2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryEthiopia
CityAddis Ababa
Dates17–29 August
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions CBE (1st title)
Runners-up Kenya Police Bullets
Third placeKawempe Muslim Ladies
Fourth place Simba Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer Demise Zenaf Senaf 6 goals)
Best player Mesay Temesgen Tanga
Best goalkeeper Annedy Kundu
Fair play award Simba Queens
2023
2025

The 2024 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 4th edition of CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers tournament organized by the CECAFA for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held from 17 to 23 August 2024 in Ethiopia.[1][2][3][4][5]

The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.

Participating clubs

The following eight teams contested in the qualifying tournament.

Team Appearances Previous best performance
CBE (hosts) 4th Runner up (2021, 2023)
PVP Buyenzi 2nd Group stage (2021)
FAD Club 3rd Group stage (2021, 2023)
Kenya Police Bullets 1st Debut
Rayon Sports 1st Debut
Yei Joint Stars 4th Group stage (2021, 2022, 2023)
Simba Queens 3rd Champion (2022)
Kawempe Muslim LFC 1st Debut

Venues

Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa Stadium Abebe Bikila Stadium
Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 25,000

Match officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 24 July 2024 at 13:00 UTC+2 (13:00 CAT) in Egypt. The seven teams were drawn into 2 groups with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.[6][7]

Seeded Unseeded

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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CBE KPB YJS RYS
1 CBE (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Semi-finals 2–1 3–2
2 Kenya Police Bullets 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0–0 1–0
3 Yei Joint Stars 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4 0–4 2–1
4 Rayon Sport 3 0 0 3 3 6 −3 0
Source: CECAFA
(H) Hosts
CBE 3–2 Rayon Sport
  • Wakuma 1'
  • Kalsa 41', 48'
  • Ukwikunda 65'
  • Mukandayisenga 77'

Yei Joint Stars 0–4 CBE
  • Wakuma 1', 21'
  • Kalsa 19' (pen.)
  • Yukura 37'
Kenya Police Bullets 1–0 Rayon Sport
Anyetu 6'

CBE 2–1 Kenya Police Bullets
  • Wakuma 2', 58'
  • Akinyi 32'
Yei Joint Stars 2–1 Rayon Sport
  • Maduok 10'
  • Mogga 44'
  • Ukwinkunda 39'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SBQ KML PVP FAD
1 Simba Queens 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Semi-finals 3–0 5–0
2 Kawempe Muslim Ladies 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 6
3 PVP Buyenzi 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 0–2 0–0
4 FAD Club 3 0 1 2 0 15 −15 1
Source: CECAFA
Simba Queens 5–0 FAD Club
Referee: Khadmallah Angato Koko (Sudan)

PVP Buyenzi 0–0 FAD Club

Kawempe Muslim Ladies 10–0 FAD Club
  • Nabirye 11', 45'
  • Nandago 22', 34', 51' (pen.), 68', 79'
  • Kampi 53'
  • Nakato 56'
  • Kabacurezi 85'
Simba Queens 2–2 PVP Buyenzi

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

CBE 2–1 Kawempe Muslim Ladies
  • Temesgen 45'
  • Asfaw 89'
Nabirye 60'
Simba Queens 2–3 Kenya Police Bullets
Corazone 38', 56'
  • Jira 29'
  • Wacera 61'
  • Akinyi 82'

Third place match

Kawempe Muslim Ladies 2–0 Simba Queens

Final

CBE 1–0 Kenya Police Bullets
Wakuma 79'

Awards and statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 51 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.19 goals per match (as of 29 August 2024).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Sinaf Wakuma CBE 6
2 Vivian Corazone Simba Queens 4
3 Asha Rashid Simba Queens 3
Argesh Kalsa CBE
Hadijah Nandago Kawempe Muslim
Jentrix Shikangwa Simba Queens
Shadia Nabirye Kawempe Muslim
Agnes Nabukenya Kawempe Muslim
9 Elizabeth Wambui Simba Queens 2
Ukwikunda Jeanette Rayon Sport
Rebecca Akinyi Okwaro Kenya Police Bullets
12 Tarikwa Yukura CBE 1
Mesay Temesgen CBE
Emebet Asfaw CBE
Jeanne Mukandayisenga Rayon Sport
Diana Wacera Kenya Police Bullets
Lucy Kwekwe Jira Kenya Police Bullets
Purity Anyetu Kenya Police Bullets
Aniet Wek Maduok Yei Joint Stars
Modong Jeska Simaya Mogga Yei Joint Stars
Halimah Kampi Kawempe Muslim
Rebecca Nakato Kawempe Muslim
Mary Kabacurezi Kawempe Muslim
Sumayo Nabuto Kawempe Muslim
Rukiya Bizimana PVP Buyenzi

own goal

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Danny Ngoyi Simba Queens 1

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