Covid 19: TP Mazembe Declared Champions As DR Congo Ends Football Season

Covid 19: TP Mazembe Declared Champions As DR Congo Ends Football Season

By Sampson Adedeji

TP Mazembe were crowned champions of DR Congo for the second consecutive season and a record-extending 18th time on Wednesday after the football season was cancelled in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Local media said the Congolese Football Association had decided to cut the season short, with AS Vita Club also confirmed as runners-up to join Mazembe in next season's African Champions League.

AS Maniema Union and Daring Club Motema Pembe, third and fourth respectively, will play in the Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club competition.

A handful of African nations have decided to call off their football season as the continent grapples with Covid-19, the highly-contagious disease caused by the coronavirus.

Leagues in Cameroon, Angola, Burkina Faso, Congo, Kenya, Mauritius and Niger have also been cancelled.

Some other countries like Ghana, Benin Republic has picked the likely return date while Nigeria is yet to decide on which way to go.