2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host country	Uganda
City	Kampala
Dates	12 – 30 August 2023
Teams	9 (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	JKT Queens (1st title)
Runners-up	CBE F.C.
Third place	Buja Queens
Fourth place	Vihiga Queens F.C.
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	55 (2.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fazila Ikwaput (8 goals)
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The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers was the 3rd edition of the annual women's association football club championship organized by CECAFA^[1] to determine its representative at the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League in Ivory Coast. It was held in Kampala, Uganda from 12 to 30 August 2023.^[2]

Participating clubs

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Buja Queens	1st	N/A
FAD Club	2nd	Group stage (2021)
CBE	3rd	Runner up (2021)
Vihiga Queens	2nd	Champion (2021)
AS Kigali Women	2nd	Fourth place (2022)
Yei Join Star FC	3rd	Group stage (2021 and 2022)
JKT Queens	1st	N/A
Kampala Queen (Host)	1st	N/A
New Generation FC	2nd	Group stage (2022)

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Kampala	Omondi-Stadium Lugogo	xx
Kampala	FUFA Technical Centre Njeru

Match officials

Referees

Suavis Iratunga
Sisay Raya
Josphine Wanjiru
Lucy Awino Juma
Aline Umutoni
Khadmallah Angato Koko
Tatu Nuru Malogo

Assistant Referees

Fides Bangurambona
Alida Iradukunda
Woinshet Kassaye
Carolyne Kiles
Alice Umutesi
Sandrine Murangwa
Jane Charles Ladu Costantino
Zahra Ali Haroun
Janet Balama
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
Yei Join Star CBE Kampala Queens FAD Club Buja Queens	Vihiga Queens New Generation FC JKT Queens AS Kigali Women

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.

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
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);
Drawing of lots.

Time UTC +

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CBE	4	3	1	0	15	2	+13	10	Semi-finals
2	Buja Queens	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Semi-finals
3	Kampala Queens	4	2	1	1	11	4	+7	7
4	Yei Joint Stars	4	1	0	3	2	8	−6	3
5	FAD Club	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

CBE FC	2–1	Buja Queens
Tadesse 62' Abera 74'	Report	Situma 14'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Tatu Nuru Malogo (Tanzania)

12 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Yei Joint Stars FC	0–3	Kampala Queens
	Report	Ikwaput 13', 39', 69'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

15 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

Kampala Queens	1–2	Buja Queens
Nakigozi 83'	Report	Situma 21', 54'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Josphine Wanjiru (Kenya)

15 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

CBE FC	8–0	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)

18 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

Yei Joint Stars FC	2–0	FAD Club
Omar 13' (o.g.) Justine 89'	Report

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Lucy Awino Juma (Kenya)

18 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

CBE FC	1–1	Kampala Queens
Abera 2'	Report	Nandede 90+2'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)

21 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

Yei Joint Stars FC	0–1	Buja Queens
		Djafari 45+3'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

21 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

FAD Club	1–6	Kampala Queens
Aden 53'	Report	Ikwaput 6', 15', 27', 73', 87' Nakigozi 71'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Referee: Tatu Nuru Malogo (Tanzania)

24 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

Yei Joint Stars FC	0-4	CBE FC
	Report	Ariet Odong 29' Loza Abera 45+4' Senayt 61' Mesay Temesgen Tanga 78'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

24 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Buja Queens	2-1	FAD Club
Ruth Ngosi 75' Topister Situma 88'	Report	Nádia Nour 85'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JKT Queens	3	3	0	4	1	+3	9	Semi-finals
2	Vihiga Queens FC	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Semi-finals
3	AS Kigali WFC	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	New Generation FC	3	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

Vihiga Queens FC	3–1	New Generation FC
Babirye 37' Khasokha 58' Emedot 81'	Report	Hemed 20'

Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala

13 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

AS Kigali WFC	1–2	JKT Queens
Nyirandagijimana 3'	Report	Abdalla 46' Minja 70'

Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala

16 August 2023

13:00 UTC+3

JKT Queens	1–0	New Generation FC
Mabanza 56'	Report

Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala

Referee: Sisay Raya (Ethiopia)

16 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

AS Kigali WFC	0–1	Vihiga Queens FC
	Report	Omita 36'

Omondi Stadium-Lugogo, Kampala

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

19 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

Vihiga Queens FC	0–1	JKT Queens
	Report	Khasokha 48' (o.g.)

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

19 August 2023

16:00 UTC+3

AS Kigali WFC	2–0	New Generation FC
Nibagwire 52' Mukeshimana 72'	Report

Omondi Stadium-Lugogo , Kampala

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

August 27–

JKT Queens	3
		August 30 –
Buja Queens	1
		JKT Queens (p)	0(5)
August 27–
		CBE F.C.	0(4)
CBE F.C.	2

Vihiga Queens FC	1
		Third place

		August 30 –

		Buja Queens	1

		Vihiga Queens FC	0

Semi-finals

27 August 2023

12:00 UTC+3

JKT Queens	3–1	Buja Queens
Minja 63' Stumai 77' Gerald 90+4'	Report	Situma 11'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru , Kampala

27 August 2023

15:00 UTC+3

CBE F.C.	2–1	Vihiga Queens FC
Abera 90+4' Tadesse 90+5'	Report	Omita 53'

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru , Kampala

Third place match

30 August 2023

15:00 UTC+3

Buja Queens	1–0	Vihiga Queens FC
Lydia Akoth 40'	Report

FUFA Technical Centre Njeru, Kampala

Final

30 August 2023

12:00 UTC+3

JKT Queens	0–0 (a.e.t.)	CBE F.C.
	Report
Penalties
Ester Mbanza Gindulya Donisia Daniel Minja Winifrida Gerald Anastazia Antony Katunzi Happyness Hezron Mwaipaja	5–4	Donisia Daniel Minja Winifrida Gerald Anastazia Antony Katunzi Happyness Hezron Mwaipaja 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	Fazila Ikwaput	Kampala Queens	8
2	Loza Abera	CBE FC	5
3	Topister Situma	Buja Queens	3
	Ariet Odong Ojho	CBE FC
	Aregash Tadesse	CBE FC
6	Birra Etsegenet Bizuneh	CBE FC	2
	Elizabeth Nakigozi	Kampala Queens
	Topister Situma	Buja Queens
	Donisia Daniel Minja	JKT Queens
	Bertha Omita	Vihiga Queens FC
12	Senaf Wakuma Demise	CBE FC	1
	Nardos Getenet Mekonomen	CBE FC
	Winnie Babirye	Vihiga Queens FC
	Ruth Khasokha	Vihiga Queens FC
	Martha Amunyolet	Vihiga Queens FC
	Amina Hemed	New Generation FC
	Diane Nyirandagijimana	AS Kigali WFC
	Stumai Abdalla	JKT Queens
	Esther Mabanza	JKT Queens
	Abdallah Stumai	JKT Queens
	Winifrida Gerald	JKT Queens
	Zainah Nandede	Kampala Queens
	Kilega Eunice Justine	Yei Joint Stars FC
	Dorothee Mukeshimana	AS Kigali WFC
	Libellee Nibagwire	AS Kigali WFC
	Rahma Moustapha Aden	FAD Club
	Nádia Nour	FAD Club
	Senayt	CBE FC
	Mesay Temesgen Tanga	CBE FC
	Ruth Ngosi	Buja Queens
	Lydia Akoth	Buja Queens

own goal

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ruth Khasokha	Vihiga Queens FC	1
	Soubane Ahmed Omar	FAD Club

References

^ "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". Football Kenya Federation. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ 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.

External links

[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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