French: Ligue des Champions Féminine de la CAF

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Annual international women's association football club competition involving the top women's club teams of Africa

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Inaugural edition: 2021

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Organiser: Confederation of African Football (CAF)

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Host main tournament: Egypt

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Dates Qualifying round: Jul–Sep 2021

Dates: Knockout phase: Nov–Dec 2021

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Teams in main tournament: 8

(In the first edition: The champions of each of the six CAF Zones qualifiers + the hosts Egypt and a wild card entry*)

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Main tournament format: The tournament will be played in two groups of four teams.

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*CAF has decided to cede the wild card to WAFU Zone B, as the region of the Africa Women's Cup of Nations title holders

Teams in qualifying tournaments: 36 (from 54 associations)

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Qualifiers to main tournament: Each of the six CAF Zones organises qualifying tournaments. The winner from each, advances to the final main tournament in Egypt.

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CAF Zones and Organisers of regional qualifiers: 

• Zone 1 - Northern Zone (Union of North African Football Federations - UNAF) 

• • ​Algeria

  • Egypt

  • Libya

  • Morocco

  • Tunisia

• Zone 2 - Zone West A (West African Football Union - WAFU-UFOA)

  • ​Cape Verde

  • Gambia

  • Guinea

  • Guinea-Bissau

  • Liberia

  • Mali

  • Mauritania

  • Senegal

  • Sierra Leone

• Zone 3 - Zone West B (West African Football Union - WAFU-UFOA)

  • ​Benin

  • Burkina Faso

  • Ghana

  • Ivory Coast

  • Niger

  • Nigeria

  • Togo

• Zone 4 - Central Zone (Central African Football Federations' Union - UNIFFAC) 

  • ​Cameroon

  • Central African Republic

  • Chad

  • Congo

  • DR Congo

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Gabon

  • São Tomé and Príncipe

• Zone 5 - Central-East Zone (Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations - CECAFA)

  • ​Burundi

  • Djibouti

  • Eritrea

  • Ethiopia

  • Kenya

  • Rwanda

  • Somalia

  • South Sudan

  • Sudan

  • Tanzania

  • Uganda

• Zone 6 - Southern Zone (Council of Southern Africa Football Associations - COSAFA)

  • ​Angola

  • Botswana

  • Comoros

  • Eswatini

  • Lesotho

  • Madagascar

  • Malawi

  • Mauritius

  • Mozambique

  • Namibia

  • Seychelles

  • South Africa

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

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