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As the CAF Women champion league set to commence Nigeria will begin the defence of the WAFU B zone title it won last year on August 18 in Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria’s Bayelsa Queens won the last edition of the WAFU B competition in 2022 and went ahead to take the bronze medal at the full CAF championship hosted by Morocco, beating Simba Queens 1-0 in the third place match.
ASFAR of Morocco won the 2022 CAF Champions League by beating Mamelodi Sundowns 4-0 in the final. According to CAF, the seven WAFU Zone B member associations are expected to present their national champions to compete for a slot in the Women’s Champions League.
The countries include Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo and host Cote d’Ivoire. Hasaacas Ladies of Ghana won the first edition in 2021, while Ampem Dakoa Ladies, also of Ghana, lost 3-0 to Bayelsa Queens in the 2022 final
The competition, which qualifies teams for the CAF Women Champions League final championship, was originally scheduled to hold from September 10 to 25. It will now end on September 3, 2023.