Cameroon flagbearer, FC Ebolowa has failed to secure a qualification ticket to the final phase of the African Women’s Champions League.
The outfit missed out on the ticket after losing its final match last Monday at the just-concluded Central African zonal qualifiers to the 2025 edition of the continental showpiece. The African Women’s Champions League is the flagship women’s competition organized by the Confederation of African Football, CAF.
FC Ebolowa finished the Central African qualifiers ranking second on the final standing after losing 3nil to Equato-guinean team, 15 de Agosto in Malabo. The Guinean club got the three goals through forwards Jessy Ornella Mezui who opened the scoring at the fifth meeting and Anna Maria Nchama who completed the mission with two additional goals at the 35th and 86th minutes of the encounter.
Following the comfortable victory, 15 de Agosto emerged as champions of the tournament and secured the qualification ticket to the final phase of the 2025 continental championship as the representative of the Central African zone. The Equato-guinean outfit finished the tournament with 10points, one point ahead of FC Ebolowa which entered the fourth and final round of matches on Monday totaling 9points.
The Cameroonian outfit managed by experienced trainer, Oudou Kpoumie had beaten FA M’Sichana 2nil in its opening game and followed up the fixture with victories over Chad’s TP Elec-Sport and AC Colombe of Congo Brazzaville. The South Region outfit whitewashed the Chadian outfit 5-1 and defeated AC Colombe 2-0 in its third game. Despite the brilliant run of results, the Cameroon representative fell short of glory in the final game where the side needed just a draw with the host Guinean outfit to be able to qualify for the 2025 finals. FC Ebolowa’s failure to qualify for the 2025 showpiece prolongs Cameroon’s wait to produce its first ever representative in the final phase of the CAF Women’s Champions League since the competition was introduced in 2020.
The club joins Louves MINPROFF, Awa Football Filles and Lekie Football Filles on the list of Cameroonian clubs that attempted to make the finals over the years and failed to break through. Cameroon’s first representative in the qualifying phase of the championship, Louves MINPROFF, was knocked after losing to Malabo Kings of Equatorial Guinea in the semifinals of the Central African zonal qualifiers.
Awa Football Filles and Lekie Football Filles both missed out after failing in their missions in different editions of the qualifying phase over the last four years.
