The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 5th 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 in Nairobi, Kenya from 4 to 16 September 2025.
The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.
Participating clubs The following nine teams contested in the qualifying tournament. Team Appearances Previous best performance CBE Champion (2024) Denden SC n/a Top Girls Academy n/a Kenya Police Bullets Runner-up (2024) Rayon Sports FC Group stage (2024) Yei Joint Stars Group stage (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) JKT Queens Champion (2023) Kampala Queen Group stage (2023) JKU Princess n/a
Venues Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium Ulinzi Sports Complex Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 10,000
Match officials
Referees Suad Mohamed (Djibouti) Lillian Nakitto (Uganda) Leticia Ndagire (Rwanda) Asha Said (Tanzania) Ruth Aturo (Uganda) Fatuma Hassan (Ethiopia)
Assistant Referees Halima Adan (Somalia) Jackline Nduku (Kenya) Amina Mohamed (Eritrea) Neema Mushi (Tanzania) Grace Nanyondo (Uganda) Rahma Osman (Sudan)
Draw The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 26 August 2025 at 13:00 UTC+3 (13:00 EAT) in Nairobi, Kenya. The nine participating teams were drawn into three groups of three. Only the group winners will advance to the semi-finals, where they will compete for the single CECAFA slot at the continental finals.
+ Group A Kenya Police Bullets FC Denden Kampala Queens
+ Group B CBE Top Girls Academy Rayon Sports
+ Group C JKT Queens Yei Joint Stars JKU Princesses
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.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Best runners-up ranking
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third Place Match
Finals
Awards and statistics Goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Jamila Rajab JKT Queens52 Kamiyati Naigaga Kampala Queens2 Tourist Lema Tone Kampala Queens Peace Muduwa Kampala Queens Emily Kemunto Kenya Police Bullets Winfrida Mathias JKU Princess Winfrida Gerald JKT Queens Margaret Kunhira Kenya Police Bullets9 Zaina Namuleme Kenya Police Bullets1 Rediet Assresahagn Matios CBE Scholastique Gikundiro Rayon Sports Odette Coralie Ngwema Rayon Sports Asha Mlangwa JKT Queens Zaituna Namaganda Kampala Queens Aluka Grace Yei Joint Stars FC Ambayo Immaculate Yei Joint Stars FC Mariam Luis Lasuba Yei Joint Stars FC Ester Maseke Marwa JKT Queens own goal
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 ???????? JKU Princess1
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