2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA qualifiers

2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
City	Dar es Salaam
Dates	15–27 August 2022
Teams	8 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Simba Queens FC (1st title)
Runners-up	She Corporate FC
Third place	CBE F.C.
Fourth place	AS Kigali WFC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	72 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Loza Abera (11 goals)
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2022.

The 2022 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers is the 2nd 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 28 July to 10 August 2022 in Arusha, Tanzania. ^[1] but it was moved to August 14-27th in Dar es salaam, Tanzania ^[2]

The winner of the tournament will qualify for the inaugural 2022 CAF Women's Champions League which will held later this year.

Participating clubs

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Fofila PF	1st	n/a
Garde Republic FC	1st	n/a
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC	2nd	Runner up(2021)
AS Kigali WFC	1st	n/a
Yei Join Star FC	2nd	Groupe stage(2021)
Simba Queens FC (Host)	2nd	3rd(2021)
She Corporate FC	1st	n/a
Warriors QFC	1st	n/a

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Miburani	National Stadium	60,000
Dar es Salaam	Azam Complex Stadium	10,000

Match officials

Referees Suavis Iratunga Shahenda Saad Ali Emaghrabi letticia Antonella Viana Tsehaynesh Abebe Zomadre Sonia Kore Antsino Twanyanyukwa Salima Mukansanga Shamirah Nabadda Zablon Chief Florentina Assistant Referees Fides Bangurambona Yara Atef Soukaina Hamdi Alice Umutoni Jane Charles Marex Nkumbi Groly Tesha Janet Balama

Draw

The draw for this edition of the tournament was held on 20 July 2022 at 11:00 UTC (13:00 CAT) in Morocco. The eight teams were drawn into 2 group of 4 teams with teams finishing first and second in the groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Group A	Group B
AS Kigali WFC Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC Warriors QFC Fofila PF	Garde Republic FC Yei Join Star FC She Corporate FC Simba Queens FC

Group stage

The tournament was played in a two groups format. ^[3]

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.

Time UTC +3 ^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CBE	ASK	FPF	WQFC
1	CBE FC	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Semi-finals		—		5–1	9–0
2	AS Kigali WFC	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6			0–2	—		3–0
3	Fofila PF	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3				1–2	—	3–0
4	Warriors QFC	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0						—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

15 August 2022

13:00  UTC+3

CBE FC	9–0	Warriors QFC
Busser 9', 24', 31 ', 33' Abera 41', 70', 74', 77', 81'	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

15 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

Fofila PF	1–2	AS Kigali WFC
Kankidi 4 '	Report	Usanase 27', 64'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

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18 August 2022

13:00  UTC+3

CBE FC	5–1	Fofila PF
Busser 15' Getenet 17' Abera 21', 63', 74'	Report	Irankunda 40'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Shahenda Saad Ali Emaghrabi (Egypt)

18 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

AS Kigali WFC	3–0	Warriors QFC
Usanase 12', 63', 68'	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Zablon Chief Florentina (Tanzania)

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21 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

CBE FC	2-0	AS Kigali WFC
Abera 59' Busser 70'	Report

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

21 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

Fofila PF	3-0	Warriors QFC
Saidi 7' Irankuda 70' Uwenea 50'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SQ	SCP	YJS	GRFC
1	Simba Queens	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Semi-finals		—	2–0	4–0
2	She Corporate	3	2	0	1	18	2	+16	6				—	6–0
3	Yei Joint Stars	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3					—
4	GRFC	3	0	0	3	0	20	−20	0			0–6	0–8	0–6	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

14 August 2022

13:00  UTC+3

She Corporate	6–0	Yei Joint Stars
Nabbuma 28', 53' Namata 32' Namiru 45+2' Nambatya 73' Ainembabazi 86'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Antsino Twanyanyukwa (Namibia)

14 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

GRFC	0–6	Simba Queens
	Report	Kuzoya 30' Barakat 32', 81' Djafari 41', 69' Bakuru 51'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Letticia Viana (Eswatini)

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17 August 2022

13:00  UTC+3

Simba Queens	2–0	She Corporate
Corazone 21' Kuzoya 61'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)

17 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

GRFC	0–6	Yei Joint Stars
	Report	Luiz 11', 63' Debora 19', 34', 56', 68'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Tsehaynesh Abebe (Ethiopia)

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20 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

Simba Queens	4–0	Yei Joint Stars
Corazone 16' Abakah 22', 63' Clement 31'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

20 August 2022

16:00  UTC+3

GRFC	0–8	She Corporate
	Report	Nambatya 3', 36', 55' Nabbuma 5', 20', 89' Nakasi 6' Ainembabazi 41'

Azam Complex Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Referee: Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	August 24–
	Simba Queens	5
					August 27 –
	AS Kigali WFC	1
					She Corporate	0
	August 24–
					Simba Queens	1
	CBE FC	1
	She Corporate	2
					Third place
					August 27–
					CBE FC	3
					AS Kigali WFC	1

Semi-finals

24 August 2022

13:00

Simba Queens	5-1	AS Kigali WFC
Aquino 15', 47' Clement 30' Manunka 38' Mnally 85'	Report	Mukeshimana 28'

National Stadium

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24 August 2022

16:00

CBE FC	1-2	She Corporate
Abera 62'	Report	Namata 20' Nabbuma75'

National Stadium

Third place match

27 August 2022

12:00

AS Kigali WFC	1-3	CBE FC
Aregash 63' (o.g)	Report	Loza Abera 9' Hasabe Gila32' Aregash 45+1'

National Stadium

Final

27 August 2022

15:00

Simba Queens	1-0	She Corporate
Corazone 46' (.pen)	Report

National Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 72 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match (as of 27 August 2022).

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Loza Abera	CBE F.C.	11
2	Medina Busser	CBE F.C.	6
3	Phiona Nabbuma	She Corporate FC	6
4	Zawadi Usanase	AS Kigali WFC	5
5	Alworonga Debora	Yei Joint Stars	4
	Favour Nambatya	She Corporate FC
7	Vivian Corazone	Simba Queens	3
8	Olaiya Barakat	Simba Queens	2
	Asha Djafari	Simba Queens
	Pambani Kuzoya	Simba Queens
	Philomena Abakah	Simba Queens
	Joanita Ainembabazi	She Corporate FC
	Mariam Luiz	Yei Joint Stars
	Charlotte Irankunda	Fofila PF
	Anita Namata	She Corporate FC
	Opa Clement	Simba Queens
	Corazone Aquino	Simba Queens
18	Margaret Namiru	She Corporate FC	1
	Jackline Nakasi	She Corporate FC
	Joëlle Bukuru	Simba Queens
	Fatuma Kankidi	Fofila PF
	Sakina Saidi	Fofila PF
	Drazila Uwenea	Fofila PF
	Nardos Getenet	CBE F.C.
	Aisha Juma Manunka	Simba Queens
	Diana William Mnally	Simba Queens
	Dorothee Mukeshimana	AS Kigali WFC
	Hasabe Gila	CBE F.C.
	Aregash	CBE F.C.

• own goal

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Aregash	CBE FC	1

References

1. "Eight teams for CECAFA Women's Champions League 2022 in Tanzania". 6 July 2022.
2. "CECAFA Women's Champions League moves to Dar es Salaam - CECAFA FOOTBALL".
3. "All set for the inaugural CAF Women Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers". footballkenya.org. FKF Communications. 24 August 2021.
4. Cecafaonline [@Cecafaonline] (2 August 2022). "CECAFA Women's Champions League 2022 fixture out. https://t.co/TDOdp3dcvL" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022– via Twitter.