JKT Queens jet off to Ivory Coast for Champions League
JKT Queens players pose for a group photo during the past match. PHOTO | COURTESY.
What you need to know:
- Tanzania’s envoys are in group A together with, Athletico FC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, Sporting Club Casablanca (Morocco) and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s flag bearers in the CAF Women’s Champions League, JKT Queens, left the country yesterday for Ivory Coast ahead of the tournament scheduled to start on November 5.
The team’s squad comprised 22 players, according to the head of the technical bench of the team, Bakari Shime.
Shime said all his players are in good shape after training well ahead of the competition.
He said that the players are ready to compete and target silverware in the tournament.
Tanzania’s envoys are in group A together with, Athletico FC Abidjan of Ivory Coast, Sporting Club Casablanca (Morocco) and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa.
JKT Queens will kick off their campaign against Mamelodi Sundowns on November 5, before facing the hosts Athletico FC Abidjan on November 8 and will wind up the group campaign against Sporting Club Casablanca on November 11.
The group A matches will be staged in Korhogo City located in northern Ivory Coast.
Group B has AS FAR Club of Morocco, Ampem Darkoa (Ghana), Huracanes FC (Equatorial Guinea) and AS Mande of Mali.
“We are now in the final touches ahead of the competition. We are travelling early aiming at acclimatizing. We are ready to fight hard in order to make the country proud,” said Shime.
He added that the prospect of doing well in their group is high based on the training they had undergone, insisting that each player in the squad is determined to reach far.
The competition, which is programmed to end on November 19, will see eight teams battling for the golden opportunity to put hands on the coveted silverware.
This season’s CAF Women's Champions League will be the third edition as it is organised annually by CAF. The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the next edition of the tournament.
The qualification phases involved six sub-confederation qualifying tournaments that ran from August 2023 with each confederation having a representative.
As the defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.
JKT Queens become the second team to represent Tanzania in the continental competition after Simba Queens having made it in the last edition held in Morocco.
