KENYA SELECTED TO HOST THE 2025 CAF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CECAFA QUALIFIERS

Kenya has been selected to host the 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers, set to be held in Nairobi from September 4 to September 16. The qualifiers will feature eight teams from across East and Central Africa, organized by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
The CAF Women’s Champions League is an annual African women’s club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
It was launched in 2020, with Kenya hosting the tournament previously in the inaugural edition in 2021, which Vihiga Queens won and earned a spot in the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League finals held in Egypt later that year.
“We are happy that the tournament will be returning to Kenya after the inaugural one was hosted there in 2021,” said Yusuf Mossi, the CECAFA Competitions Director.
Teams Participating in the tournament
1.Kenya Police Bullets (Kenya)
2.Top Girls Academy FC (Burundi)
3.Yei Joint Stars FC (South Sudan)
4.JKT Queens (Tanzania)
5.Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC (CBE) (Ethiopia)
6.Kampala Queens (Uganda)
7.Rayon Sports Women FC (Rwanda)
8.JKU Princesses FC (Zanzibar)
The winners of the Zonal qualifiers will represent CECAFA at the CAF Women’s Champions League 2025. The CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers are organized by six sub-confederations: UNAF, WAFU Zone A, WAFU Zone B, UNIFFAC, CECAFA, and COSAFA.
The tournament is structured with group stages followed by knockout rounds, and it showcased the rising talent and competitiveness of women’s football in the CECAFA region. CBE FC and Yei Joint Stars are the only teams to have participated in all four previous editions.