The African football governing body (CAF) on Wednesday announced the prize money structure for the CAF Women’s Champions League, Morocco 2022.
The competition will kick-off on 30 October 2022 with the final scheduled for 13 November 2022.
Bayelsa Queens will represent Nigeria in the competition, and they are in Group B alongside defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Wadi Degla (Egypt) and TP Mazembe (DR Congo).
The winners of the competition will take home USD 400,000 while the runners-up will take USD 250,000.
The two losing semi-finalists will each receive USD 200,000.
CAF launched the CAF Women’s Champions League in 2021 with the first edition played in Cairo, Egypt in November.
South African club, Mamelodi Sundowns won the maiden event after defeating Ghana’s Hasaacas Ladies 2-0.
The CAF Women’s Champions League is the flagship competition of women’s club football competition on African soil and a giant step towards advancing women’s football on the continent.
2022 PRIZEMONEY BREAKDOWN:
Winners: USD 400,000
Runners-up: USD 250,000
Semi-finalists(2) USD 200,000
Third of Group(2) USD 150,000
Fourth of Group(2) USD 100,000
Izuchukwu OkosiIzuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.