Ahead of the third edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League, the African football governing body, CAF has revealed that all potential participants have been cleared to compete.
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With this development, it means that all 37 clubs that will be participating in the qualifiers of the upcoming CAF Women’s Champions League which will take place in Cote D’Ivoire 2023 have met the requirements of the CAF Club Licensing Platform (CLOP) System.
The CLOP system is in a bid to modernize and digitize the administration of all its competition hence the reason why CAF has been on an aggressive drive of ensuring that all its 54 Member Associations are fully onboard ahead of the new season of CAF Inter-Club competitions.
As deemed in the CAF Women’s Champions League competition regulations, all clubs must undergo a licensing process at the Member Association level and be granted a license to participate in the aforementioned competition.
Following the pilot implementation phase of the system during the first CAF Women’s Champions League editions (2021 and 2022), CAF has fully applied the requirements set out in CLOP and has made it absolutely mandatory for clubs to comply with the system as a prerequisite to competing in any CAF Inter-Club competition.
Also, worth noting in relation to the growth of the women’s game on the continent is that this year’s League competition will have four additional clubs to the initial 33 of the last two seasons.
The first phase of the competition kicks off in the next month at the regional level before the continental phase takes place in Cote D’Ivoire later in the year.
