2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers

2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers

تصفيات إتحاد شمال إفريقيا المؤهلة لدوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Alexandria
Dates	22–30 August
Teams	4 (from 4 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	SC Casablanca (1st title)
Runners-up	Afak Relizane
Third place	Wadi Degla
Fourth place	ASF Sousse
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	36 (6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Naïma Bouhenni (7 goals)
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 30 August 2023.

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers was the 3rd edition of the CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers tournament organised by the UNAF for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 22 to 30 August 2023 in Alexandria, Egypt. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament to be held in Ivory Coast.[1]

Participating teams

The following four teams contested in the qualifying tournament. AS FAR from Morocco were the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League champions and therefore qualified automatically as title holders of the final tournament.

Team	Qualifying method	Appearances	Previous best performance
Afak Relizane	2022–23 Algerian Women's champions	3rd	UNAF qualifiers round
Wadi Degla	2023 Egyptian League champions	3rd	Group stage
SC Casablanca	2022–23 Moroccan Women's runners-up	1st	n/a
ASF Sousse	2022–23 Tunisian Women's champions	1st	n/a

Venues

The Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran, Algeria was shosen on first to hosts the qualifying tournament.[2][3] But on 6 August 2023, CAF decided changing the venue to Alexandria, Egypt.[4]

Alexandria		Alexandria
		Alexandria Stadium	Haras El Hodoud Stadium
		Capacity: 13,660	Capacity: 22,000

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the tournament.[5]

Referees

Lamia Athmane Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby

Ihsane Nouajli Asma Chouchene

Assistant referees

Feriel Isma Ouahab Sarah Kemmad Yara Atef Gemalat Shebl

Zakia El Krini Karima Khadri Khouloud Amri Nesrine Ouertani

Qualifying tournament

Pos	Team	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	—

Source: unafonline.org
(H) Hosts

24 August 2023

17:00

SC Casablanca	4–3	Afak Relizane
Sal. Miftah 16' Mourtaji 25', 80' A. Diarra 90+3'	Report	Kandouci 28' (pen.), 40' (pen.) Bouhenni 45'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Shahenda ElMaghrabi (Egypt)

24 August 2023

20:00

ASF Sousse	3–5	Wadi Degla
Ben Khalifa 55' Jeddi 56' Ben Ali 65'	Report	Zouwairatou 17', 19', 40' G. Mahmoud 27', 39'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Zakia El Grini (Morocco)

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27 August 2023

17:00

Wadi Degla	1–4	Afak Relizane
El Sayed 72'	Report	Bouhenni 7', 24', 53', 90+5'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Asma Chouchane (Tunisia)

27 August 2023

20:00

ASF Sousse	1–3	SC Casablanca
Jemai 29' (pen.)	Report	Mourtaji 1', 22', 90+4'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Lamia Atman (Algeria)

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30 August 2023

18:00

ASF Sousse	0–5	Afak Relizane
	Report	Arbi Aouda 10' Bouhenni 22', 72' Daoudi 85' Ayad 90' (pen.)

Haras El Hodoud Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Shahenda ElMaghrabi (Egypt)

30 August 2023

18:00

SC Casablanca	6–1	Wadi Degla
Kokora 20' A. Diarra 22' Tammar 35' Adel 73' (o.g.) Miftah 87' Koffi 90+4'	Report	Zouwairatou 12'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Asma Chouchane (Tunisia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 36 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 6 goals per match (as of 30 August 2023).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Naïma Bouhenni	Afak Relizane	7
2	Chaymaa Mourtaji	SC Casablanca	5
3	Moussa Zouwairatou	Wadi Degla SC	4
4	Zeyneb Kandouci	Afak Relizane	2
	Gihan Mahmoud	Wadi Degla SC
	Samya Miftah	SC Casablanca
7	Kelthoum Arbi Aouda	Afak Relizane	1
	Hedda Ayad	Afak Relizane
	Fouzia Daoudi	Afak Relizane
	Manar El Sayed	Wadi Degla SC
	Nadège Koffi	SC Casablanca
	Adjoua Sylvaine Kokora	SC Casablanca
	Agueicha Diarra	SC Casablanca
	Salma Tammar	SC Casablanca
	Chiraz Ben Ali	ASF Sousse
	Aya Ben Khalifa	ASF Sousse
	Aya Jeddi	ASF Sousse
	Yasmine Jemai	ASF Sousse
–	Samr Adel	Wadi Degla SC (vs SC Casablanca)	o.g.

Broadcasting rights

Territory	Broadcaster	Ref.
North Africa	UNAF Youtube Channel
Egypt	On Sport

References

1. "CAF Women's Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition". CAFOnline.com. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
2. "رابطة أبطال إفريقيا النسوية: ملعب هدفي بوهران يستضيف تصفيات شمال إفريقيا". Radio Algerie (in Arabic). 27 June 2023.
3. "بلاغ بخصوص عملية قرعة تصفيات دوري ابطال افريقيا للأندية النسائية". unafonline.org (in Arabic). 4 July 2023.
4. "كرة القدم النسوية رابطة أبطال إفريقيا: نقل الدورة التأهيلية عن شمال إفريقيا إلى مصر". Annasr Online (in Arabic). K. R. 6 August 2023.
5. "قائمة حكمات تصفيات اتحاد شمال افريقيا لكرة القدم المؤهلة الى دوري أبطال افريقيا للأندية النسائية". unafonline.org. 9 August 2023.

External links

• 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers - unafonline.org