CAF Women’s Champions League Draw in Rabat officially kicked off countdown to 2023 edition
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The Draw for the CAF Women’s Champions League, Cote D’Ivoire 2023 Qualifiers was officially held on Wednesday, 05 July at the Mohammed VI Complex in Rabat, Morocco, seeing teams now familiar with the African women's club football meet in the zones for what promises to be a lively and vibrant qualifying campaign.
Director of CECAFA Competitions, Yusuf Musi was the first to conduct the draw which was in the form of two groups of 5 and one of 4 for his zone.
Group A saw Kampala Queens of Uganda joining Ethiopia’s CBE, FAD of Djibouti, Buja Queens of Burundi as well as Yei Joints of Sudan.
In Group B, Tanzania’s JKT Queens were drawn against Vihiga Queens of Kenya, Rwanda’s AS Kigali and New Generation of Zanzibar. The drawn clubs will battle it out between 12 – 24 August, with the winner set to represent CECAFA in Cote D’Ivoire.
For the UNAF Zone, Oran in Algeria will host the qualifiers between 12 – 30 August to determine who represents the zone.
The UNAF Zone’s draw was conducted by its Head of Competitions, Mootez Belleh Dachraoui.
Sporting Club Casablanca of Morocco, Wadi Delga of Egypt as well as AS Feminine of Tunisia will battle it out while AS Far, who are the reigning champions will receive direct qualification.
Looking at the WAFU A Zone where the qualifiers are set for 5 – 13 August in Liberia, an interesting draw was conducted by Abdoulaye Cisse, Director of Competitions of the zone.
Determine Girls of Liberia were seeded as the host country where they will face AS Mande of Mali, Dakar Sacre Coeur of Senegal and Sierra Leone’s Mogwemo Queens.
For the WAFU B Zone tournament which will be held in Nigeria between 18 – 31 August, Delta Queens were drawn in Group A, where they will face Union Sportive of Burkina Faso and Athletico of Cote d’Ivoire along with SAM Nelly of Benin.
In Group B of the Zone, Ampem Darkoa from Ghana take on As Garde Nationale of Nigeria and Académie Amis du Monde who represent Togo.
