Debutants She Corporates will kick-off the 2022 CECAFA Women’s Champions League zonal qualifiers on Sunday, August 14, against South Sudan’s Yei Joint Stars FC at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam at 1 PM EAT.While the Uganda Women’s Premier League champions will be making their first appearance in the zonal qualifiers, the South Sudanese side will be making their second appearance having exited at the group stage in the last edition.In the fixture released on Tuesday, Tanzania’s Simba Queens FC will take on GRFC from Djibouti in the second Group B match of the day at the same venue to set the tournament rolling.CECAFA Women’s Champions League 2022 fixture out. pic.twitter.com/TDOdp3dcvL— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) August 2, 2022 Sophomores Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC will start their Group A campaign against another debuting side Warriors Queens FC of Zanzibar at the Azam Complex, Chamazi on Monday before paving way for another encounter pitting Burundi’s FOFILAPF against AS Kigali WFC of Rwanda, two sides making their maiden appearance.According to CECAFA’s Competitions Director Yussuf Mossi, the organizers expect a very competitive tournament given that all teams have had enough time to prepare.Vihiga Queens out of CECAFA Champions League qualifiersThe group phase matches are set to stretch all the way to August 21, 2022, with the semis coming three days later while the third place playoff and the final will be played on August 27, 2022.Group A: CBE (Ethiopia), Warriors Queens FC (Zanzibar), FOFILA PF (Burundi), AS Kigali WFC (Rwanda)Group B: Simba Queens (Tanzania), GRFC (Djibouti), She Corporates (Uganda), Yei Joint Stars FC (South Sudan)
