Bayelsa Queens of Nigeria have booked their place at this year’s CAF women’s Champions League, after thrashing Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa Ladies 3-0 in the final of the WAFU Zone B qualifiers in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday, Completesports.com reports.
First half goals from Miracle Joseph, Falconets star Flourish Sabastine and Chinyere Igbomalu, saw Bayelsa Queens emerge champions and also qualification for this year’s CAF women’s Champions League in Morocco.
Joseph broke the deadlock in the 11th minute from the penalty spot before Sabastine added the second goal on 19 minutes.
And with three minutes left to play in the first half Igbomalu got the third goal to seal the win.
Bayelsa Queens are now the second Nigerian team to participate at the CAF women’s Champions League, after Rivers Angels featured at last year’s maiden edition in Egypt.
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Seven teams featured in the 2022 WAFU Zone B qualifiers and were drawn in two groups.
Group A had Africa Sport of Côte d’Ivoire, Espoir FC of Benin Republic and Niger Republic’s AS Police.
And Group B had Bayelsa Queens, Ampem Darkoa of Ghana, USFA of Burkina Faso and Athleta FC of Togo.
Bayelsa Queens hammered Athleta 5-0 in their first group game before being held to a goalless draw by Ampem Darkoa.
In their final group game they defeated USFA 3-1 to finish second.
They thrashed Espoir 6-0 in the semi-finals before overcoming Ampem Darkoa in Saturday’s final.
Meanwhile, the seven teams who have qualified for the second edition of the CAF women’s Champions League are Bayelsa Queens, reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa, Morocco’s AS FAR, Green Buffaloes of Zambia, Wadi Degla of Egypt, Liberia’s Determine Girls FC and Simba Queens of Tanzania.
The eight team will emerge from the Central African Football Federations (UNIFFAC) zone.
By James Agberebi
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Great! Welldone ladies. To the big one, please prepare well and bring back the women’s champions league trophy to Nigeria this time around
A team from Liberia qualified as part of West Africa over a Ghanaian Female team. It is the same thing we are all saying what’s the propaganda because these Liberian team will be whipped in the tournament proper but North Africa have two strong representatives from Morocco and Egypt.
My broda!!!! This is daylight robbery on west Africans by CAF. This pure nonsense! Not good for African football at all!
I am sure CAF knows very well that the two finalists from zone b should qualify just like last edition where Hasacas ladies and Rivers Angels went to Egypt. Why should only one team qualify? Is south Africa afraid of Ghana and Nigeria teams? Ask CAF or should I say ask mamelodi Sundowns.
Selfmade and fetch your mockery is shortlived
And what of Malabo kings or is central Africa excluded from qualifying too,there are strong teams from Kenya and Ethiopia but to see Simba there beats me.
forget self made shit, his sisters were trashed by niaja ladies and suddenly he has lost his voice .Apu
ghana’s ‘little joy’terminated and shortlived while Nigeria’s pounding of everything ghana in every competitiion continues:Bayelsa Queens 3 ghana 0