2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers was the third edition of the annual women's club football championship organized by CECAFA[1] to determine its representative at the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League which will take place in November. It waa held in Kampala, Uganda from 12 to 30 August 2023.[2]

2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryUganda
CityKampala
Dates12 – 30 August 2023
Teams9 (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsTanzania JKT Queens (1st title)
Runners-upEthiopia CBE F.C.
Third placeBurundi Buja Queens
Fourth placeKenya Vihiga Queens FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored55 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uganda Fazila Ikwaput (8 goals)

Participating clubs
Team Appearances Previous best performance
Burundi Buja Queens1stN/A
Djibouti FAD Club2nd Groupe stage (2021)
Ethiopia CBE F.C.3rdRunner up (2021)
Kenya Vihiga Queens FC2ndChampion (2021)
Rwanda AS Kigali WFC2ndFourth place (2022)
South Sudan Yei Join Star FC3rdGroupe stage (2021 and 2022)
Tanzania JKT Queens1stN/A
Uganda Kampala Queen (Host)1stN/A
Zanzibar New Generation FC2ndGroupe stage (2022)

Venues
CitiesVenuesCapacity
Kampala Omondi-Stadium Lugogo xx
Kampala FUFA Technical Centre Njeru

Match officials

Referees
  • Burundi Suavis Iratunga
  • Ethiopia Sisay Raya
  • Kenya Josphine Wanjiru
  • Kenya Lucy Awino Juma
  • Rwanda Aline Umutoni
  • Sudan Khadmallah Angato Koko
  • Tanzania Tatu Nuru Malogo

Assistant Referees
  • Burundi Fides Bangurambona
  • Burundi Alida Iradukunda
  • Ethiopia Woinshet Kassaye
  • Kenya Carolyne Kiles
  • Rwanda Alice Umutesi
  • Rwanda Sandrine Murangwa
  • South Sudan Jane Charles Ladu Costantino
  • Sudan Zahra Ali Haroun
  • Tanzania Janet Balama
  • Tanzania Glory John Tesha

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 5 July 2023 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The nine teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 and 5 teams with the teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group A Group B
  • South Sudan Yei Join Star FC
  • Ethiopia CBE F.C.
  • Uganda Kampala Queens
  • Djibouti FAD Club
  • Burundi Buja Queens

Group stage
Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Time UTC +

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ethiopia CBE F.C. 4 3 1 0 15 2 +13 10 Semi-finals
2 Burundi Buja Queens 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9
3 Uganda Kampala Queens 4 2 1 1 11 4 +7 7
4 South Sudan Yei Joint Stars FC 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3
5 Djibouti FAD Club 4 0 0 4 2 18 −16 0
Source:
CBE FC Ethiopia2–1Burundi Buja Queens
  • Tadesse 62'
  • Abera 74'
 Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Tatu Nuru Malogo (Tanzania)
Yei Joint Stars FC South Sudan0–3Uganda Kampala Queens
Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)
Kampala Queens Uganda1–2Burundi Buja Queens
  • Nakigozi 83'
 Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Josphine Wanjiru (Kenya)
CBE FC Ethiopia8–0Djibouti FAD Club
  • Demise 83'
  • Tadesse 34'
  • Mekonnen 43'
  • Abera 44'
  • Bizuneh 52', 55'
  • Ojho 74', 90'
 Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Khadmallah Angato Koko (Sudan)
Yei Joint Stars FC South Sudan2–0Djibouti FAD Club
  • Omar 13' (o.g.)
  • Justine 89'
 Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Lucy Awino Juma (Kenya)
CBE FC Ethiopia1–1Uganda Kampala Queens
 Report
  • Nandede 90+2'
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)
Yei Joint Stars FC South Sudan0–1Burundi Buja Queens
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
FAD Club Djibouti1–6Uganda Kampala Queens
  • Aden 53'
 Report
  • Ikwaput 6', 15', 27', 73', 87'
  • Nakigozi 71'
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Referee: Tatu Nuru Malogo (Tanzania)
Yei Joint Stars FC South Sudan0-4Ethiopia CBE FC
Report
  • Ariet Odong 29'
  • Loza Abera 45+4'
  • Senayt 61'
  • Mesay Temesgen Tanga 78'
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
Buja Queens Burundi2-1Djibouti FAD Club
  • Ruth Ngosi 75'
  • Topister Situma 88'
 Report
  • Nádia Nour 85'
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tanzania JKT Queens 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Semi-finals
2 Kenya Vihiga Queens FC 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Rwanda AS Kigali WFC 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4 Zanzibar New Generation FC 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source:
Vihiga Queens FC Kenya3–1Zanzibar New Generation FC
  • Babirye 37'
  • Khasokha 58'
  • Emedot 81'
 Report
  • Hemed 20'
Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala
AS Kigali WFC Rwanda1–2Tanzania JKT Queens
  • Nyirandagijimana 3'
 Report
Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala
JKT Queens Tanzania1–0Zanzibar New Generation FC
  • Mabanza 56'
 Report
Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala
Referee: Sisay Raya (Ethiopia)
AS Kigali WFC Rwanda0–1Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
Report
  • Omita 36'
Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
Vihiga Queens FC Kenya0–1Tanzania JKT Queens
Report
  • Khasokha 48' (o.g.)
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala
AS Kigali WFC Rwanda2–0Zanzibar New Generation FC
  • Nibagwire 52'
  • Mukeshimana 72'
 Report
Omondi Stadium-Lugogo , Kampala

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 27–
 
 
Tanzania JKT Queens 3
 
August 30 –
 
Burundi Buja Queens 1
 
Tanzania JKT Queens (p) 0(5)
 
August 27–
 
Ethiopia CBE F.C. 0(4)
 
Ethiopia CBE F.C. 2
 
 
Kenya Vihiga Queens FC 1
 
Third place
 
 
August 30 –
 
 
Burundi Buja Queens 1
 
 
Kenya Vihiga Queens FC 0

Semi-finals
JKT Queens Tanzania3–1Burundi Buja Queens
  • Minja 63'
  • Stumai 77'
  • Gerald 90+4'
 Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru , Kampala
CBE F.C. Ethiopia2–1Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
  • Abera 90+4'
  • Tadesse 90+5'
 Report
  • Omita 53'
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru , Kampala

Third place match
Buja Queens Burundi1–0Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
Lydia Akoth 40' Report
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Final
JKT Queens Tanzania0–0 (a.e.t.)Ethiopia CBE F.C.
Report
Penalties
  • Ester Mbanza Gindulya soccer ball with check mark
  • Donisia Daniel Minja soccer ball with check mark
  • Winifrida Gerald soccer ball with check mark
  • Anastazia Antony Katunzi soccer ball with check mark
  • Happyness Hezron Mwaipaja soccer ball with check mark
 5–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Donisia Daniel Minja
  • soccer ball with check mark Winifrida Gerald
  • soccer ball with check mark Anastazia Antony Katunzi
  • soccer ball with check mark Happyness Hezron Mwaipaja
  • soccer ball with red X Mesay Temesgen Bizuneh
FUFA Technical Centre Njeru , Kampala

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 55 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match (as of 30 August 2023).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Uganda Fazila Ikwaput Uganda Kampala Queens 8
2 Ethiopia Loza Abera Ethiopia CBE FC 5
3 Kenya Topister Situma Burundi Buja Queens 3
Ethiopia Ariet Odong Ojho Ethiopia CBE FC
Ethiopia Aregash Tadesse Ethiopia CBE FC
6 Ethiopia Birra Etsegenet Bizuneh Ethiopia CBE FC 2
Uganda Elizabeth Nakigozi Uganda Kampala Queens
Burundi Topister Situma Burundi Buja Queens
Tanzania Donisia Daniel Minja Tanzania JKT Queens
Kenya Bertha Omita Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
12 Ethiopia Senaf Wakuma Demise Ethiopia CBE FC 1
Ethiopia Nardos Getenet Mekonomen Ethiopia CBE FC
Kenya Winnie Babirye Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
Kenya Ruth Khasokha Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
Kenya Martha Amunyolet Kenya Vihiga Queens FC
Zanzibar Amina Hemed Zanzibar New Generation FC
Rwanda Diane Nyirandagijimana Rwanda AS Kigali WFC
Tanzania Stumai Abdalla Tanzania JKT Queens
Tanzania Esther Mabanza Tanzania JKT Queens
Tanzania Abdallah Stumai Tanzania JKT Queens
Tanzania Winifrida Gerald Tanzania JKT Queens
Uganda Zainah Nandede Uganda Kampala Queens
South Sudan Kilega Eunice Justine South Sudan Yei Joint Stars FC
Rwanda Dorothee Mukeshimana Rwanda AS Kigali WFC
RwandaLibellee Nibagwire Rwanda AS Kigali WFC
Djibouti Rahma Moustapha Aden Djibouti FAD Club
Djibouti Nádia Nour Djibouti FAD Club
Ethiopia Senayt Ethiopia CBE FC
Ethiopia Mesay Temesgen Tanga Ethiopia CBE FC
Burundi Ruth Ngosi Burundi Buja Queens
Burundi Lydia Akoth Burundi Buja Queens
  • own goal
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Kenya Ruth Khasokha Kenya Vihiga Queens FC 1
Djibouti Soubane Ahmed Omar Djibouti FAD Club

References
  1. "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". Football Kenya Federation. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. Tovodounon, Jules S. (5 July 2023). "Ligue des Champions Féminine CAF 2023 : Le tirage au sort complet des éliminatoires" [CAF Women's Champions League 2023: The complete draw for the qualifiers]. Africa Foot United (in French). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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