Kenya representatives to the 2021 CAF Women’s Champions League, Vihiga Queens, are set to find out who they will take on in the inaugural competition with the draw for the continental showpiece set for Wednesday evening, September 29 in Cairo, Egypt.Queens, three-time Kenya Women’s Premier League champions, booked their spot in the tournament after emerging overall champions in the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone qualifiers held in Nairobi in September.Vihiga Queens with a 95th minute penalty, young Jentrix Shikangwa steps forward to expertly dispatch it. This is confidence bordering arrogance 😂 pic.twitter.com/q84f9ppPSy— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 9, 2021 In the first edition of the women’s tournament, Queens will fight with seven other teams drawn from different African regions. The eight teams will be divided into two groups of four teams each with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals.West African Football Union zone B (WAFU B) will have two representatives in Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana and Rivers Angels of Nigeria by virtue of being the home of current champions of Women’s AFCON in accordance with the competition regulations.While Hasaacas Ladies won the regional qualifiers, River Angels finished as runners-up in the zonal tournament.Rise and shine Africa! 🤩 It’s #TotalEnergiesCAFWCL DRAW DAY! 🌍 pic.twitter.com/3xHBulwIsy— #TotalEnergiesCAFWCL (@CAFwomen) September 29, 2021 WAFU Zone A will be represented by Mali’s AS Mande, two-times winners of Mali Women’s First Division League and four-times winners of the National Cup.Union of North African Football (UNAF) will also have two representatives at the continental showpiece with 12-time Egyptian Women’s Premier League winners Wadi Degla gaining automatic qualification as Egypt are the hosts of the tournament with Morocco’s ASFAR FC taking up the other UNAF ticket.Draw constraintsTwo teams from the same zone cannot be in the same group.The ball of ASFAR (Morocco) – UNAF, will be in a different color in pot 1. They can only be assigned to Group B since a team from the same zone is in group A (A1).Two representatives of WAFU B (Hasaacas and Rivers Angels) will be in pot 1.The remaining four teams will be in pot 2.Participating TeamsUNAF: ASFAR FC (Morocco)WAFU B: Hasaacas FC (Ghana)WAFU B: Rivers Angels (Nigeria)WAFU A: AS Mande (Mali)UNIFFAC: Malabo King’s (Equatorial Guinea)COSAFA: Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (South Africa)CECAFA: Vihiga Queens FC (Kenya)Hosts: Wadi Degla FC (Egypt)
