Therefore fans of FC Ebolowa and Academie MSichana will open the competition in a remake of the DR Congo versus Cameroon club that closed the last edition while the hosts club will enter the party just after the first game.
A record five teams will compete for the right to represent UNIFFAC during this two weeks of intense competition in Malabo. The winner of the group format competition will earn the right to represent the zone in the continental championship scheduled later this year at a country to be announced.
TP Mazembe won the zonal and continental championship last season. The continental triumph automatically guarantees her spot in this years finals, meaning the champions of UNIFFAC in this womens football frenzy in Malabo will be the second representative of Central Africa at the continental showpiece.
Besides this change induced by logistics issues, all other matches of the tournament will go on as scheduled.