2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualification

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Host countries

Tunisia (UNAF)

Senegal (WAFU A)

Ivory Coast (WAFU B)

Eq. Guinea (UNIFFAC)

Kenya (CECAFA)

South Africa (COSAFA)

Dates5 August – September 19

UNAF: 31 August – 9 September
WAFU A: 5–17 August
WAFU B: 23 August – 4 September
UNIFFAC: 17–29 September
CECAFA: 3–19 September
COSAFA: 22–31 August

Teams40 (from 40 associations)

Matchesplayed65

2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments
Tournament details
Host countries	Tunisia (UNAF) Senegal (WAFU A) Ivory Coast (WAFU B) Eq. Guinea (UNIFFAC) Kenya (CECAFA) South Africa (COSAFA)
Dates	5 August – September 19 UNAF: 31 August – 9 September WAFU A: 5–17 August WAFU B: 23 August – 4 September UNIFFAC: 17–29 September CECAFA: 3–19 September COSAFA: 22–31 August
Teams	40 (from 40 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	215 (3.31 per match)
Top scorer	Ana María Nchama (8 goals)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 30 September 2025.

International football competition

The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualifying tournaments will begin on 5 August and will end in September 2025.

Qualification will consist of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments, which will commence on August 1, 2024. Qualification will finish in September, with the participating teams reduced to the final 8, consisting of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations, the tournament's defending champions, and the host nation's league-winning team. These 8 teams would proceed to the main tournament phases, which had not been chosen yet.

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase by winning their respective national league titles and had their club licensing applications accepted by CAF. A total of 40 (out of 54) countries have a participant club in this edition

Key to colours
Winners of the regional tournament advance to the finals

UNAF
Team	App
Afak Relizane^{[Note ALG]}	4th
FC Masar	2nd
AS FAR	3rd^[+]
ASF Sousse	3rd

WAFU A
Team	App
Berewuleng FC	1st
Determine Girls FC	5th
USFAS	1st
Aigles de la Médina	2nd
Ram Kamara FC	1st

WAFU B
Team	App
Sam Nelly FC	2nd
USFA	4th
Police Ladies FC	1st
ASEC Mimosas	1st
AS GNN	2nd
Bayelsa Queens FC	2nd
ASKO Kara	2nd

UNIFFAC
Team	App
FC Ebolowa	1st
AC Colombe	2nd^[+]
FA M'sichana	1st
FC 15 de Agosto	1st
Elect-Sport FC	1st

CECAFA
Team	App
Top Girls Academy	1st
Denden SC	1st
CBE FC	5th
Kenya Police Bullets	2nd
Rayon Sports FC	2nd
Yei Joint Stars FC	5th
JKT Queens	2nd
Kampala Queens FC	2nd
JKU Princess FC	1st

COSAFA
Team	App
Gaborone United	2nd
Olympic de Moroni	3rd
Young Buffaloes	4th
Kick4Life WFC	1st
Ntopwa FC	2nd
CD Costa do Sol	3rd
Beauties FC	1st
Mamelodi Sundowns	3rd
ZESCO Ndola Girls	1st
Herentals Queens	2nd

Associations that did not enter a team

Zone	Nation	Last Participated club	edition
UNAF	Libya	No	–
WAFU A	Cape Verde	Seven Stars FF	2021
WAFU A	Mauritania	No	–
WAFU A	Guinea	No	–
WAFU A	Guinea-Bissau	No	–
WAFU B	–	–	–
UNIFFAC	Central African Republic	No	–
UNIFFAC	São Tomé and Príncipe	No	–
UNIFFAC	Gabon	Missile FC	2021
CECAFA	Djibouti	FAD Club	2024
CECAFA	Sudan	No	–
CECAFA	Somalia	No	–
COSAFA	Angola	No	–
COSAFA	Madagascar	No	–
COSAFA	Mauritius	No	–
COSAFA	Seychelles	No	–

Notes

^
Algeria (ALG): Initially qualified as champions of the 2024–25 Algerian Women's Championship, CF Akbou withdrew from the tournament on 1 July 2025, citing financial difficulties, limited staff, and a lack of squad depth to compete at continental level.^[1] Consequently, by mid-July, the Algerian Football Federation designated the league runners-up to represent the country.
^
AS FAR's appearances only account for participation in the qualifying stage. The club has entered every edition of the competition, but qualified automatically on two occasions (once as hosts and once as reigning champions).
^
This team previously registered to compete in this tournament but has not yet played an international match.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows

Schedule for 2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Zone	Date
UNAF	31 August – 9 September
WAFU A	5–17 August
WAFU B	23 August – 4 September
UNIFFAC	17–29 September
CECAFA	3–19 September
COSAFA	22–31 August

Qualifying tournaments

UNAF

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers

The UNAF qualifying tournament will be held in Tunisia, across the cities of Sousse and Monastir, from 31 August to 9 September 2025.^[2]^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FAR	MAS	AFA	ASF
1	AS FAR	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Main tournament	—	1–3	4–0
2	FC Masar	3	2	1	11	4	+7	6			—		6–0
3	Afak Relizane	3	1	2	2	8	−6	3			1–4	—
4	ASF Sousse (H)	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0		0–4		0–1	—

Source: UNAF
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone A

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers

The WAFU Zone A qualifying tournament was held in Dakar, Senegal from 5 to 17 August 2025.^[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USFAS Bamako	4	3	0	1	7	1	+6	9	Main tournament
2	Aigles de la Médina (H)	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9
3	Berewuleng FC	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6
4	Ram Kamara	4	1	1	2	1	6	−5	4
5	Determine Girls	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1

Source: CAF
(H) Hosts

WAFU Zone B

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers

The WAFU Zone B qualifying tournament will be held in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast from 23 August to 4 September 2025.^[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASEC Mimosas	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6	Semi-finals
2	USFA	2	1	1	1	3	−2	3	Semi-finals
3	AS GNN	2	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: WAFU B

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bayelsa Queens	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Police Ladies	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Semi-finals
3	Sam Nelly	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3
4	ASKO Kara	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: WAFU B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ASEC Mimosas	4–1	Police Ladies
Bayelsa Queens	2–1	USFA

3rd place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Police Ladies	0–0 (4–5 p)	USFA

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (8–7 p)	Bayelsa Queens

UNIFFAC

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	15 de Agosto (H)	4	3	1	0	18	3	+15	10	Main tournament
2	FC Ebolowa	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9
3	FA M'Sichana	4	2	1	1	15	6	+9	7
4	AC Colombe	4	1	0	3	8	11	−3	3
5	TP Elect-Sport	4	0	0	4	1	27	−26	0

Source: UNIFFAC
(H) Hosts

CECAFA

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

The CECAFA qualifying tournament will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 16 September 2025.^[6]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya Police Bullets	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Kampala Queens	2	1	1	7	1	+6	3	Semi-finals
3	Denden SC	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: CECAFA

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rayon Sports	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Semi-finals
2	Top Girls Academy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	CBE	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: CECAFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JKT	YEI	JKU
1	JKT Queens	2	2	0	7	0	+7	6	Semi-finals	—	5–2	5–0
2	Yei Joint Stars FC	2	1	1	4	4	0	3			—	4–2
3	JKU Princess	2	0	2	2	9	−7	0				—

Source: CECAFA

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rayon Sports Women	0–0(4–3 p)	Kampala Queens
Kenya Police Bullets	1–1(2–4 p)	JKT Queens

3rd place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kampala Queens	0–1	Kenya Police Bullets

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rayon Sports Women	0–1	JKT Queens

COSAFA

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers

The COSAFA qualifying tournament will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 22 to 31 August 2025.^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mamelodi Sundowns (H)	3	3	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	ZESCO Ndola Girls	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Semi-finals
3	Beauties FC	3	1	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Ntopwa FC	3	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: COSAFA
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gaborone United Ladies	2	2	0	11	1	+10	6	Semi-finals
2	Young Buffaloes	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Kick4Life	2	0	2	2	13	−11	0

Source: COSAFA

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CD Costa do Sol	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Semi-finals
2	Herentals Queens	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Olympic de Moroni	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1

Source: COSAFA

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gaborone United	3–1	CD Costa do Sol
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–2	ZESCO Ndola Girls

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Gaborone United	1–1 (4–3 p)	ZESCO Ndola Girls

References

↑ Shaaban, Hatem (3 July 2025). "Withdrawal of Algerian club Akbou from the UNAF Women's Football Championship". koraplus.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
↑ Shaaban, Hatem (26 February 2025). "Tunisia to host the African qualifiers with the participation of the Egyptian league champions from 22 to 31 August". koraplus.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
↑ "The North African Football Union (UNAF) announces the date of the Women's CAF Champions League qualifiers draw – UNAF Zone". unafonline.org. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
↑ "Ligue des Champions Féminine – Zone UFOA-A : le programme complet du tournoi qualificatif". cafonline.com (in French). Confederation of African Football. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
↑ Yah, Chamade (4 August 2025). "Dames : Zone UFOA-B : Yamoussoukro abritera la compétition". sport-ivoire.ci (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
↑ "Kenya to host CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers". cecafaonline. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
↑ Mabuka, Dennis (31 July 2025). "2025 CAF Women's Champions League | COSAFA Qualifiers for Johannesburg". africatopsports.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.

External links

CAF Women's Champions League – CAFOnline.com

CAF Women's Champions League

Seasons

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Qualification

Qualif. seasons	2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Regional qualif.	UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC CECAFA COSAFA

Finals

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Top level women's football leagues of Africa (CAF)

UNAF (North Africa)

Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia

WAFU (West Africa)

Zone A	Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Mauritania Senegal Sierra Leone
Zone B	Benin Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Ghana Niger Nigeria Togo

UNIFFAC (Central Africa)

Cameroon
Central African Rep.
Chad
Congo
DR Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
São Tomé and Príncipe

CECAFA (East Africa)

Burundi
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda

COSAFA (Southern Africa)

Angola
Botswana
Comoros
Eswatini
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Seychelles
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

UNAF

WAFU Zone A

WAFU Zone B

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

UNIFFAC

CECAFA

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

3rd place

Final

COSAFA

Group A

Group B

Group C

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

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