CAF Women’s Champions League Takes Giant Leap Towards Realization
The newly-formed CAF Women’s Champions League will take one giant leap towards realization on Monday, 5 July 2021, when the first Zonal qualifier draw is conducted in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
WAFU B will host the first Zonal draw that will see women’s football clubs from Togo, Niger, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria in the mix contesting for a place in the maiden edition of CAF Women’s Champions League final competition to be played in Egypt.
The CAF Women’s Champions League competition is a new competition introduced by CAF to develop women’s football product in Africa. It will feature top teams from all over the continent.
To decide the teams that will participate at the final competition in Egypt later this year, Zonal Qualifiers will be played as eliminatory rounds.
The top six teams (one from each CAF Zone) and the host of the final tournament (Egypt) as well as one extra team from the Zone holding the title of the previous Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (2018), will qualify to the final tournament.
The WAFU B teams that will take place in the draw are as follows:
Rivers Angels Football Club (Nigeria)
Amis du Monde Football Club (Togo)
Association Sportive de la police (Niger)
Hasaacas Ladies Football Club (Ghana)
Union Sportive des forces Armees (Burkina Faso)
Onze Soeurs de Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire)
Chidi Nwoke/CAF.
