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Six teams are due to take part in the qualifiers in Cote d'Ivoire, including Benin Republic, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. However, WAFU-B general secretary Balima Boureima said no official confirmation from Caf has been received yet on the participating women's teams, while confirming the venue and date of the competition. "I can confirm to you that the WAFU-B qualifier will be hoping from July 15 to 30 in Abidjan," Boureima told Goal. "I expect representatives from the seven countries in the zone to participate but we are waiting for all the official names of the submitted and approved clubs before posting by the Caf."
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In a letter from the federation to the champions and obtained by Goal, Eritrea and Djibouti are among the nations who will take part in the competition. "We wish to inform your club that Football Kenya Federation has been nominated to host the upcoming inaugural Council for East and Cecafa Women's Champions League tournament scheduled to take place from July 17 - August 1, 2021," read the letter addressed to the club's CEO Michael Ogada. "The aforementioned tournament will see 11 countries - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zanzibar, from the East African region, participate in the competition.
Caf's reaction comes a few weeks after the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced through its website that the country has been named the host of the first-ever women's club tournament. Morocco, who had been earlier won the race to host the expanded 12-nation 2022 Africa Women's Cup of Nations, are clearly keen to secure the rights for the women's club championship. In his speech, Moroccan FA president Faouzi Lakjaa hinted about the development after its General Assembly meeting in Rabat. "Morocco will continue to host international and continental matches, and the Royal Moroccan Football Federation team will represent Morocco in the first African Women's Champions League as the champion of the Moroccan League, which our country will host next November," Lakjaa told the FRMF website.
The schedule also confirms that the top six clubs will play five matches each during the tournament, with three matches scheduled to take place on the opening matchday, Monday, April 19. The second round of three matches will be held on Tuesday, April 20, and Wednesday, April 21 will be a rest day for all six clubs, while the third round of three fixtures resuming on Thursday, April 22. The fourth round continues on Friday, April 23 before another rest on Saturday, April 24, while the final round of games of the round-robin competition, comes up on Sunday, April 25. The decision to determine the champion and relegated teams by playoffs were announced by Aisha Falode headed by the Nigeria Women Football League, following a virtual vote by the 14 top-flight clubs.
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"Each of the Six Caf Zones will organize qualifiers to determine the finalists for the eight-team tournament," Caf wrote on its website. "The breakdown is as one team from each zone, one team from the host country and one additional team. For the maiden edition, the zonal union of the host country will have two representatives. "However, for subsequent editions, the host country will have only one representative whilst the Zonal Union of the defending champion will qualify two teams. "The format of the competition, the eight qualified teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams each in accordance with the regulations."
According to Caf last month, the winning bid will be revealed by Caf's Executive Committee following the closure of the bidding deadline set for Wednesday, March 31. The continent's football body also stated: "The Total Caf Women's Champions League 2021 competition will be organized during the period of October, November or December each year as per the resolution of the Caf Executive Committee. "Seven teams will qualify for the final tournament through qualifiers organized by the zonal unions in addition to the champion club from the host country who gains automatic qualification." Morocco, who were earlier named the host of the expanded 12-nation 2022 Africa Women's Cup of Nations in January, has now won the hosting rights for the first-ever women's club championship on the continent.