Three women’s football teams are set to battle for a spot in the inaugural National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Women’s Premiership at Mzuzu Stadium from today to Saturday.
The play-offs will involve Central Region giants Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Lionesses, Mzuzu City Hammers Queens from the Northern Region and Southern Region representatives Chitoliro Heroines.
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) announced Wednesday that the play-offs would be played on round-robin format.
The opening match will be between Lionesses and Queens today.
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Thereafter, Queens will face Heroines on Friday.
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The play-offs will be concluded with a match between Lionesses and Heroines on Saturday.
The winner of the play-offs will join the other nine teams that already qualified for the inaugural edition.
The inaugural league comprises three top teams from the three regions, namely Ntopwa FC, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women and Mighty Wanderers Queens from the Southern Region.
Ascent Academy, Silver Strikers Ladies and Civil Service United Women will represent the Central Region whereas Moyale Sisters, MK Academy and Topik Sisters will represent the Northern Region.
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The inaugural NBM Women’s Premiership is expected to kick off next week.
NBM is sponsoring the league to the tune of K280 million as part of the bank’s K1 billion football sponsorship package.
Each of the 10 teams will get K13 million subvention plus two sets of uniforms courtesy of the bank.
The champions will pocket K10 million whereas the runners-up will get K5 million.
The third-placed team will pocket K3million.
