{"id":44348,"date":"2023-02-05T15:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/makerere-visit-kawempe-to-start-cup-defence"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T15:48:52","slug":"makerere-visit-kawempe-to-start-cup-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/makerere-visit-kawempe-to-start-cup-defence","title":{"rendered":"Makerere visit Kawempe to start Cup defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Fufa Women Cup returns to the scene in mid-February, after a three years hiatus that was prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, following draws at Fufa House, Mengo this week.<\/p>\n<p>Defenders Makerere University who won the last competition in 2019 after beating Lady Doves 2-0 in Lugogo travel to Kawempe Muslim SS to play the institution\u2019s Junior team, which plays in the third tier Kampala region.<\/p>\n<p>Makerere have good memories of upsetting Kawempe\u2019s senior side in the quarterfinals of the inaugural 2017 Cup in a home match held at Uganda Martyrs High School (UMHS) \u2013 Lubaga.<\/p>\n<p>Kawempe\u2019s senior team have a tricky fixture with school rivals Taggy but will take confidence in the fact that it is a home fixture.<\/p>\n<p>UMHS visit Buganda region\u2019s Mbarara Royals while the Lady Doves will enjoy a western Uganda derby with Bunyaruguru in Fort Portal.<\/p>\n<p>The form team of the current season Kampala Queens will start a quest for the double away to Acholi Queens in Kitgum but their rivals, starting with 2018 finalists She Corporate have an interesting tie against Fufa Women Elite League (FWEL) side Dynamic Jjeza in Bukerere, will try to wrestle away that dominance through the Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 winners Olila High School and the team they beat in finals Asubo-Gafford visit Buganda region side Golden Impact and FWEL side Luweero Giant respectively while the 2018 champions Uganda Christian University (UCU) Lady Cardinals visit Goldstar High School.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fufa Women Cup<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Round of 32 \u2013 February 18-25<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kyambogo University vs. Isra Academy<\/p>\n<p>Luweero Giant vs. Asubo-Gafford<\/p>\n<p>Mbarara Royals vs. UMHS Lubaga<\/p>\n<p>Goldstar HS vs. UCU Lady Cardinals<\/p>\n<p>Golden Impact vs. Olila HS<\/p>\n<p>Jinja SS vs. She Maroons<\/p>\n<p>Lubaga vs. Tooro Queens<\/p>\n<p>Acholi Queens vs. Kampala Queens<\/p>\n<p>Taggy vs. Kawempe Muslim<\/p>\n<p>Byafaayo Queens vs. Rines SS<\/p>\n<p>Dynamic Jjeza vs. She Corporate<\/p>\n<p>Ehcos SS vs. Gyco Girls<\/p>\n<p>She Game vs. Lango Queens<\/p>\n<p>Bunyaruguru vs. Lady Doves<\/p>\n<p>Kawempe Junior vs. Makerere University<\/p>\n<p>St Noa vs. Wakiso Hills<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The Fufa Women Cup returns to the scene in mid-February, after a three years hiatus that was prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, following draws at Fufa House, Mengo this week. Defenders Makerere University who won the last competition in 2019 after beating Lady Doves 2-0 in Lugogo travel to Kawempe Muslim SS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-44348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Makerere visit Kawempe to start Cup defence - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/makerere-visit-kawempe-to-start-cup-defence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Makerere visit Kawempe to start Cup defence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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