The 2026 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 6th edition of the CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers, organized by the CECAFA for the women's clubs of association nations. This edition will be held in Rwanda from 21 to 31 August 2026. The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2026 CAF Women's Champions League final tournament.
Participating clubs The following ten teams contested in the qualifying tournament. Team Appearances Previous best performance Top Girls Academy Group stage (2025) FC UJECO n/a Denden FC Group stage (2025) CBE Champions (2024) Kenya Police Bullets Runners-up (2024) Rayon Sports Runners-up (2025) Yei Joint Stars Group stage (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) Simba Queens Champions (2022) Kawempe Muslim Third place (2024) Mafunzo FC n/a
Venue
All matches will be played in Kigali, Rwanda.
Venue Capacity Kigali Pelé Stadium TBD FERWAFA Technical Centre TBD Match officials On 19 August 2026, CAF announced the selected match officials for the tournament. Referees
Joselyne Nsabimana Yordanos Mulugeta Josphine Wanjiru Henriette Byukusenge Aline Umutoni Emmanuela Akoo Stella Sebit Diana Murungi
Assistant referees
Anitha Niyokindi Deka Moussa Arsema Haile Woinshet Abera Virginia Wangui Regine Mukayiranga Mary Selemani Zawadi Yusuf Immaculate Ongiera
Draw
The draw was held on 30 July 2026 at the Amahoro Stadium Conference Hall in Kigali, Rwanda.
Group AGroup BGroup C Rayon Sports Yei Joint Stars Mafunzo Denden FC CBE Kawempe Muslim FC UJECO Simba Queens Kenya Police Bullets Top Girls Academy
Group stage
TiebreakersTeams were 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 were 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; 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
Ranking of second-placed teams For Group A, which consisted of four teams, results against the fourth-placed team were excluded in calculating the ranking.
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Awards and statistics
RankPlayerTeamGoals1 CBE62 Jackline Kulusanga Mafunzo4 Martha Amunyolete Kenya Police Bullets Jovia Nakagolo Kawempe Muslim Ladies5 Agnes Nabukenya Kawempe Muslim Ladies3 CBE7 CBE2 CBE Cynthia Shilwatso Mafunzo Jeannette Ukwinkunda Rayon Sports Grace Aluka Yei Joint Stars Latifah Nakasi Kawempe Muslim Ladies Tereza Engesha Kenya Police Bullets Eglay Mukhwana Kenya Police Bullets Moureen Nankinga Yei Joint Stars1634 playersVarious1
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