FIFA Champions League is waiting for Wuhan Women s Football Team and will represent Asia in January next year

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Ma Dexing Wuhan Report

Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team defeated Australia's Melbourne City Women's Football Team 6-5, and ranked as the champion of the first Asian Women's Football Club Champions League! This championship not only allowed Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team to win the AFC's $1.3 million championship prize, but also won more and higher stage display opportunities for itself. According to FIFA's plan, General Jiang from Wuhan represents Asia in the FIFA Women's Champions League in January next year.

At the FIFA Congress held in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2024, President Infantino announced that FIFA plans to establish the first Women's Football Club World Cup with 16 teams participating from January to February 2026. However, during the latest FIFA Council meeting in early March this year, Infantino said: "The first Women's Football Club World Cup will be postponed to early 2028 so that all parties can have more time to prepare." But in order to encourage the start of women's football clubs and women's football sports, FIFA decided to establish the annual "FIFA Women's Champions Cup" of the women's football clubs, just like the "FIFA Intercontinental Cup" that men's football clubs participated in, and is scheduled to hold their first edition in early 2026. Women's football champions from six continents will compete for the championship of this event. As the Asian champion, Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team has qualified for this event.

According to FIFA's design, the first "FIFA Women's Champions League" in early 2026 will be held in four rounds, with only one game in the first round, that is, the Asian women's football champion team will face the Oceania women's football champion team at home. Before Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team won the Asian championship, the championship of the Oceania Women's Football Club event was already produced. New Zealand's Auckland United defeated Papua New Guinea's Hekari United 1-0 in the Oceania Women's Football League final ended on May 17 to win the championship. This means that Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team will first confront New Zealand's Auckland United at home. If they can win, they will enter the second round and go to the away game to challenge the African Women's Football Championship. At present, the teams in the African Women's Champions League have not yet been produced.

If Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team can defeat the African champion away, it will enter the semi-finals. Three teams, including the European Women's Football Champion, the South American Women's Football Champion and the Central and North American Women's Football Champion, entered the semi-finals directly. The third round semi-finals and the fourth round finals will be held in a tournament system and will be scheduled to be held neutrally, with the specific time being January 28 and February 1, 2026. FIFA will announce the specific match location later. In addition to showing the style of Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Team and the Chinese Women's Football Team, more importantly, there are also generous bonuses. This is still quite attractive to women's football clubs that are not in good financial situation at present.