The 2023

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was the 3rd edition of the annual African

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organized by the

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, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023. The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of the following edition of the tournament. The qualification draw was conducted on 5 July 2023 at the

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. AS FAR are the defending champions.

Qualified teams

Qualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held in

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, Cote d’Ivoire on 9 October 2023 at 16:00

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(16:00 GMT). The 8 confirmed teams was drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Athlético Abidjan was allocated to position A1.

Venues

Squads

Match officials

;Referees * Ghada Mehat * Suavis Iratunga * Aline Guimbang A Etong * Shahenda El Maghrabi * Natacha Gérardine Konan * Eness Gumbo * Antsino Twanyanyukwa * Yemisi Akintoye *

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* Aline Umutoni *

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* Vincentia Amedome * Dorsaf Ganouati * Shamirah Nabadda ;Assistant referees * Asma Feriel Ouahab * Nafissatou Yekini * Fidès Bangurambona * Yara Atef * Prisca Danielle Ta * Mary Njoroge * Bernadettar Kwimbira * Fanta Koné * Meriem Chedad * Queency Victoire * Houda Afine * Nancy Kasitu ;Video assistant referees * Issa Sy * Maria Rivet * Fatiha Jermoumi * Bouchra Karboubi * Soukaina Hamdi * Abongile Tom * Diana Chikotesha

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

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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. The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows: Coach: Jerry Tshabalala

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caf Women's Champions League 2023 2022–23 in African football 2023 in women's association football

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