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Women's teams in battle for diamond throne

Defending champions: Double Action are favourites to retain their crown team PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Defending champions: Double Action are favourites to retain their crown team PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The fight for the coveted women's football championship throne will conclude tomorrow with the DTC Botswana Women’s Championship finals.

It is a long journey that started last year and reached almost every corner of the country. The run to the finale had a record-breaking 137 teams participating in 11 of the 17 regional leagues across the country.

It is now down to four teams as the throne for the women's football champions is just 180 minutes of regulation within reach. The winner of the finale will books a place in the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA qualifiers scheduled for later this year. There is also an extra incentive with a P250,000 winners’ prize from the sponsors and diamond traders, DTC Botswana.

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