Double Action get Champions League nod

Double joy: Double Action recently won a top eight tournament. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Double joy: Double Action recently won a top eight tournament. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Fresh from winning the inaugural DTCB Top 8 Women's Championships, Double Action have won the bid to represent the country in the second edition of the CAF Women's Champions League.

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) had launched a bidding war for the spot at the COSAFA region qualifiers for the women’s continental club football tournament. The DTCB Top 8 Women’s Championship finalists, Double Action and Mexican Girls went toe-to-toe for the berth and once again Double Action pipped their rivals to the spot.

Speaking to Mmegi Sport, the BFA head of Competitions and Operations, Olebile Sikwane said the clubs were the only two to submit their interests, and Double Action have satisfied all the requirements needed by the First Instance Body (FIB), an organ under BFA responsible for issuing club licenses to play at the tournament.

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