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2021 CAF Women's Champions League

The logo of the final tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	Qualifying: 24 July – 25 August 2021 Main tournament: 5 – 19 November
Teams	Main tournament: 8 Total: 33 (from 33 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (1st title)
Runners-up	Hasaacas Ladies
Third place	AS FAR
Fourth place	Malabo Kings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	40 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Evelyn Badu (5)
Best player(s)	Evelyn Badu
Best goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini
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The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League, known as the 2021 TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League for sponsorship purposes, was the inaugural edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by CAF. It was held in Cairo, Egypt from 5 to 19 November 2021.

Qualified teams

The qualification phases were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualification tournaments which began with those of UNAF for North Africa and West Africa's Zone A on 24 July 2021 and concluded on 8 September 2021. Qualification ended with 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 host nation's league-winning team and, for this edition only, an additional team from the sub-confederation of the incumbent Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions.

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Appearance
Egypt	Wadi Degla (hosts)	2021 Egyptian League champions	1st
Morocco	AS FAR	UNAF qualification tournament	1st
Mali	AS Mandé	WAFU A qualification tournament	1st
Ghana	Hasaacas Ladies	WAFU B qualification tournament	1st
Nigeria	Rivers Angels		1st
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo Kings	UNIFFAC qualification tournament	1st
Kenya	Vihiga Queens	CECAFA qualification tournament	1st
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	COSAFA qualification tournament	1st

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on 29 September 2021 at 17:00 CAT (15:00 UTC). The eight confirmed teams were put into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Wadi Degla was allocated to position A1.

Venues

This edition of the tournament was held in two venues in Cairo; the 30 June Stadium and the Al Salam Stadium.

Cairo		Cairo
		30 June Stadium	Al Salam Stadium
		Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 28,500

Match officials

The following sets of referees were chosen for the tournament;

Referees

Assistant referees

Group stage

The group stage kick-off times were in Central Africa Time (CAT) (UTC+02:00). Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated travel restrictions, the matches were played behind closed doors.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hasaacas Ladies	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Malabo Kings	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Wadi Degla (H)	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	AS Mandé	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Wadi Degla	3–1	AS Mandé
El Solh 3' (pen.) Dukureh 9' Ayala 49'	Report	Traoré 32'

Malabo Kings	1–3	Hasaacas Ladies
Gbogou 90'	Report	Badu 11', 90+2' Agyekum 85'

Wadi Degla	0–3	Malabo Kings
	Report	Gbogou 14' (pen.), 41' Balongo 58'

Hasaacas Ladies	3–0	AS Mandé
Badu 17', 59' Agyekum 45+3'	Report

Hasaacas Ladies	2–2	Wadi Degla
Nyame 21' Appiah 49'	Report	Ayala 9' El Solh 26'

AS Mandé	1–1	Malabo Kings
Touré 2'	Report	Mendoua 80'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	AS FAR	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Rivers Angels	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Vihiga Queens	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Vihiga Queens	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Kgadiete 4'

AS FAR	3–0	Rivers Angels
Mssoudy 30', 73', 84'	Report

Vihiga Queens	2–0	AS FAR
Wanyonyi 9' Shikangwa 52'	Report

Rivers Angels	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Nhlapho 17'

Rivers Angels	4–0	Vihiga Queens
Ikechukwu 67' (pen.), 77' (pen.) Koku 80' Monday 84'	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	AS FAR
	Report

Knock-out phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 November – Cairo
	Hasaacas Ladies	2
					19 November – Cairo
	AS FAR	1
					Hasaacas Ladies	0
	15 November – Cairo
					Mamelodi Sundowns	2
	Mamelodi Sundowns (p)	0 (5)
	Malabo Kings	0 (4)
					Third place
					18 November – Cairo
					AS FAR	3
					Malabo Kings	1

Semi-finals

Hasaacas Ladies	2–1	AS FAR
Boaduwaa 36' Badu 76'	Report	Badri 45'

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Malabo Kings
	Report
Penalties
Nhlapho Mbane Kgasago Mthandi Esau Thusi	5–4	Bella Bokoka Nke Muriel Linda Baita Fanta

Third-place match

AS FAR	3–1	Malabo Kings
Tagnaout 10' Chebbak 61', 90+2'	Report	Carol Carioca 50'

Final

Hasaacas Ladies	0–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Morifi 33' Mgcoyi 65'

Statistics

Top scorers

Below is the list of the top 10 scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies	5
2	Stéphanie Gbogou	Malabo Kings	3
	Sanaâ Mssoudy	AS FAR
4	Noha El Solh	Wadi Degla	2
	Fatumata Dukureh	Wadi Degla
	Jasmin Theresa "Ayala" Zachwieja	Wadi Degla
	Perpetual Agyekum	Hasaacas Ladies
	Ghizlane Chebbak	AS FAR
	Vivian Obianujuwan Ikechukwu	Rivers Angels
10	Carol Carioca	Malabo Kings	1
	Muriel Lynda Mendoua	Malabo Kings
	Grâce Balongo	Malabo Kings
	Doris Boaduwaa	Hasaacas Ladies
	Faustina Nyame	Hasaacas Ladies
	Veronica Appiah	Hasaacas Ladies
	Jentrix Shikangwa	Vihiga Queens
	Violet Wanyonyi	Vihiga Queens
	Awa Traoré	Mandé
	Bassira Touré	Mandé
	Najat Badri	AS FAR
	Fatima Tagnaout	AS FAR
	Oluwadamilola Iyabo Koku	Rivers Angels
	Gift Monday	Rivers Angels
	Melinda Kgadiete	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Andisiwe Mgcoyi	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Chuene Morifi	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Zanele Nhlapho	Mamelodi Sundowns

Squad of the group stage

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of the group stage:

Best XI

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Asa Rabalao	Mamelodi Sundowns
DF	Bambanani Mbane	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Janet Egyir	Hasaacas Ladies
	Zanele Nhlapho	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Perpetual Agyekum	Hasaacas Ladies
MF	Grâce Mfwamba	Malabo Kings
	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies
	Ghizlane Chhiri	AS FAR
FW	Fatima Tagnaout	AS FAR
	Sanaâ Mssoudy	AS FAR
	Jasmín Zachwieja	Wadi Degla

Awards of the group stage

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

Award	Player/Coach	Team
Best Player	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies
Best Goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini	Mamelodi Sundowns
Best Coach	Yusif Basigi	Hasaacas Ladies

Squad of the tournament

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following 11 players as the squad of this edition of the tournament.

Best XI

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Andile Dlamini	Mamelodi Sundowns
DF	Bambanani Mbane	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Janet Egyir	Hasaacas Ladies
	Zanele Nhlapho	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Perpetual Agyekum	Hasaacas Ladies
MF	Fatima Dahmos	AS FAR
	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies
	Ghizlane Chhiri	AS FAR
FW	Fatima Tagnaout	AS FAR
	Sanaâ Mssoudy	AS FAR
	Doris Boaduwaa	Hasaacas Ladies

Awards of the tournament

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

Award	Player	Team
Best Player	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies
Top Goal scorer	Evelyn Badu	Hasaacas Ladies
Best Goalkeeper	Andile Dlamini	Mamelodi Sundowns

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	5	3	2	0	11	4	0	+4
2	Hasaacas Ladies	5	3	1	1	10	10	6	+4
3	AS FAR	5	2	1	2	7	7	5	+2
4	Malabo Kings	5	1	2	2	5	6	7	−1
Eliminated in group stage
5	Wadi Degla	3	1	1	1	4	5	6	−1
6	Rivers Angels	3	1	0	2	3	4	4	0
7	Vihiga Queens	3	1	0	2	3	2	5	−3
8	AS Mandé	3	0	1	2	1	2	7	−5

References

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External links

• Official website

• 2021 CAF Women's Champions League
• 2020–21 in African football
• November 2021 sports events in Africa
• CAF Women's Champions League seasons