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  AFC Women Champions League: Odisha FC enter main draw
31 Aug 2024
 

High-flying Odisha FC marched into the main draw (Group Stage) of the 1st AFC Womens Champions League Club Football Championship 2024-25 with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over hosts Etihad Club of Jordan in their second and last Group-B match of the preliminary round at the Prince Mohammed Stadium in Zarqa, Jordan today.

Ghanaian forward Jennifer Kankam Yeboah was the star of the Odisha FC win, scoring their two goals in the 27th and 71st minutes. Maysa Jbarah scored the only goal for the Etihad Club in the 57th minute. With the win, Bhubaneswar-based Odisha FC finished top of Group B with a full six points. Earlier in their opening match, Odisha FC trounced Lion City Sailors of Singapore 4-1.

 

Odisha FC will now feature in Group C of the AFC Womens Champions League alongside Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan, Ho Chi Minh City FC of Vietnam and Taichung Blue Whale of Chinese Taipei. The Group Stage comprises three groups of four teams and will also be contested in a centralised league format from October 6 to 12.

The top two finishers of each group and the two best third-placed sides will progress to the quarter-finals, to be played on March 22 and 23, 2025. A Knockout Stage draw will be conducted prior to the quarter-finals to determine the four pairings, which will be contested in a single-leg format, with the higher-ranked team of each tie to serve as the home side.

This will be followed by a centralised Finals, which will see the semi-finals and final – all single-leg ties – being played out from May 21 to 24, 2025, to determine the first ever champions of the AFC Womens Champions League. Odisha FC qualified for the inaugural edition of the AFC Womens Champions League by emerging champions in the Indian Womens League 2023-24.
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TOP: Players, coaches and support staff of Odisha FC celebrate after defeating Etihad Club of Jordan in their AFC Womens Champions League Group-B match in Zarqa on 31 August 2024.

RIGHT: Odisha FC star striker Jennifer Kankam Yeboah fights for the ball against an Etihad Club opponent during their AFC Womens Champions League Group-B match in Zarqa on 31 August 2024.

 
   

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