Women’s Champions League: AS FAR eye third title against Sundowns
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
AS FAR and Mamelodi Sundowns, both two-time champions, face each other on Sunday in Ismailia, Egypt, to become the first team to win the CAF Women’s Champions League three times. The final offers 600,000 dollars and a ticket to the Club World Cup, according to CAF.
AS FAR and Mamelodi Sundowns will contest the CAF Women’s Champions League final on Sunday 15 November in Ismailia, Egypt. Both clubs already have two titles and could become the first to win three, according to CAF.
AS FAR, champions in 2025, could also win two consecutive titles, a feat yet to be achieved in the competition, which was launched in 2021. Mamelodi Sundowns, crowned in 2021 and 2023, reach the final again after being eliminated before the semi-finals in 2024.
The two sides previously met in the 2022 final, with AS FAR winning 4-0 in Rabat. This season, the Moroccan side lost its first match 3-2 to Kawempe Muslim Ladies before winning three games in a row without conceding a goal. Sundowns remain unbeaten, with three wins and a draw in four matches.
Sundowns' place in the final was secured in part by a hat-trick from Ronnel Donnelly in the first half of their 4-1 win over Kawempe. AS FAR had earlier eliminated Lekié Football Filles 1-0 thanks to Ghizlane Chebbak. The final will award 600,000 dollars to the winner, who will also advance to the second round of the 2027 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup.
The final follows AS FAR’s qualification over Lekié FF, announced on 11 November AS FAR book their place in the final. The same day, Mamelodi Sundowns had joined the Moroccan side after beating Kawempe Muslim Ladies Sundowns' semi-final win.
