Qualification for the

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began on 7 August and concluded on 15 September 2022. Qualification began

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for Southern Africa and the

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for mostly

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and a bit of

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on 7 August 2022 and concluded on 16 September 2022. After qualification, the participating teams reduced to the final 8 which were made up of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations ( WAFU is split into two zones), the tournament's defending champions and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phase which took place in

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Participating teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase via winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 33 (out of 54) countries had a participant club in this edition. Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * *(W) * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Main Qualification Phase

UNAF

Qualification from this region took place in

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from 14 to 20 August 2022.

WAFU Zone A

Qualification from this region took place in

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WAFU Zone B

Seven clubs competed for this year's qualification tournament which was held in

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, from 20 August to 2 September 2022. having been originally scheduled for hosting in

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Group stage

Group A

=Group B

Knockout stage

=Semi-finals

=Third place

=Final

UNIFFAC

Qualification from this region was originally to be held from 20 August to 4 September 2022 in

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, with

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s for the semi-finals. Due to the lack of guarantee from the Cameroonian government, Equatorial Guinea was announced as the new host on 24 August which ran from 10 to 26 September 2022, disqualifying Cameroonian club, AS Awa, in the process.

Round 1

Semi-finals

Final

CECAFA

Qualification from this region was held from 14 to 27 August in

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, having initially been scheduled from 28 July to 10 August 2022 in

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, Tanzania.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

=Semi-finals

=Third place

=Final

COSAFA

Qualification from this region (branded as the COSAFA Women's Champions League) was held in

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from 7 to 14 August 2022. Six qualified teams were divided into two groups of three with the top two in each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Group stage

=Group A

=Group B

Knockout stage

=Third place

=Final

References

External links

2022 CAF Women's Champions League
(archived) – '' CAFOnline.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:CAF Women's Champions League 2022

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