CAF has announced the dates for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and CAF Women’s Champions League draws.
WAFCON will take place in Morocco in 2024, while the third edition of the Women’s Champions League will be staged in Cote d’Ivoire this year. CAF is yet to confirm the exact dates for the tournaments.
Banyana Banyana are the WAFCON defending champions after they defeated the host nation, Morocco in the 2022 edition. On the other hand, ASFAR are the Champions League title holders. They downed Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies in the final last year.
Banyana Ba Style had won the competition in 2021, defeating Ghanaian ladies Hasaacas Ladies 2-0 in Cairo, Egypt.
The draw for the Women’s Champions League will take place on Wednesday, 5 June. And the WAFCON draw will then follow on Thursday, 6 June. Both events will be in Rabat, Morocco.
CAF ANNOUNCE DATES FOR WAFCON AND CAF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAWS
CAF released a statement on 3 June and stated:
“The journey to next year’s TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024 and the CAF Women’s Champions League Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Qualifiers will begin in Rabat on Wednesday and Thursday when CAF conducts the draws for the two competitions.”
“The Draw for the CAF Women’s Champions League will be on Wednesday, 05 July 2023 at 18h00 local time (17h00 GMT) live on CAF digital platforms and CAF TV partners.
“This will be followed on Thursday by the draw for TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations also at 18h00 local time (17h00 GMT) live on CAF digital platforms and CAF TV partners.”
SUNDOWNS TO AIM FOR SECOND TITLE
Sundowns ladies, who are the champions of the Hollywoodbets, will be looking to go all the way in the Champions League to wipe 2022 tears, where they lost in the final.
However, they have to first bag the ticket to Ivory Coast by qualifying through the COSAFA Women’s Champions League Zonal Qualifiers. This competition will be in Durban between 18-26 August this year.
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