AS FAR won the CAF Women’s Champions League for a record third time after defeating South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns 3-1 in Sunday’s final at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Egypt.
Imane Torres scored twice, in the 23rd and 77th minutes, while Hiba El Yousfi added AS FAR’s second goal in the 37th minute.
The victory gave the Moroccan side their third continental title, following their triumphs in 2022 and 2025, and strengthened their position among Africa’s leading women’s clubs.
AS FAR are the first team to retain the CAF Women’s Champions League title and the first to win the competition three times.
Their success also secures qualification for the inaugural Women’s Club World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States in 2028. The tournament will be staged from 5 to 30 January and will be expanded in a format broadly comparable with the men’s Club World Cup held in the summer of 2025.
The achievement further underlines Morocco’s influence across African football, with the country enjoying success at club and international level in both the men’s and women’s game.
AS FAR players dominate individual awards
AS FAR players collected three of the main individual prizes at the sixth edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League after their final victory over Mamelodi Sundowns.
Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi was named the tournament’s best goalkeeper in recognition of her performances throughout the competition.
Her team-mate Imane Torres received the award for best forward after finishing as the competition’s leading scorer with four goals.
AS FAR captain Ghizlane Chebbak was named the best player of the sixth edition, completing a clean sweep of the leading individual awards for Morocco’s representatives.
Women’s Club World Cup details
The first Women’s Club World Cup will feature 19 of the leading women’s clubs from the six continental confederations.
Six teams will begin in a preliminary round, with the three winners joining 13 clubs in the next stage. Those 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four, with the top two from each group progressing to the knockout stage.
The distribution of places for the inaugural tournament is:
– The Asian Football Confederation, Confederation of African Football, Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, and South American Football Confederation will each receive two direct places and one preliminary-round place.
– UEFA will have five direct places and one preliminary-round place.
– The Oceania Football Confederation will have one preliminary-round place.
The United States was confirmed as host on 22 October 2026 by the FIFA Council Bureau. The host cities and stadiums will be announced at a later date.
