KEHINDE FAJOBI
Winners of the 2021/22 season of the Nigeria Women Football League Premiership, (NWFL Premiership), Bayelsa Queens have been drawn in Group B of the West African qualifiers for the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League.
The continental draws, which was held in Morocco on Wednesday, had 32 teams from six sub-confederations divided into groups of four for the qualifying phase.
Seven teams are participating in the WAFU qualifiers, split into two groups of three and four each.
The teams in group A are AS D’Abidjan of Ivory Coast, Police Sports Association of Niger and Espoir FC of Benin Republic.
Group B comprises of Bayelsa Queens, Ampem Dorkoa Ladies, Union Sportive des forces Armees of Burkina Faso and Athleta FC of Togo.
The top two in each group will move to the semi-final round and the eventual winner will represent the zone in the second ever CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco.
The zonal qualifiers are scheduled to kickoff on September 13 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.