Three teams from the CECAFA Zone have registered wins in the second round of the 2028 CAF Women’s Olympic Games qualifiers.
Ethiopia benefited form a Lydia Uzayisenga own goal to edge hosts Rwanda 1-0 in a first leg match played on Wednesday in Kigali. Kenya humbled Seychelles 11-0 in Nairobi, while Uganda picked a 2-1 win against a star a studded Zambian team in matches played on Thursday.
Valerie Nekesa, Elizabeth Muteshi, Airin Madalina, Mercy Airo and Elizabeth Mideva each netted a brace, while Martha Amunyolete also got her name on the score sheet for the Harambee Starlets. At the Hamz Stadium in Kampala, the Copper Queens who played in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup took an early lead through Prisca Chilufya after only six minutes.
Chilufya picked a cross from their US based skipper Barbara Banda to put Zambia ahead. But the home side did not give up and settled down in the midfield before they started dictating the pace of the game. After several misses in the first half, Agnes Nabukenya leveled matters after 48 minutes. Youngster Sylvia Kabene put Uganda ahead after 57 minutes when she headed from close range to beat the Zambian goalkeeper.
On Friday Tanzania will play away to Botswana. The winner between Rwanda and Ethiopia will face the winner between Botswana and Tanzania in the third round, while the winner between Seychelles and Kenya will take on the winner between Malawi and Zimbabwe.
The winner between Uganda and Zambia will battle the winner between Mauritius and Ghana in the third round.
Two teams will qualify to represent Africa in Women’s Football at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, USA.
