Cote d’Ivoire to host 2025 WAFU-B Women’s Champions League

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Cote d’Ivoire have been given hosting right for the 2025 West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) Women’s Champions League Qualifiers.

WAFU-B confirmed this while releasing their competition schedule for 2025 on Thursday.

The competition will take place from August 9 to 24, 2025.

Women’s league champions from Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso will take part in the tournament.

This will be the fourth time that the country will be hosting the tournament, which is in its fifth year after staging it in 2021, 2022, and 2024, as Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana), Bayelsa Queens (Nigeria), and Edo Queens (Nigeria) won the titles.

Nigeria hosted the other edition, which was won by Ampem Darkoa in Benin City in 2023.

The winner of this edition will represent the region at the 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League.

Nigeria will be represented by the 2024/25 Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) Premiership champions, which will be determined by the end of the Playoffs in Ikenne this month.

Bayelsa Queens, Rivers Angels, Naija Ratels FC, Edo Queens, Remo Stars Ladies, and Nasarawa Amazons will jostle for the title.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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