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WAFU Confirms Rivers Angels and 5 others for WAFU-B Women’s Champions League Zonal Qualifiers

West African Football Union (WAFU-B) has confirmed six competing clubs for the 2021 WAFU-B Zonal Qualifiers of the Inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League.

US Forces Armées (USFA of Burkina Faso), Rivers Angels (Nigeria), Hasaacas Ladies FC (Ghana), Onze Soeur de Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire), AS Police (Niger Republic), and Amis du Monde (Togo) will compete for two slots up for grabs for the 2021 CAF Women’s Champions League which will hold in Egypt.

Cote d’Ivoire will host the 2021 WAFU-B Zonal Qualifiers for CAF Women’s Champions League from July 17 to 30, 2021 in Abidjan.

Rivers Angels emerged as 2020/2021 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership Champions after the conclusion of the 2021 NWFL Premiership Super Six at Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

They finished top of the table after the Super Six ahead of Delta Queens, FC Robo Queens, Sunshine Queens, Bayelsa, and Edo Queens.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 2020 approved and released guidelines for the Inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League following the footsteps of Union of European Football Association (UEFA) and Asia Football Confederation (AFC).

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Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu

Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu popularly known as tobex is the Vice chairman of Sports writers Association of Nigeria , lagos Chapter. She Is also the Media Spokesperson of the Super Falcons of Nigeria. She is an award winning women's football writer. Tobex is also an ex footballer that was privileged to play in the first NFF organised women's league in 1990 as a player of Hamza Queens. Her last club as an active footballer was Ibom Angels as She paved way to further her education years ago. She is a Federal Government scholar , with a degree in Mass communication, a second degree in Public Relations and Advertising (Communication Studies). She is a Wife and Mother.

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