2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers
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The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers is the 5th edition of the CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast from 23 August to 4 September 2025.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Ivory Coast |
| City | Yamoussoukro |
| Dates | 23 August-4 September |
| Teams | 7 (from 7 associations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  ASEC Mimosas (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Bayelsa Queens |
| Third place |  USFA |
| Fourth place |  Police Ladies |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 36 (2.77 per match) |
| Top scorer | multiple player (3goals) |
← 2024 2026 →
All statistics correct as of 5 September 2025. | |
The tournament winners qualified automatically for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament
Participating clubs
| Team | Qualifying method | Appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASEC Mimosas | 2024–25 Ivory Coast Women's Championship Champions | 1st | n/a |
 Sam Nelly FC | 2024–25 Benin Women's Championship Champions | 2nd | 4th(2025) |
| Police Ladies FC | 2024–25 Ghana Women's Premier League Champions | 1st | n/a |
 AS GNN | 2023–24 Niger Women's Championship Champions | 2nd | Groupe-stage (2025) |
| USFA | 2024–25 Burkinabé Women's Championship Champions | 4th | 4th(2021) |
 ASKO Kara | 2024–25 Togolese Women's Championship Champions | 2nd | Groupe-stage (2025) |
| Bayelsa Queens FC | 2024–25 NWFL Premiership Champions | 2nd | Champion(2022) |
Venues
| Yamoussoukro | ||
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| Charles Konan Banny Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 20,000 | ||
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Draw
The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 14 August 2025 at 10:00 UTC+0 in Abidjan,Ivory Coast at the CAF WEST ZONE B headquarters.[2] The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[3]
Match officials
The following match officials were selected for the tournament.
Referees
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Assistant referees
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Group stage
- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | ASEC Mimosas |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | USFA |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | AS GNN |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 2–1 | AS GNN |
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Ouédraogo  21', 90' |
Report | Moussa 31' |
| USFA | 0–3 | ASEC Mimosas |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Bayelsa Queens |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Police Ladies |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sam Nelly |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | ASKO Kara |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| Bayelsa Queens | 2–1 | Police Ladies |
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| ASKO Kara | 0–3 | Bayelsa Queens |
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| Police Ladies | 3–1 | Sam Nelly |
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| Police Ladies | 3–1 | ASKO Kara |
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| Sam Nelly | 1–4 | Bayelsa Queens |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2 September – Yamoussoukro | ||||||
| ASEC Mimosas | 4 | |||||
| 5 September – Yamoussoukro | ||||||
| Police Ladies | 1 | |||||
| ASEC Mimosas (p) | 1 (8) | |||||
| 2 September – Yamoussoukro | ||||||
| Bayelsa Queens | 1 (7) | |||||
| Bayelsa Queens | 2 | |||||
| USFA | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 September – Yamoussoukro | ||||||
| Police Ladies | 0 (4) | |||||
| USFA (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
Semi-finals
| ASEC Mimosas | 4–1 | Police Ladies |
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3rd Place
| Police Ladies | 0–0 | USFA |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–5 | ||
Final
| ASEC Mimosas | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Bayelsa Queens |
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| Diallo 5' |
Report | Essien 18' |
| Penalties | ||
| 8–7 | ||
Awards and statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 36 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 2.77 goals per match (as of 5 September 2025).
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Shakirat Moshood |
Bayelsa Queens |
3 |
| Habibou Ouédraogo |
ASEC Mimosas | ||
| Janet Akekoromowei |
Bayelsa Queens | ||
| Emem Essien |
Bayelsa Queens | ||
| Ami Diallo |
ASEC Mimosas | ||
| 6 | Romaine Gandonou |
Sam Nelly |
2 |
| Grace Animah |
Police Ladies | ||
| Deborah Afriyie |
Police Ladies | ||
| Alaba Olabiyi |
Bayelsa Queens | ||
| Essi Dagba |
ASEC Mimosas | ||
| Sarah Nyarkoh |
Police Ladies | ||
| 12 | Rahina Moussa |
AS GNN |
1 |
| Kalu Favour |
Sam Nelly | ||
| Sopie Brou |
ASEC Mimosas | ||
| Nadège N'Guessan |
ASEC Mimosas | ||
| Salamata Kouanda |
USFA | ||
| Comfort Yeboah |
USFA | ||
| Mary Berko |
Police Ladies | ||
| Mary Amponsah |
Police Ladies | ||
| Afi Koudjou |
ASKO Kara |
Own goals
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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| 1 | Oumou Bani |
ASKO Kara |
1 |