# 2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

Qualification for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League began on 24 July 2021 within UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and concluded on 4 September 2021 within COSAFA for Southern Africa.
Qualification was situated within the 6 CAF sub-confederations. At the end of qualification, the qualified teams were reduced to the final 8 who would then proceed to the group stages of this edition of the tournament, which took place across two stadiums in Cairo, Egypt from 5 to 19 November 2021. These teams were composed of one winning team from each of the qualification competitions of the CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones), the host nation's league-winning team and, for this edition only, an additional team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.

## Teams

All participating teams qualified for their sub-regional qualification competitions 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 at least one team which participated in this first qualification edition.
Qualified teams for the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phase :
| Zones | Zones | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| UNAF | UNAF | Afak Relizane (1st) | Wadi Degla$^{HNT}$ (1st) | AS FAR (1st) | AS Banque de l'Habitat (1st) |
| WAFU | A | Seven Stars (1st) | Determine Girls (1st) | AS Mandé (1st) | Dakar Sacré-Cœur (1st) |
| WAFU | B | US Forces Armées (1st) | Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (1st) | Hasaacas Ladies (1st) | AS Police (1st) |
| WAFU | B | Rivers Angels (1st) | Amis du Monde (1st) |
| UNIFFAC | UNIFFAC | Louves Minproff (1st) | FCF Amani (1st) | Malabo Kings (1st) | Missile FC (1st) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | PVP Buyenzi (1st) | FAD Club (1st) | CBE (1st) | Vihiga Queens (1st) |
| CECAFA | CECAFA | Yei Join Star (1st) | Simba Queens (1st) | Lady Doves (1st) | New Generation FC (1st) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Double Action Ladies (1st) | Manzini Wonderers (1st) | LDF LFC (1st) | Tura Magic Ladies FC (1st) |
| COSAFA | COSAFA | Mamelodi Sundowns (1st) | Green Buffaloes (1st) | Black Rhinos Queens (1st) |
Associations which entered no team:
* Libya
* Gambia
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Mauritania
* Sierra Leone
* Benin
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Eritrea
* Rwanda
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Angola
* Comoros
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mauritius
* Mozambique
* Seychelles

## Qualification

Each CAF sub-confederation held a qualifying tournament, starting with UNAF for North Africa and WAFU Zone A for West Africa and ending with final for COSAFA's competition. The winners of these tournaments advanced to the group stages of the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League where they were joined by the host nation's league champions and another team from the sub-confederation of the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.

### UNAF

The draw for this edition of qualification was held on 7 July 2021 with the competition itself running from 24 to 30 July in Berkane, Morocco and was won by the host nation's representative, AS FAR.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | AFR | ASB |
| 1 | AS FAR (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 6 | Group stage | — | 4–1 | |
| 2 | Afak Relizane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | AS Banque de l'Habitat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | | 0–10 | | — |

### WAFU Zone A

The tournament took place in Mindelo, Cape Verde from 24 to 30 July with AS Mandé emerging as its representative after defeating AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur in the final.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ASM | ASD | DGF | SST |
| 1 | AS Mandé | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | Group stage | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | AS Dakar Sacré-Cœur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | | | — | | 2–1 |
| 3 | Determine Girls FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | | 1–2 | — | |
| 4 | Seven Stars (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | | 2–2 | | 0–2 | — |

### WAFU Zone B

The tournament took place in Marcory, Ivory Coast from 24 July to 5 August 2021 with Hasaacas Ladies emerging as its representavie after beating Rivers Angels 3–1 in the final.

#### Group stage
##### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USF | AAM | OSG |
| 1 | US Forces Armées | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Académie Amis du Monde FC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | Semi-finals | | — | 2–2 |
| 3 | Onze Sœurs de Gagnoa (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | | 0–1 | | — |

##### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RIV | HAL | ASP |
| 1 | Rivers Angels F.C. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Semi-finals | — | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Hasaacas Ladies F.C. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Semi-finals | | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | AS Police | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | | 0–5 | | — |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| US Forces Armées | 0–2 | Hasaacas Ladies |
| Rivers Angels | 5–1 | Académie Amis du Monde FC |

##### Third place match

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| US Forces Armées | 0–2 | Académie Amis du Monde FC |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Hasaacas Ladies | 3–1 | Rivers Angels |

### UNIFFAC

The qualification tournament for UNIFFAC teams was held from 1 to 29 August 2021. with Malabo Kings emerged as the UNNIFAC representative after beating FCF Amani 5–1 in the final.

#### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Louves Minproff | 0–4 | Malabo Kings | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| FCF Amani | 3–2 | Missile FC | 0–1 | 3–1 |

#### Final

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Malabo Kings | 5–1 | FCF Amani | 4–1 | 1–0 |

### CECAFA

The draw for the qualification tournament for CECAFA teams (branded as the CECAFA Women's Champions League) was held on 8 July 2021 with the competition itself running from 28 August to 9 September in Nairobi, Kenya. The host nation's team, Vihiga Queens emerged as the CECAFA representavie after beating Commercial Bank of Ehiopia (CBE) FC 2–1 in the final.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIM | LDW | PVP | FAD |
| 1 | Simba Queens | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | | | 10–0 |
| 2 | Lady Doves WFC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | PVP Buyenzi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | | 1–4 | | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | FAD Club | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | | | | | — |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CBE | VIQ | YJS | NGE |
| 1 | CBE FC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 4–2 | 10–0 | 10–1 |
| 2 | Vihiga Queens (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 6 | Knockout stage | | — | | |
| 3 | Yei Join Stars FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 3 | | | 0–11 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | New Generation FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | | | 0–8 | | — |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Simba Queens | 1–2 | Vihiga Queens |
| CBE FC | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Lady Doves WFC |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Vihiga Queens | 2–1 | CBE FC |

### COSAFA

COSAFA organized a qualification tournament for its countries known as the COSAFA Women's Champions League to qualify its winners there, whose was held on 29 July 2021 with the competition itself taking place at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa from 26 to 31 August 2021. Eight teams were drawn into two groups of four with the top two in each group advancing to the knock-out phase (semi-finals). Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies emerged as the COSAFA representative after beating Black Rhinos Queens 3–0 in the final.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSL | DAL | MW | LDF |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Knockout phase | — | 6–0 | 6–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Double Action Ladies | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Knockout phase | | — | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Manzini Wanderers LFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | | | | — | |
| 4 | Lesotho Defense Force | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | | | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BRQ | GBL | TML |
| 1 | Black Rhinos Queens FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Knockout phase | — | | |
| 2 | Green Buffaloes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | Knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Tura Magic Ladies FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | | 0–3 | | — |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Black Rhinos Queens | 2–0 | Double Action Ladies |
| Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | 1–0 | Green Buffaloes |

##### Final

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Black Rhinos Queens | 0–3 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |