Rwanda will host the twelfth version of the Kwibuka Girls's T20 Worldwide Match from June 10 to twenty at Gahanga Cricket Stadium, with 5 groups set to compete.
The Rwanda Cricket Affiliation (RCA) confirmed that hosts Rwanda can be joined by Nigeria, Brazil, Malawi and Zimbabwe Excessive Efficiency Centre (HPC) for the 2026 version.
A complete of 14 matches can be performed throughout the Gahanga Worldwide Cricket Stadium and the adjoining Gahanga B Floor, with the ultimate scheduled for June 20.
The event is being held as Rwanda marks Kwibuka 32, the thirty second commemoration of the 1994 Genocide towards the Tutsi. For the reason that competitors’s launch in 2014, it has grown into one of many continent's most recognised ladies's cricket tournaments.
Tanzania, who defeated Zimbabwe HPC by 32 runs within the 2025 last to safe their third Kwibuka title, is not going to defend their crown. Uganda, winners in 2024, are additionally absent from this 12 months’s event.
Their absence leaves Rwanda, Nigeria, Brazil, Malawi and Zimbabwe HPC battling for a title that not one of the taking part groups presently maintain.
Rwanda can be hoping to take advantage of dwelling benefit. The hosts lifted their first and solely Kwibuka title in 2023 after defeating Uganda within the last at Gahanga and can be aiming to reclaim the trophy three years later.
The event will comply with a round-robin format from June 10 to 19, with every crew going through the others twice. The third-place playoff and last will happen on June 20 on the Gahanga Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Opening day fixtures on June 10 will see Rwanda launch their marketing campaign towards Zimbabwe HPC at 9:30 AM on the Gahanga Most important Oval, adopted by a second match between Zimbabwe HPC and Brazil at 1:30 PM on the identical floor.
Nigeria and Malawi will even meet on June 10 at 9:45 AM on the Gahanga B Oval. Rwanda's second group stage match comes on June 11 towards Malawi, earlier than they face Nigeria on June 12 in what is predicted to be one of many standout contests of the group stage.
Nigeria has intensified preparations for the event, opening a 24-player coaching camp in Benin Metropolis underneath coach Theophilus Ibodeme. Malawi can be persevering with preparations by health, abilities and tactical coaching classes forward of their journey to Kigali.
