2021 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countryKenya
Dates28 Aug–9 Sep
Teams9 (from 13 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsKenya Vihiga Queens (1st title)
Runners-upEthiopia CBE F.C.
Third placeUganda Lady Doves WFC
Fourth placeTanzania Simba Queens
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored85 (5.31 per match)

The 2021 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers[1] 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. This edition will held from 7–21 August 2021 in Kenya.[2][3][4][5]

The winner of the tournament will qualify for the inaugural 2021 CAF Women's Champions League which will held later this year.[6][7]

Participating clubs

The following nine teams will contest in the league. Denden FC from Eritrea and Al-Difaa from Sudan were not selected by CAF. CAF has decided to reject the club's license for failing to meet the criteria for this competition. Scandanavian LFC of Rwanda will not take to the tournament.

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Burundi PVP Buyenzi1stn/a
Djibouti FAD Club1stn/a
Ethiopia CBE F.C.1stn/a
Kenya Vihiga Queens (Host)1stn/a
South Sudan Yei Join Star FC1stn/a
Tanzania Simba Queens1stn/a
Uganda Lady Doves WFC1stn/a
Zanzibar New Generation FC1stn/a

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacity
Nairobi Nyayo National Stadium 30,000
Kasarani MISC 60,000

Match officials

Draw

The draw of the tournament were held on 17 July 2021. Nine club's were divided into three groups. Groups winner and from three groups and one best 2nd place team will through to Knockout stage.

Group summary

Group A Group B

Burundi PVP Buyenzi
Djibouti FAD Club
Tanzania Simba Queens
Uganda Lady Doves WFC

Ethiopia CBE F.C.
Kenya Vihiga Queens
South Sudan Yei Join Star FC
Zanzibar New Generation FC

Group stage

The tournament was played in a two groups format.[8]

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
1 Tanzania Simba Queens 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Knockout stage
2 Uganda Lady Doves WFC 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 7
3 Burundi PVP Buyenzi 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4 Djibouti FAD Club 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source:
Lady Doves Uganda5–0Djibouti FAD Club
  • Nabbossa 16'
  • Ikwaput 30', 85'
  • Abdillahi 60' (o.g.)
  • Doumba 53'
 Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Medab Wondmu Biftu (Ethiopia)
PVP Buyenzi Burundi1–4Tanzania Simba Queens
 Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)
Lady Doves Uganda0–0Tanzania Simba Queens
Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Asnakech Gebire (Ethiopia)
PVP Buyenzi Burundi2 –1Djibouti FAD Club
  • Rehema 22', 53'
  • Lerman 37'
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Josphine Wanjiku (Kenya)
Lady Doves Uganda3–0Burundi PVP Buyenzi
 Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Simba Queens Tanzania10–0Djibouti FAD Club
 Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Darlene Nduwayo (Burundi)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ethiopia CBE F.C. 3 3 0 0 24 3 +21 9 Knockout stage
2 Kenya Vihiga Queens (H) 3 2 0 1 21 4 +17 6
3 South Sudan Yei Join Stars FC 3 1 0 2 2 22 −20 3
4 Zanzibar New Generation FC 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
Yei Join Stars South Sudan2–1Zanzibar New Generation FC
  • Joseph 14'
  • Debora Joseph 38'
 Report
  • Juma 63'
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)
CBE F.C. Ethiopia4–2Kenya Vihiga Queens
  • Busser 9', 22', 69'
  • Geinore 78'
 Report
  • Achieng 12', 39'
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
CBE F.C. Ethiopia10–1Zanzibar New Generation FC
  • Busser 8', ?', ?'
  • Geinore ?', ?', 47.pen', 58' (87.pen)
  • Tadesse ?'
  • Asfaw 75'
 Report
  • Mpanja 18'
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Darlene Nduwayo (Burundi)
Yei Join Stars South Sudan0–11Kenya Vihiga Queens
Report
  • Engesha ?', 50 '
  • Achien’g ?', ?', 67 '
  • Wanyonyi ?', ?', ? ', 65'
  • Shikangwa ?', 70 '
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Florentina Zabron Chief (Tanzania)
CBE F.C. Ethiopia10–0South Sudan Yei Join Stars
  • Geinore ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ? '
  • Busser ?', ? '
  • Yesus ?', ? '
 Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Josphine Wanjiku (Kenya)
New Generation FC Zanzibar0-8Kenya Vihiga Queens
Report
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Asnakech Gebire (Ethiopia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 September – Nairobi
 
 
Tanzania Simba Queens1
 
9 September – Nairobi
 
Kenya Vihiga Queens2
 
Kenya Vihiga Queens2
 
6 September – Nairobi
 
Ethiopia CBE F.C.1
 
Ethiopia CBE F.C. (p)1 (5)
 
 
Uganda Lady Doves WFC1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
9 September – Nairobi
 
 
Tanzania Simba Queens1
 
 
Uganda Lady Doves WFC2

Semi-finals

Tanzania Simba Queens1–2Kenya Vihiga Queens
  • Mnunka ?'
 Report
Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Ethiopia CBE F.C.1–1Uganda Lady Doves WFC
  • Geinore 8'
 Report
Penalties
5–3
Referee: Carolyne Wanjala (Kenya)

Third place match

Tanzania Simba Queens1–2Uganda Lady Doves WFC
 Report
Referee: Josphine Wanjiku (Kenya)

Final

Kenya Vihiga Queens2–1Ethiopia CBE F.C.
Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 85 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 5.31 goals per match (as of 9 September 2021).

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Ethiopia Loza Abera Ethiopia CBE FC 13
2 Ethiopia Medina Busser Ethiopia CBE FC 8
3 Kenya Jentrix Shikangwa Kenya Vihiga Queens 7
4 Kenya Maurine Achieng Kenya Vihiga Queens 6
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Flavine Mawete Tanzania Simba Queens 5
Uganda Fazila Ikwaput Uganda Lady Doves
Kenya Tereza Engesha Kenya Vihiga Queens
8 Kenya Violet Wanyonyi Kenya Vihiga Queens 4
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo Nicole Rehema Burundi PVP Buyenzi 3
Tanzania Aisha Nnunka Tanzania Simba Queens
Tanzania Asha Djafari Tanzania Simba Queens
Tanzania Opah Clement Tanzania Simba Queens
13 Ethiopia Tseganesh Yesus Ethiopia CBE FC 2
Uganda Nakacwa Spencer Uganda Lady Doves
15 Djibouti Lerman Sikieh Djibouti FAD Club 1
Ethiopia Emeber Adisu Asfaw Ethiopia CBE FC
Ethiopia Aregah Kalsa Tadesse Ethiopia CBE FC
Kenya Mercyline Anyango Kenya Vihiga Queens
South Sudan Makunda Joseph South Sudan Yei Join Stars FC
South Sudan Luka Debora Joseph South Sudan Yei Join Stars FC
Tanzania Aisha Juma Tanzania Simba Queens
Uganda Rokiatou Doumba Uganda Lady Doves
Uganda Norah Alupo Uganda Lady Doves
Uganda Riticia Nabbossa Uganda Lady Doves
Zanzibar Hawa Juma Zanzibar New Generation FC
Zanzibar Husna Mpanja Zanzibar New Generation FC
Zimbabwe Danai Bhobho Tanzania Simba Queens

Own goals

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Djibouti Hibo Abdi Abdillahi Djibouti FAD Club 1
Ethiopia Violet Makokha Kenya Vihiga Queens

References

  1. ↑ "CECAFA hosts successful TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League draw". cafonline.com. 9 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "New date for Cecafa women's champions league qualifiers". Nation Africa. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Eleven teams to feature inaugural Cecafa Women's Champions in Kenya". Goal.com. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "CAF launches first-ever African strategy for women's football". Daily Medium.com. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Zonal Cecafa Women's Champions League postponed again". Cecafa Online. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Egypt win rights to host maiden Caf Women's Champions League". Sport News Africa. 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "UNAF, CECAFA prepare for TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League Zonal draw on Wednesday". Cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football (CAF). 5 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". footballkenya.org. FKF Communications. 24 August 2021.
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