CAF Women’s Champions League fixtures
Saturday, November 14: Lekié vs Kawempe Muslim Ladies, third-place playoff 3pm
Sunday, November 15: AS FAR vs Mamelodi Sundowns, final 6pm
Kickoff in Ugandan time
Kawempe, Uganda — Kawempe Muslim Ladies will be seeking to end their maiden CAF Women’s Champions League campaign with a podium finish when they face Cameroon’s Lekié Football Filles in the third-place playoff on Saturday.
The Ugandan side will take on Lekié at Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia, Egypt, at 3pm Ugandan time, with both teams hoping to conclude their debut campaigns with a bronze medal.
Kawempe reached the playoff after losing 4-1 to two-time champions Mamelodi Sundowns in Wednesday’s semi-final. The South Africans scored four first-half goals, including a hat-trick from Ronnel Donnelly, before Latifah Nakasi pulled one back with a 72nd-minute header.
The defeat ended Kawempe’s hopes of becoming the first East African club to reach the final, but the team can still make history by securing third place.
Their campaign has already produced one of the tournament’s biggest surprises, a 3-2 victory over defending champions AS FAR in the group stage. Agnes Nabukenya scored twice, including a 94th-minute winner, while Shakirah Nyinagahirwa also found the net.
Kawempe later lost 2-1 to Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa before securing their semi-final place with a 3-0 victory over Mali’s USFAS Bamako. They finished second in Group B with six points.
The Ugandan champions earned their place at the continental finals by winning the CECAFA zonal qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda. They beat Commercial Bank of Ethiopia 3-0 in the semi-finals before edging Kenya Police Bullets 1-0 after extra time in the final, courtesy of a 100th-minute goal from captain Agnes Nabukenya.
Their opponents, Lekié, also missed out on the final after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat to Morocco’s AS FAR in the other semi-final. The Cameroonian side will therefore be seeking a response as the two debutants battle for third place.
Meanwhile, the tournament’s title will be decided on Sunday when AS FAR face Mamelodi Sundowns in the final, also at Suez Canal Stadium, at 6pm Ugandan time.
The final brings together the only two clubs to have won the competition twice. Sundowns lifted the trophy in 2021 and 2023, while AS FAR claimed it in 2022 and 2025.
The two sides last met in the 2022 final, when AS FAR won 4-0. Sunday’s winner will become the first club to claim three CAF Women’s Champions League titles.
The champions will receive USD 600,000 and qualify for the second round of the 2027 FIFA Women’s Champions Cup, while the runners-up will earn USD 400,000.
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