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CAF announces prize money for Inaugural African Football League competition

Date: Oct 2, 2023

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) announced the Prize Money for the Inaugural African Football League (AFL) competition which will feature the highest-ranked and most successful football Clubs on the African Continent.

The AFL will kick off on October 20, 2023, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and will feature Simba SC (Tanzania) and Al Ahly SC (Egypt).

The Prize Money for the AFL is as follows: $4 million for the winner, $3 million for the runner-up, $1.7 million for each of the semi-finalists and $1 million for each of the quarterfinalists.

The other popular and top-ranked football Clubs participating in the Inaugural AFL are Enyimba FC (Nigeria), Wydad AC (Morocco), Mamelodi Sundowns FC (South Africa), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) and Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (Angola).

The AFL is a CAF competition established in partnership with FIFA. One of the main objectives for forming the AFL is to ensure that the quality of African Club football is globally competitive and that African football Clubs are commercially viable.

The AFL will also contribute to the development and growth of Youth football talent on the African Continent.

--ChannelAfrica--