SAFA Women's Regional League

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SAFA Women's Regional League
Organising body SAFA
Founded2009
Country South Africa
Number of teams852
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to Sasol Women's League
Sponsor(s)2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust
Website https://www.safa.net/

The SAFA Women's Regional League is the third-tier South African women's association football league. An amateur league, it operates as a regional league with Local Football Associations (LFAs) overseeing their respective leagues. They are currently 52 regions across South Africa's nine provinces. Each LFA champion then competes in a single-location provincial SAFA Regional Championship. The top two teams of each regional championship are promoted to their provinces stream of the second-tier Sasol Women's League. [1]

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History

The SAFA Regional Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's Regional League, in partnership with Absa Bank, in order to improve the South Africa women's national team's international performances. [1]

The league is funded by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust. [2]

Regions

SAFA's nine provinces and 52 regions are as follows: [3]

Champions

SAFA Gauteng

SAFA Tshwane

YearTeam
2022Viking Ladies [4]
2023 University of Pretoria U/20
2024 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Academy

SAFA KwaZulu-Natal

SAFA Ethekwini

YearTeam
2023 Ezemvelo
2024Toti Ladies

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References

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