Malawi Women's League

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Malawi Women's League
Founded2020;3 years ago (2020)
CountryFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Confederation CAF
Number of teams24
Relegation toW-League D2
Domestic cup(s)W-Presidential Cup
International cup(s) CAF W-Champions League
Current championsBlantyre Zero (1st title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsBlantyre Zero ,DD Sunshine (1 title)
Current: 2022-23 W-League

The Malawi Women's League called also Elite Women's League is the top flight of women's association football in Malawi. The competition is run by the National Women's Football Association which is a member association of the Football Association of Malawi.

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History

Women's football was founded in 1998 in Blantyre. It was formed on first, a Blantyre Women's District League which later had becomes a Blantyre Women's Regional League and layer introduced in other regions. [1] On 2020 was started the first Malawi women's League which is composed of three regions of height teams each who will split into Regional and National phases. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Status of Malawi Women's Football" (PDF). fam.mw. 2020.
  2. "Inaugural National Women's League kicks off". cafonline.com. 29 May 2021.
  3. "FAM Women's Football League 2021". RSSSF . Hans Schöggl. 23 September 2021.