3rd) | Wadi Degla (3rd) | SC Casablanca (1st) | ASF Sousse (1st) |
| WAFU | A | Determine Girls (3rd) | AS Mandé (3rd) | AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st) | Mogbwemo Queens (1st) |
| WAFU | B | US Forces Armées (3rd) | Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (2nd) | Ampem Darkoa (2nd) | AS Police (2nd) |
| WAFU | B | Delta Queens (1st) | Academie Amis du Monde (2nd) | Sam Nelly (1st) |
| UNIFFAC | UNIFFAC | AS Awa (2nd) (withdrew) | AS Epah-Ngamba (1st) | Huracanes (1st) | TP Mazembe (2nd) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | Buja Queens (1st) | FAD Club (2nd) | CBE (3rd) | Vihiga Queens (2nd) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | AS Kigali (2nd) | Yei Joint Stars (3rd) | JKT Queens (2nd) | Kampala Queens (1st) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | New Generation FC (2nd) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Double Action Ladies (3rd) | Young Buffaloes (2nd) | Olympic de Moroni (2nd) | CD Costa do Sol (2nd) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Mamelodi Sundowns (3rd) | Green Buffaloes (3rd) | Lesotho Defence Force Ladies (2nd) | Ntopwa FC (1st) |
Associations which did not enter a team
* Angola
* Central African Republic
* Cape Verde
* Chad
* Eritrea
* Gabon
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Gambia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Zimbabwe

## Main Qualification Phase
### UNAF

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCC | AFR | WDG | ASFS |
| 1 | SC Casablanca | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Main tournament | — | 4–3 | 6–1 | |
| 2 | Afak Relizane | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 | | | — | | |
| 3 | Wadi Degla (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | | | 1–4 | — | |
| 4 | ASF Sousse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | | 1–3 | 0–5 | 3–5 | — |

### WAFU Zone A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ASM | ASD | DGF | MQFC |
| 1 | AS Mandé | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Main tournament | — | | | |
| 2 | AS Dakar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Determine Girls FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | | 0–3 | | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Mogbwemo Queens | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | | 0–0 | | | — |

### WAFU Zone B
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DQ | SN | USFA |
| 1 | Delta Queens F.C. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Sam Nelly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | Semi-finals | | — | 0–0 |
| 3 | US Forces Armées | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | | 0–3 | | — |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AD | AA | OTR |
| 1 | Ampem Darkoa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | | 4–2 |
| 2 | Athlético FC d'Abidjan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Semi-finals | 1–3 | — | |
| 3 | AS OTR Lomé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | | | 0–2 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Delta Queens | 3–2 | Athlético d'Abidjan |
| Ampem Darkoa | 4–1 | Sam Nelly |

##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Athlético d'Abidjan | 3–0 | Sam Nelly |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Delta Queens | 0–1 | Ampem Darkoa |

### UNIFFAC

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HFC | TPM | ASEN | ASA |
| 1 | Huracanes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Main tournament | — | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | | | — | 2–0 | |
| 3 | AS Epah-Ngamba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | | | — | |
| 4 | AS Awa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | | | | — |

### CECAFA
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CBE | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Buja Queens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Kampala Queens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | |
| 4 | Yei Joint Stars | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 5 | FAD Club | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | JKT Queens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Vihiga Queens FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | AS Kigali WFC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Generation FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| JKT Queens | 3–1 | Buja Queens |
| CBE | 2–1 | Vihiga Queens F.C. |

##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Buja Queens | 1–0 | Vihiga Queens F.C. |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CBE | 0–0 (4–5 p) | JKT Queens |

### COSAFA
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Double Action Ladies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Green Buffaloes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Lesotho Defence Force Ladies | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Ntopwa FC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | CD Costa do Sol | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Young Buffaloes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
| 4 | Olympic de Moroni | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Double Action Ladies | 2–0 | CD Costa do Sol |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 3–1 | Green Buffaloes |

##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CD Costa do Sol | 2–1 | Green Buffaloes |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Double Action Ladies | 0–2 | Mamelodi Sundowns |