Football Association of Malawi-FAM has disclosed that preparations for the 2024 Women’s Champions League 2024 COSAFA qualifiers, which Malawi will host this month, are progressing well.
The eight-team tournament will run between 15-24 August 2024 at the Mpira Stadium in Blantyre and teams will start arriving in the country on 13 August 2024.
Speaking in an interview with ProjectM, FAM Executive Member and Competitions Committee Chairperson, Felistus Dossi said they are working hand in hand with COSAFA and other local stakeholders to hold a successful tournament.
“We are excited to host this competition for the first time and ready to welcome the best Women’s Football Clubs in Southern Africa to Malawi,” she said.
The participating teams are Malawi Women’s Football National Champions Ascent Academy, Herentals Queens FC (Zimbabwe), FC Ongos Ladies (Namibia), University of Western Cape (South Africa), Green Buffaloes (Zambia), Gaborone United Ladies (Botswana) UD Lichinga (Mozambique) ,Young Buffaloes (E-swatini).
This is the fourth time Malawi is hosting COSAFA tournament in five years.
In 2019, the country hosted the Under-17 Championship at the same venue in 2019 while in 2022 the country hosted COSAFA Schools boys and girls, Girls Under-17 and Boys Under-17 tournaments in Lilongwe.
