CECAFA Women’s CL: Fixtures for inaugural zonal CL qualifiers released

After a series of postponements, the CECAFA zonal Women’s Champions League qualifiers have finally been set to run from August 28th to September 9th in Nairobi, Kenya with the official fixture schedule released.

The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 1st edition of the CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers, a women's club football championship organised by the CECAFA for the women's clubs of association nations.

Initially, in this inaugural tournament, there were nine teams pooled into three groups comprising of three teams each. However, only 8 teams will now take part in the tournament as Scandinavian FC from Rwanda withdrew from participating in the tournament.

After the Rwandese side’s withdrawal, CAF were forced to do another mini draw to place the two remaining teams in either Group A or B. Now there are two groups with four teams each.

Kenya’s representative in the competition, Vihiga United earned a ticket to the CECAFA Champions League by virtue of being the 2019 league champions. They are pooled against Commercial Bank (Ethiopia), Yei Joint Stars (South Sudan) and New Generations (Zanzibar) in Group B.

Group A – PVP FC (Burundi), Simba Queens (Tanzania) and Lady Doves (Uganda) and FAD FC (Djibouti).

Group B – Vihiga Queens (Kenya), Commercial Bank (Ethiopia), Yei Joint Stars (South Sudan) and New Generations (Zanzibar)

The side that wins the CECAFA Women's Champions League will automatically qualify for the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League that is set to take place in Egypt in December.

The inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League is slated for November and will run all through to December 2021 in Egypt with eight teams set to participate in the tournament.

Fixtures

Group Stage

Saturday 28th Aug. 2021

13:00 Lady Doves FC vs FAD FC Nyayo Stadium Group A

16:00 PVP FC vs Simba Queens FC Nyayo Stadium Group A

Sunday 29th Aug. 2021

13:00 Yei Joint Stars FC vs New Generations FC Nyayo Stadium Group B

16:00 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC vs Vihiga Queens FC Nyayo Stadium Group B

Mon. 30th Aug. 2021 - Rest Day

Tuesday 31st Aug. 2021

13:00 PVP FC vs FAD FC Kasarani Stadium A

16:00 Lady Doves FC vs Simba Queens FC Kasarani Stadium A

Wednesday 1st Sept. 2021

13:00 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC vs New Generations FC Kasarani Stadium B

16:00 Yei Joint Stars FC vs Vihiga Queens FC Kasarani Stadium B

Thursday 2nd Sept. 2021 | Rest Day

Friday 3rd Sept. 2021

13:00 Lady Doves FC vs PVP FC Nyayo Stadium A

16:00 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC vs Yei Joint Stars FC Nyayo Stadium B

Simba Queens FC vs FAD FC Kasarani Stadium A

16:00 New Generations FC vs Vihiga Queens FC Kasarani Stadium B

Sat. 4th Sept. 2021 & Sun. 5th Sept. 2021 | Rest Days

Semi Finals

6th September 2021

13:00 Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group B Nyayo stadium

16:00 Winner Group B vs Runner-up Group A Nyayo Stadium

Tuesday 7 September and Wednesday 8 September – Rest Days

3rd Place Play Off and Final Match

Thursday 9th September 2021

13:00 Loser Semi Final 1 vs Loser Semi Final 2 - Nyayo Stadium

16:00 Winner Semi Final 1 vs Winner Semi Final - 2 Nyayo Stadium