ABSA Women's League

ABSA Women's League
Founded September 18, 2009
Country  South Africa
Confederation SAFA
Number of teams 16 (since 2017)
Level on pyramid 1

ABSA Women's League is the top tier South African women's league.[1][2] It was launched in 2009 in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. "Absa Women's League launched". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. "Women's football league kicks off - Brand South Africa". Brandsouthafrica.com. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. "Absa launch Women's League". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  4. "Competition and Player Development  : A comparison between South America and Germany" (PDF). Cies.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak. "Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history" (PDF). History.msu.edu. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. Shehu, Jimoh (18 November 2017). "Gender, Sport and Development in Africa: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization". African Books Collective. Retrieved 18 November 2017 via Google Books.
  7. Cornelissen, Scarlett; Grundlingh, Albert (13 September 2013). "Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation". Routledge. Retrieved 18 November 2017 via Google Books.
  8. Alegi, Peter (14 February 2010). "African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game". Ohio University Press. Retrieved 18 November 2017 via Google Books.
  9. "Safa planning to launch a national women's league". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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