2026 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers

2026 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
Dates	21 August–2 September
Teams	10 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	20 (3.33 per match)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 23 August 2026.

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 20 August to 2 September 2026.^[1] 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	2nd	Group stage (2025)
FC UJECO	1st	n/a
Denden FC	2nd	Group stage (2025)
CBE	6th	Champions (2024)
Kenya Police Bullets	3rd	Runners-up (2024)
Rayon Sports	4th	Runners-up (2025)
Yei Joint Stars	5th	Group stage (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Simba Queens	4th	Champions (2022)
Kawempe Muslim	2nd	Third place (2024)
Mafunzo FC	1st	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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Group A	Group B	Group C
Rayon Sports Yei Joint Stars Mafunzo Denden FC	CBE Kawempe Muslim FC UJECO	Simba Queens Kenya Police Bullets Top Girls Academy

Group stage

Tiebreakers
Teams 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yei Joint Stars	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Rayon Sports (H)	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Mafunzo	3	1	1	1	9	1	+8	4
4	Denden	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 August 2026

13:00

Yei Joint Stars	3–0	Denden
Esther Wani Poni 2' Grace Aluka 52', 74'	^{[Report 1]}

Kigali Pelé Stadium, Kigali

Referee: Yordanos Mulugeta (Ethiopia)

21 August 2026