2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers

Tournament details
Host country	Equatorial Guinea
City	Malabo
Dates	10–16 September 2022
Teams	5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	TP Mazembe (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Awa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	11 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Merveille Kanjinga (4 goals)
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The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers is the 2nd edition of CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers tournament organised by the UNIFFAC for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was originally to be held from 20 August to 4 September 2022 in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé.[1] However on 11 August the competition was postponed indefinitely following the lack of guarantee from the government of the Republic of Cameroon, the new dates and hosts will be fixed by UNIFFAC. [2] On 24 August 2022 it was announced that Equatorial Guinea will host the tournament starting from 10 september. [3] The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League.

Venues

Matches are held at the Estadio de Malabo.

Malabo	Malabo 2022 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers (Equatorial Guinea)
Estadio de Malabo
Capacity: 15 250

Participating teams

The following five teams will contest in the qualifying tournament.

Team	Qualifying method	Appearances	Previous best performance
AS Awa	2021–22 Cameroonian Women's champions	1st	n/a
TP Mazembe	2021–22 Congolese Democratic Rep. Women's champions	1st	n/a
Malabo Kings FC	2020–21 Equatorial Guinean Women's champions	2nd	Winner (2021)
CECUS FC	2021–22 Tchadien Women's champions	1st	n/a
AC Colombe	2021–22 Congolaise Women's champions	1st	n/a

Associations which did not enter a team

 Central African Republic
 Gabon
 São Tomé and Príncipe

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 6 september 2022 in Cairo,Egypt. [4]

Bye to First round	Participating in First round
Malabo Kings FC	AS Awa TP Mazembe AC Colombe (W) CECUS FC

Qualifying tournament

First round

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

10 September 2022

13:00 UTC+1

CECUS FC	Cancelled	AC Colombe
	Report

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Referee: Aline Guimbang A Etong (Cameroon)

CECUS FC won on walkover after AC Colombe failed to appear on the pitch.

10 September 2022

16:00 UTC+1

AS Awa	0–1	TP Mazembe
	Report	Kanjinga 55'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Referee: Richy Carmen Nganda Madiamba (Gabon)

Second round

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

13 September 2022

13:00 UTC+1

CECUS FC	0–4	TP Mazembe
	Report	Kanjinga 1', 19' Dikisha 30' Bousu 85'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Referee: Agnès Ngoma (Congo)

13 September 2022

16:00 UTC+1

Malabo Kings	0–3	AS Awa
	Report	Enganemben 34' Kouesso 40' Tabe 46'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Final

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

16 September 2022

15:30 UTC+1

TP Mazembe	2–1	AS Awa
Bousu 32' Kanjinga 87'	Report	Machia 52'

Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Referee: Agnès Ngoma (Congo)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 11 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match (as of 16 September 2022).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Merveille Kanjinga	TP Mazembe	4
2	Justine Bousu	TP Mazembe	2
3	Esther Dikisha	TP Mazembe	1
	Farida Machia	AS Awa
	Felicia Enganemben	AS Awa
	Jeanne Kouesso	AS Awa
	Brenda Tabe	AS Awa

References

1. "Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF 2e édition". pyramidactu.net. 15 July 2022.
2. "Football-LDC (F) : le tour préliminaire de la zone UNIFFAC reporté". sportnewsafrica.com. 11 August 2022.
3. "LIGUE DES CHAMPIONS (F) – UNIFFAC : LA GUINÉE ÉQUATORIALE ACCUEILLE LE TOURNOI ZONAL". sportnewsafrica.com. 24 August 2022.
4. "TotalEnergies CAF WCL UNIFFAC Qualifiers Schedule".