2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers is the 4th edition of the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition was held from 10 to 23 August 2023 in Ivory Coast.^[1][2][3][4] The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.^[5]

2024 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

Tournament details
Host country	Ivory Coast
Dates	10–23 August
Teams	7 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Edo Queens (1st title)
Runners-up	Ainonvi FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	44 (3.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emem Peace Essien (6 goals)
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Participating clubs

Team	Qualifying method	Appearances	Previous best performance
FC Inter d'Abidjan	2023–24 Ivory Coast Women's Championship Champions	1st	n/a
Ainonvi FC	2023–24 Benin Women's Championship Champions	1st	n/a
Hasaacas Ladies	2023–24 Ghana Women's Premier League Champions	2nd	Champions (2021)
AS GNN	2023–24 Niger Women's Championship Champions	1st	n/a
AO Etincelle	2023–24 Burkinabé Women's Championship Champions	1st	n/a
ASKO Kara	2023–24 Togolese Women's Championship Champions	1st	n/a
Edo Queens	2023–24 NWFL Premiership Champions	1st	n/a

Venues

Bouaké Yamoussoukro		Bouaké	Yamoussoukro
		Stade de la Paix	Charles Konan Banny Stadium
		Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 20,000

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt.^[6] The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.^[7]

Seeded	Unseeded
FC Inter d'Abidjan (hosts) Hasaacas Ladies	Edo Queens Ainonvi FC AS GNN AO Etincelle ASKO Kara

Group stage

All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AFC	FCI	ASK
1	Ainonvi FC	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Semi-finals		—		2–1
2	FC Inter d'Abidjan (H)	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3			1–2	—
3	ASKO Kara	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0				3–4	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

FC Inter d'Abidjan	1–2	Ainonvi FC
Fofana 14'		Ligali 30' Djibril 56'

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)

15:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

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ASKO Kara	1–2	Ainonvi FC
Gbati 90'		Honfo 3' Ligali 12'

13 August 2024 (2024-08-13)

16:00

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro

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FC Inter d'Abidjan	4–3	ASKO Kara
Behinan 39' Agbo 52', 72', 90+1'	Report	Kadanga 8' Kayaba 15' Gbati 25'

16 August 2024 (2024-08-16)

16:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EDO	AOE	HSC	ASG
1	Edo Queens	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Semi-finals		—	1–0	0–3
2	AO Etincelle	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4				—		1–6
3	Hasaacas Ladies	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4				0–0	—	6–1
4	AS GNN	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0			0–5			—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hasaacas Ladies	0–0	AO Etincelle
	Report

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)

16:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

AS GNN	0–5	Edo Queens
	Report	Essien 36', 73' Abideen 45+2' Ilivieda 59' Moses 71'

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)

18:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

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AS GNN	1–6	AO Etincelle
Hassane 61'		Helbi 24', 56' Congo 45+2' Aicha 54' Guira 75', 80'

14 August 2024 (2024-08-14)

15:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

Hasaacas Ladies	0–3	Edo Queens
		Essien 58', 68' Suliat 88'

14 August 2024 (2024-08-14)

18:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

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Hasaacas Ladies	6–1	AS GNN
Tamboura 17' Animah 37' Owusu 40', 46', 90+2' Sakyiwaa 90+6'	Report	Hassane 45'

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)

16:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

AO Etincelle	0–1	Edo Queens
	Report	Jerry 41'

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)

16:00

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Ainonvi FC	1–0	AO Etincelle
Djibril 84'

20 August 2024 (2024-08-20)

15:00

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro

Edo Queens	2–1	FC Inter d'Abidjan
Essien 7' Ilivieda 34'		Niamien 46' (pen.)

20 August 2024 (2024-08-20)

18:30

Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro

Third place match

AO Etincelle	0–1	FC Inter d'Abidjan
		S. Behinan 27'

22 August 2024 (2024-08-22)

18:30

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

Final

Ainonvi FC	0–3	Edo Queens
		Abideen 45+2' Essien 59' Ukandu 76' (o.g.)

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)

18:30

Stade de la Paix, Bouake

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 44 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match (as of 23 August 2024).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Emem Peace Essien	Edo Queens	6
2	Esperance Cousso Agbo	FC Inter d'Abidjan	3
	Suliat Abideen	Edo Queens
	Comfort Owusu	Hasaacas Ladies
5	Faridatou Ligali	Ainonvi FC	2
	Mounifatou Helbi	AO Etincelle
	Deborah Guira	AO Etincelle
	Kpandjapou Gbati	ASKO Kara
	Rahina Moussa Hassane	AS GNN
	Yasminath Djribil	Ainonvi FC
	Blessing Ilivieda	Edo Queens
	Melissa Sandrine Behinan	FC Inter d'Abidjan
13	Mama Junior Fofana	FC Inter d'Abidjan	1
	Sandrine Niamien	FC Inter d'Abidjan
	A Dossi Germaine Honfo	Ainonvi FC
	Esther Chioma Moses	Edo Queens
	Joy Jerry	Edo Queens
	Solim Kadanga	ASKO Kara
	Tatiana Kayaba	ASKO Kara
	Adama Congo	AO Etincelle
	Sawadogo Aicha	AO Etincelle
	Fatoumata Tamboura	Hasaacas Ladies
	Grace Animah	Hasaacas Ladies
	Abigail Sakyiwaa	Hasaacas Ladies

own goals

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Goals
1	Elizabeth Ukandu	Ainonvi FC	Edo Queens	1

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