The 2022

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was the 2nd edition of the annual African

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organized by the

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(CAF) held in Morocco from 30 October to 13 November 2022.

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were the defending champions after claiming the inaugural edition title, but was dethroned after losing 0–4 to

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in the final. With the first title, AS FAR automatically qualified for the group stage of the 2023 edition.

Qualified teams

Qualification was 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 group stage of this edition of the tournament, despite losing on penalty kicks in the final of their qualification tournament.

Draw

The draw of this edition of the tournament was held at the Mohammed VI Technical Centre in

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, Morocco on 9 September 2022 at 11:30

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(10:30

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). 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,

was allocated to position A1.

Venues

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

and

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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).

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71): # Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams; #

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in all group matches; # Goals scored in all group matches; # Drawing of lots. If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead: # Points in matches between the tied teams; # Goal difference in matches between the tied teams; # Goals scored in matches between the tied teams; # If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied; # Goal difference in all group matches; # Goals scored in all group matches; # Drawing of lots.

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 edition of the 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.

References

External links

(archived) {{CAF Women's Champions League Champions League CAF Women's Champions League seasons