The 2024

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was the fourth edition of the annual African premier

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club tournament organized by the

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. The tournament was hosted by Morocco from 9 to 23 November 2024.

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defeated

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1–0 in the final, claiming their first-ever CAF Women's Champions League title, and earning a spot in the group stage of the tournament's next edition.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Qualified teams

Qualification for this edition, like in previous editions of the tournament, consisted of six sub-confederation qualifying tournaments held between 1 and 30 August 2024, with each confederation having a representative. As the defending champions,

qualified automatically for the group stage.

Venues

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was announced as the host country for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League on 15 October 2024. Two venues will be hosting the tournament.

Draw

The draw for the group stage and final rounds was held on 18 October 2024, 11:00 GMT (12:00 local time,

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), in

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. The eight qualified teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with hosts

allocated to position A1, and defending champions

allocated to position B1.

Group stage

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

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: Lamia Boumehdi

Notes

References

External links

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