The 2022

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was the 2nd edition of the annual African

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organized by CAF held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022. The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the following edition of the tournament.

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were the defending champions after claiming the inaugural edition title, but was dethroned after losing 0–4 to AS FAR in the final. With the first title, AS FAR officially qualified for the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League.

Qualified teams

The qualification phases were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which ran from 7 August to 16 September 2022 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September 2022 at 11:30

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(10:30 UTC). The 7 confirmed teams and the unknown

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champion at the time of the draw were drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, AS FAR was allocated to position A1.

Venues

On 16 October 2022, CAF indicated that this edition of the tournament will be held in Rabat and Marrakesh.

Match officials

;Referees * Suavis Iratunga * Zomadre Kore * Shahenda El-Maghrabi * Fatima El Ajjani * Antsino Twanyanyukwa * Ndidi Patience Madu * Mame Faye *

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* Vincentina Amedomé * Shamira Nabadda ;Assistant referees * Asma Ouahab * Nafissatou Yekini * Carine Atezambong * Mireille Mujanayi * Pélagie Rakotozafinoro * Bernadettar Kwimbira * Fanta Kone * Mariem Chedad * Ihsane Nouali * Karima Khadiri * Houda Afine * Diana Chikotesha ;Video assistant referees * Ahmed El Ghandour * Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea * Dahane Beida * Imtehaz Heeralall * Samir Guezzaz * Zakaria Brindisi * Haythem Guirat

Group stage

The group stage kick-off times are in

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(WAT) ( UTC+01:00).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a

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are counted as draws. , - , colspan="11", Eliminated in group stage , -

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caf Women's Champions League 2022 2022 CAF Women's Champions League 2021–22 in African football 2022 in women's association football