# 2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League began on 7 August and concluded on 15 September 2022.
Qualification began COSAFA for Southern Africa and the CECAFA for mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa on 7 August 2022 and concluded on 16 September 2022. After qualification, the participating teams reduced to the final 8 which were made up 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 phase which took place in Morocco.

## 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 33 (out of 54) countries had a participant club in this edition.
Qualified teams for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase :
| Zones | Zones | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| UNAF | UNAF | Afak Relizane (2nd) | Wadi Degla (2nd) | AS FAR$^{TH}$ (2nd) | AS Banque de l'Habitat (2nd) |
| WAFU | A | Determine Girls (2nd) | AS Mandé (2nd) | USPA (1st) |
| WAFU | B | US Forces Armées (2nd) | Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (1st) | Ampem Darkoa (1st) | AS Police (2nd) |
| WAFU | B | Bayelsa Queens(1st) | Athleta (1st) | Espoir (1st) |
| UNIFFAC | UNIFFAC | AS Awa (1st) | TP Mazembe (1st) | Malabo Kings (2nd) | CECUS FC (1st) |
| UNIFFAC | UNIFFAC | AC Colombe (1st) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | Fofila (1st) | GRFC (1st) | CBE (2nd) | AS Kigali (1st) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | Yei Join Star (2nd) | Simba Queens (2nd) | She Corporate (1st) | Warrior Queens (1st) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Double Action Ladies (2nd) | Young Buffaloes (1st) | Olympic de Moroni (1st) | CD Costa do Sol (1st) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd) | Green Buffaloes (2nd) |
Associations which did not enter a team
* Angola
* Central African Republic
* Cape Verde
* Eritrea
* Gabon
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya(W)
* Libya
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Zimbabwe

## Main Qualification Phase
### UNAF

Qualification from this region took place in Agadir, Morocco from 14 to 20 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WDG | ASB | AFR |
| 1 | Wadi Degla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Main tournament | — | 2–0 | |
| 2 | AS Banque de l'Habitat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Afak Relizane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | | 0–2 | | — |

### WAFU Zone A

Qualification from this region took place in Paynesville, Liberia.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DGF FC | ASM | USPA |
| 1 | Determine Girls FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Main tournament | — | 1–1 | |
| 2 | AS Mandé | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | | — | 0–0 |
| 3 | USPA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | | 0–1 | | — |

### WAFU Zone B

Seven clubs competed for this year's qualification tournament which was held in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, from 20 August to 2 September 2022. having been originally scheduled for hosting in Abidjan.

#### Group A

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

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | | — |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Africa Sports | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Ampem Darkoa |
| Bayelsa Queens | 6–0 | Espoir FC |

##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Africa Sports | 4–0 | Espoir FC |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Ampem Darkoa | 0–3 | Bayelsa Queens |

### UNIFFAC

Qualification from this region was originally to be held from 20 August to 4 September 2022 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with two-legged ties for the semi-finals. Due to the lack of guarantee from the Cameroonian government, Equatorial Guinea was announced as the new host on 24 August which ran from 10 to 26 September 2022, disqualifying Cameroonian club, AS Awa, in the process.

#### Round 1

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CECUS FC | w/o | AC Colombe |
| AS Awa | 0–1 | TP Mazembe |

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CECUS FC | 0–4 | TP Mazembe |
| Malabo Kings | 0–3 | AS Awa |

#### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| TP Mazembe | 2–1 | AS Awa |

### CECAFA

Qualification from this region was held from 14 to 27 August in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, having initially been scheduled from 28 July to 10 August 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania.

#### Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CBE | ASK | FPF | WQFC |
| 1 | CBE FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals | — | | 5–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | AS Kigali WFC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals | 0–2 | — | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Fofila PF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | | 1–2 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Warriors QFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | | | | | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SQ | SCP | YJS | GRFC |
| 1 | Simba Queens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | She Corporate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 6 | Semi-finals | | — | 6–0 | |
| 3 | Yei Joint Stars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | | | | — | |
| 4 | GRFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | | 0–6 | 0–8 | 0–6 | — |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CBE FC | 1–2 | She Corporate |
| Simba Queens | 5–1 | AS Kigali WFC |

##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| CBE FC | 3–1 | AS Kigali WFC |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| She Corporate | 0–1 | Simba Queens |

### COSAFA

Qualification from this region (branded as the COSAFA Women's Champions League) was held in South Africa from 7 to 14 August 2022. Six qualified teams were divided into two groups of three with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 4 | Final |
| 2 | Double Action Ladies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Third place |
| 3 | CD Costa do Sol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Green Buffaloes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Final |
| 2 | Olympic de Moroni | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Third place |
| 3 | Young Buffaloes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Third place

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Double Action Ladies | 3–0 | Olympic de Moroni |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Green Buffaloes | 0–0 (6–5 p) | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |