Congolese side TP Mazembe women’s football team have qualified for their maiden CAF Women’s Champions League.This is after the team defeated Cameroon’s AS AWA FC 2-1 in the UNIFFAC (The Central African Football Federations’ Union) final thanks to goals from Justine Onderumbu Bousu and Merveille Kanjinga.After going down by a goal in the 31st minute, AS AWA managed to restore parity in the 52nd minute through Farida Machia but a determined TP Mazembe managed to get the job done in regulation time as Kanjinga scored with eight minutes left on the clock to seal the first-time ticket to the continental tournament.TP Mazembe latest team to qualify for CAF Women’s Champions League 2022 https://t.co/6OfPpvra8l— CAF Media (@CAF_Media) September 18, 2022 Mazembe will now participate in the CAF Women’s Champions League Morocco 2022 scheduled to be played between 30 October 2022 and 13 November 2022.TP Mazembe’s qualification now means all the eight clubs that will participate in the final competition in Morocco are confirmed.The DR Congo outfit have been grouped together with defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies of South Africa, Bayelsa Queens of Nigeria and Wadi Degla of Egypt in group B.##NAJAVA_MECA_6657990##In Group A; hosts ASFAR FC of Morocco, bronze medalists in last year’s WCL, will face Simba Queens of Tanzania, Green Buffaloes of Zambia and Determine Girls of Liberia.Mamelodi Sundowns will be hoping to defend the title they won back in 2021 with only Wadi Degla and AS FAR being the remnants from the 2021 edition.Keita Balde out of World Cup after doping banLast season’s CECAFA representatives Vihiga Queens did not take part in the qualifiers following Kenya’s suspension by FIFA for government interference in football.Kenyan duo of Corazone Aquino and Topister Situma, both with Simba Queens, will however be flying Kenya’s flag in Morocco despite the absence of a Kenyan club at the main event.
