Kawempe Muslim Women have been handed a difficult group on their historic CAF Ladies’s Champions League debut after being drawn alongside defending champions AS FAR of Morocco.
The Ugandan champions had been positioned in Group B throughout Tuesday’s draw held in Cairo, Egypt, the place they had been additionally paired with Mali’s USFAS Bamako and the eventual winner of the WAFU B qualifiers.
Kawempe will head to the continental showpiece carrying Uganda’s flag after securing qualification via the CECAFA zonal match.
The Valley Warriors emerged champions of the regional qualifiers to say CECAFA’s sole ticket to the finals, changing into the primary Ugandan membership to qualify for the CAF Ladies’s Champions League last match.
Their reward is a stern check towards among the continent’s established sides, headlined by reigning champions AS FAR.
The Moroccan giants will enter the match seeking to efficiently defend their continental crown, whereas USFAS Bamako will present one other hurdle for the Ugandan debutants.
The identification of the fourth workforce in Group B can be confirmed following the conclusion of the WAFU B qualifiers.
In the meantime, hosts FC Masar of Egypt headline Group A, the place they’ll face South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns, Morocco’s FUS Rabat and Cameroon’s Lekie FC.
The 2026 CAF Ladies’s Champions League is scheduled to run from November 1 to fifteen in Cairo, Egypt.
For Kawempe Muslim, the match represents one other landmark second after their profitable regional marketing campaign and affords the Valley Warriors a possibility to check themselves towards Africa’s finest on the continental stage.
2026 CAF Ladies’s Champions League Teams
Group A: FC Masar (Egypt), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), FUS Rabat (Morocco), Lekie FC (Cameroon)
Group B: Kawempe Muslim Women (Uganda), AS FAR (Morocco), USFAS Bamako (Mali), WAFU B qualifier winner
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