Kenya to play Rwanda in qualifying rounds of African Women Championships Kenya has been drawn against Rwanda in the qualifying rounds of the 9th Edition of the African Women Championships. This will be Kenya’s maiden appearance in the continental showpiece, in which a record 25 teams have entered. The Starlets will play their match away on February 15 and the return leg two weeks later in Nairobi, with the winner proceeding to the next round to play the winner of the Nigeria versus Sierra Leone match. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Chairperson for Women Committee, Angeline Elijah, said preparations for the championships would start with the selection of the team, adding that they expect the team to do well. “We will select players from the Under-20 and Under -17 national teams to take part in the contests. The Under-20 team did the country proud when they nearly qualified for the World Cup. We have a lot of talent when it comes to women’s football in the country and giving them a chance to take part in international events will expose them,” the official told FeverPitch. Strong team Kenya has only taken part in junior women’s tournaments such as the Under-20 and Under-17, and is expected to select a strong team for the qualifiers. Defending champions Equatorial Guinea, runners-up South Africa and bronze medallists Cameroon will be seeded and so start their campaign from the second stage. Algeria will face Morocco while Egypt will battle it out with Tunisia. Ethiopia will take on South Sudan. Burkina Faso will play against Ghana in another fixture, with Cote d’Ivore playing against Mali. Guinea Bissau will entertain Senegal while Mozambique will host Comoros. Botswana will battle it out with Zimbabwe while Zambia will tackle Tanzania in the preliminary matches. The finals of the championships will be held in Namibia from September 11-25, 2014. The national Under-17 team never took part in the Fifa World Cup qualifiers earlier this month. They cited lack of communication from Equatorial Guinea, where they were scheduled to play their opening match.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:40:14 +0000
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