2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers

2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countrySenegal
CityDakar
Datesfrom 5 to 17 August
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsMali USFAS Bamako (women)
Runners-upSenegal Aigles de la Médina
Third placeThe Gambia Berewuleng F.C.
Fourth placeSierra Leone Ram Kamara
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Oumou Koné (3 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 19 August 2025.

The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers is the 5th edition of CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers tournament organized by the WAFU for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held in Dakar, Senegal from 5 to 17 August 2025.[1] The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating teams

The following five teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team Qualifying method Appearances Previous best performance
Senegal Aigles de la Médina 2024–25 Senegalese Women's Champions 2nd Champions (2024)
Mali USFAS Bamako 2024–25 Malian Women's Champions 1st n/a
Liberia Determine Girls FC 2024–25 Liberian Women's Champions 4th Champions (2022)
Sierra Leone Ram Kamara 2024–25 Sierra Leonean Women's Champions 1st n/a
The Gambia Berewuleng FC 2024–25 GFF Women's League Division One Champions 1st n/a

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Dakar Diamniadio Olympic Stadium Annex

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the tournament.

Referees

  • Guinea Aissatou Kanté
  • The Gambia Isatou Touray
  • Senegal Fatoumata Sall Touré
  • Sierra Leone Aminata Fullah
  • Mali Alima Diarra
  • Mauritania Yacine Samassa
  • Liberia Love Wehyee

Assistant referees

Qualifying tournament

All times are local, GMT (UTC+0).
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.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mali USFAS Bamako 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 Main tournament
2 Senegal Aigles de la Médina (H) 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 9
3 The Gambia Berewuleng FC 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6
4 Sierra Leone Ram Kamara 4 1 1 2 1 6 −5 4
5 Liberia Determine Girls 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1
Source: CAF
(H) Hosts
Aigles de la Médina Senegal0–2Mali USFAS Bamako
Report
  • Koné 68'
  • Keïta 76'
Referee: Aissatou Kanté (Guinea)
Ram Kamara Sierra Leone0–0Liberia Determine Girls
Report
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Isatou Touray (The Gambia)
USFAS Bamako Mali0–1Sierra Leone Ram Kamara
Report Jumu 34'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Fatoumata Sall Touré (Senegal)
Berewuleng FC The Gambia1–2Senegal Aigles de la Médina
  • Cham 77'
 Report
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Aminata Fullah (Sierra Leone)
Ram Kamara Sierra Leone0–1The Gambia Berewuleng FC
Report Jarju 13'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Alima Diarra (Mali)
USFAS Bamako Mali3–0Liberia Determine Girls
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)
Determine Girls Liberia0–1Senegal Aigles de la Médina
Diallo 62'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Aminata Fullah (Sierra Leone)
Berewuleng FC The Gambia0–2Mali USFAS Bamako
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex, Dakar
Referee: Love Wehyee (Liberia)
Determine Girls Liberia1–4The Gambia Berewuleng FC
  • Jarju 1'
  • Sanneh 38', 41'
  • Darboe 85'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex 2, Dakar
Aigles de la Médina Senegal5–0Sierra Leone Ram Kamara
  • Diabira 4', 84'
  • Dembele 67'
  • Fancinadouno 71'
  • Seck 77'
Abdoulaye Wade Stadium Annex 1, Dakar
Referee: Yacine Samassa (Mauritania)

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 13 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 1.62 goals per match (as of 14 August 2025).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mali Oumou Koné Mali USFAS Bamako 3
2 Mali Safiatou Keïta Mali USFAS Bamako 2
3 Mali Djouma Kamaté Mali USFAS Bamako 1
The Gambia Sarah Jarju The Gambia Berewuleng FC
Mali Maimouna Traoré Mali USFAS Bamako
Senegal Sadigatou Diallo Senegal Aigles de la Médina
Senegal Ndèye Awa Casset Senegal Aigles de la Médina
Senegal Aissatou Chris Ba Senegal Aigles de la Médina
The Gambia Mariama Cham The Gambia Berewuleng FC

References

  1. ^ "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.
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