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 Wadi Degla 2021 Egyptian League champions 1st AS FAR UNAF qualification tournament 1st AS Mandé WAFU A qualification tournament 1st Hasaacas Ladies WAFU B qualification tournament 1st Rivers Angels 1st Malabo Kings UNIFFAC qualification tournament 1st Vihiga Queens CECAFA qualification tournament 1st 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.
Cairo30 June StadiumAl Salam StadiumCapacity: 30,000Capacity: 28,500
Match officials The following sets of referees were chosen for the tournament;
Referees Suavis Iratunga Shahenda El Maghrabi Letticia Vianna Lidya Tafesse Abebe Aïssata Amadou Lam Maria Packuita Cyquela Rivet Bouchra Karboubi Patience Madu Ndidi Salima Mukansanga Akona Zenith Makhalima Vincentia Enyonam Amedume Dorsaf Ganouati
Assistant referees Carine Atezambong Fomo Yara Atef Said Abdelfattah Mona Mahmoud Atallah Mostafa Mary Njoroge Pélagie Lidwine Rakotozafinoro Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Idrissa Koné Victoire Queency Soukaina Hamdi Fatiha Jermoumi Mimisen Agatha Iyorhe Adia Isseu Cissé Houda Affine Diana Chikotescha
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
Group B
Knock-out phase Bracket
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Statistics
Top scorers Below is the list of the top 10 scorers in the main phase of this edition of the tournament:
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Evelyn Badu Hasaacas Ladies52 Stéphanie Gbogou Malabo Kings3 Sanaâ Mssoudy AS FAR4 Noha El Solh Wadi Degla2 Fatumata Dukureh Wadi Degla Jasmin Zachwieja Wadi Degla Perpetual Agyekum Hasaacas Ladies Ghizlane Chebbak AS FAR Vivian Ikechukwu Rivers Angels10 Carol Carioca Malabo Kings1 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 PlayerTeam Asa Rabalao Mamelodi Sundowns Bambanani Mbane Mamelodi Sundowns Janet Egyir Hasaacas Ladies Zanele Nhlapho Mamelodi Sundowns Perpetual Agyekum Hasaacas Ladies Grâce Mfwamba Malabo Kings Evelyn Badu Hasaacas Ladies Ghizlane Chhiri AS FAR 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: AwardPlayer/CoachTeamBest Player Evelyn Badu Hasaacas LadiesBest Goalkeeper Andile Dlamini Mamelodi SundownsBest 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 PlayerTeam Andile Dlamini Mamelodi Sundowns Bambanani Mbane Mamelodi Sundowns Janet Egyir Hasaacas Ladies Zanele Nhlapho Mamelodi Sundowns Perpetual Agyekum Hasaacas Ladies Fatima Dahmos AS FAR Evelyn Badu Hasaacas Ladies Ghizlane Chhiri AS FAR 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. AwardPlayerTeamBest Player Evelyn Badu Hasaacas LadiesTop Goal scorer Evelyn Badu Hasaacas LadiesBest 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.
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in group stage
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