The competition takes place annually from May to June and involves a championship format where the champions of different provincial women's football commissions compete.
[1] During the first four editions of the Congolese national women's football championship (2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), the provincial associations and commissions competed to determine the winning province in this annual competition.
It was only from the year 2012 that teams from different urban associations and provincial commissions started competing in their respective provinces to qualify for the "Coupe du Congo féminine," organized by the national women's football league "LINAFF."
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was represented for the first time by FCF Amani from the city of Kinshasa, the winner of the 12th edition of the championship, in the CAF Women's Champions League.
In the group stage of the CAF Women's Champions League, TP Mazembe started well with a 1–0 victory against Wadi Degla (Egypt), thanks to an early goal scored by Merveille Kanjinga.