ABSA Women's League

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ABSA Women's League
Founded18 September 2009
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Confederation SAFA
Number of teams16 (since 2017)
Level on pyramid1

ABSA Women's League is the top tier South African association football league. [1] [2]

History

It was launched in 2009 in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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