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Chinese FA makes women’s teams mandatory for top-flight clubs
Feb 16 (Reuters) – Chinese language Tremendous League golf equipment can be required to have a girls’s crew as a part of entry necessities to compete within the upcoming 2023 season, the nation’s soccer governing physique (CFA) mentioned on Thursday.
The CFA beforehand carried out an analogous rule for the 2019 season, when 16 groups competed within the CSL. A begin date for this yr’s 18-team high flight is but to be introduced.
“This girls’s crew ought to participate within the Chinese language Girls’s Tremendous League or the second and third-tier league,” Xinhua information company reported, citing a discover from the CFA.
Wuhan Three Cities have been topped CSL champions for the primary time final yr.
The CFA mentioned final week that each one matches within the league can be performed utilizing the home-and-away format this yr, bringing an finish to a few seasons of COVID-19 restrictions.
Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Kim Coghill
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