Qualification for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League began on 7 August and concluded on 15 September 2022.
Qualification began COSAFA for Southern Africa and the CECAFA for mostly East Africa and a bit of Central Africa 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 Morocco.
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.
+Qualified teams for the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League qualification phaseZonesTeamsUNAF Afak Relizane Wadi Degla AS FAR AS Banque de l'Habitat WAFU Determine Girls AS Mandé USPA US Forces Armées Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan Ampem Darkoa AS Police Bayelsa Queens Athleta Espoir UNIFFAC AS Awa TP Mazembe Malabo Kings CECUS FC AC Colombe CECAFA Fofila GRFC CBE AS Kigali Yei Join Star Simba Queens She Corporate Warrior Queens COSAFA Double Action Ladies Young Buffaloes Olympic de Moroni CD Costa do Sol Mamelodi Sundowns Green Buffaloes Associations which did not enter a team
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Main Qualification Phase
UNAF
Qualification from this region took place in Agadir, Morocco from 14 to 20 August 2022.
WAFU Zone A
Qualification from this region took place in Paynesville, Liberia.
WAFU Zone B
Seven clubs competed for this year's qualification tournament which was held in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, from 20 August to 2 September 2022. having been originally scheduled for hosting in Abidjan.
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 Yaoundé, Cameroon, with two-legged ties 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 Dar es salaam, Tanzania, having initially been scheduled from 28 July to 10 August 2022 in Arusha, 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 South Africa 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