In the next few hours, specifically at 5 pm Cairo time, 3 pm Moroccan time, Morocco’s AS FAR will face South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns at the Suez Canal Authority Stadium in Ismailia, with the match broadcast on “Al Riyadi” and “CAF TV”, in the final of the 2026 Women’s Champions League. A clash that can be summed up by one number: both teams have two titles each, and today’s winner will become the first club in the competition’s history to reach three titles.
The road to the Ismailia final
AS FAR reached the final after beating Cameroon’s Lekie Football Filles 1-0 in the semi-final, while Sundowns secured their place with a big 4-1 win over Uganda’s Kawempe Muslim, a match in which Ronel Donnelly scored a hat-trick.
AS FAR, the defending champions, are playing their fourth final in their history after 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026. They won the title in 2022 and 2025 and were runners-up in 2024. Sundowns are also playing their fourth final, after winning in 2021 and 2023, and they aim to reclaim the continental throne.
The road to the final was not smooth for AS FAR; they lost their opening match 3-2 to Kawempe Muslim Ladies, becoming the first team to reach the final after losing their opener, according to press reports.
Head-to-head history favours Morocco
In their last two meetings in the competition, AS FAR won the 2022 final 4-0, while Sundowns won the 2023 semi-final 1-0. Today’s match is the fourth between the two clubs in the competition, making it the most frequent fixture in the tournament’s history, and the second in a final.
The winning team will receive a financial prize of $600,000, along with qualification to the second round of the 2027 Women’s Club World Cup, where the African champion will face North Korea’s Naegohyang in December 2026.
InfoSport numbers
- AS FAR have played 30 matches in the finals, a number exceeding that of any other club.
- The Moroccan club are the first to reach the final three times in a row, and have finished in the top three in every edition they have participated in.
- Today’s winner will reach their third title, a feat no team has achieved before in the competition’s history.
It is worth noting that the current season witnessed an unprecedented event with the same two clubs reaching the men’s and women’s Champions League finals, after Sundowns won the men’s title against AS FAR 2-1 on aggregate. Now AS FAR must turn the tables in Ismailia. Share your predictions in the comments.
