Kuwaiti Women's League

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Kuwaiti Women's League
Founded2017
CountryFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Confederation AFC
Number of teams-
Level on pyramid1
Current: 2019–20 Kuwaiti Women's League

Kuwaiti Women's League was founded in 2017 [1] organized by Kuwait Football Association as the First official Women's Championship in the Country, Set to be played 2019-20 or after as teams start to be organized and play Before kickoff.

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References

  1. "Kuwait FA 🇰🇼 on Twitterانطلاق دوري كرة القدم النسائية الأربعاء#KuwaitFA". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-10-12.