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CAF Women's Champions League draw: Hasaacas Ladies to discover opponents today

By Vincent Ashitey
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Ghanaian champions Hasaacas Ladies will find out their opponents for the maiden of CAF Women's Champions League when the draw is conducted today.

The draw is set to be conducted in Egypt's capital Cairo. 

 

According to CAF, the draw will map the road of the eight (8) clubs participating in the tournament.

The teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each. The top two from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

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The draw will be live on CAF YouTube page from 17:00 Cairo local time (15:00 GMT).

The tournament is scheduled for November 5 to 19, 2021.

Hasaacas Ladies and River Angels will represent WAFU Zone B in the maiden edition.

The tournament will be held in Egypt in November.

Qualified teams:

WAFU A:

AS Mande (Mali): They won the first two editions of Mali women’s First Division league (2017, 2021) and the National Cup four times (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016).

WAFU B*:

Hasaacas Ladies FC (Ghana): Winner of the Regional Qualifiers, the club was founded in 1996 . They are four-time winners of Ghanaian League (2013, 2014, 2015, 2021) and won the 2021 National Cup.

Rivers Angels (Nigeria): They finished as runners-up of the Regional Qualifiers. Formed in 1986, they have won seven Nigeria Women’s League titles (1994, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021) and eight National Cups (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)

*As the zone holder of the previous Women’s AFCON 2018, and in accordance to the competition Regulations as home of current champions of Women’s AFCON, WAFU B will have they have two representatives:

COSAFA:

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa): The club are the three-time winners of the South African Women's Championship. They won their regional qualification recently in Durban, South Africa.

CECAFA:

Vihiga Queens FC (Kenya): The Kenyan side have enjoyed dominance in their domestic competition winning Kenya Women's Premier League (FKF WPL) in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

UNAF: **

ASFAR FC (Morocco): They are eight-time Morocco League champions (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and seven-time winners of the National Cup known as ‘Throne Cup’ (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Wadi Degla FC (Egypt): They gained automatic qualification as hosts of the tournament. The Egyptian club won its 12th domestic title (Women’s Premier League) this year. **They will have two representatives with Egypt being the second club as hosts.

UNIFFAC:

Malabo King FC (Equatorial Guinea): Title holder of Equatorial Guinea’s Primera Division Femenina (Women’s National League) and TNO Cup, they won UNIFFAC’s regional qualifiers.

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