Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) will be hosting the eleventh (11th) edition of Kwibuka Memorial Women’s T20 tournament (Kwibuka T20) from June 03th – 14th, 2025 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium and Gahanga Cricket Stadium 2 in Kigali. The tournament, whose inaugural edition took place in 2014, played in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. In all, twelve (10) African nations and a country each from European region (Germany) and South American region (Brazil) have taken part in the editions held between 2014-2023. The 2025 edition will see seven (7) African Associate member nations compete for the title, with Zimbabwe Women’s A team and Brazil Women’s team making their second appearance in the iconic event, which in terms of participating countries, is only behind ICC qualification pathway tournaments conducted in all regions globally.
The tournament will see all the teams play each other in a single round-robin group stage format, followed by semifinals and the FINAL. Kenya Women have won the Kwibuka Memorial tournament four (4) times, followed by Uganda (3 times), Tanzania (2 times) and host’s Rwanda (once), with Uganda Women’s Team being the Defending Champions from last year’s edition. However, in this year’s edition, Kenya Women are not participating.
Kwibuka Memorial Women’s T20I 2025 Schedule
03rd June 2025: Rwanda vs Cameroon (Scorecard) ; Nigeria vs Zimbabwe A (Scorecard) ; Tanzania vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Malawi vs Brazil (Scorecard)
04th June 2025: Sierra Leone vs Rwanda (Scorecard) ; Cameroon vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Nigeria (Scorecard) ; Tanzania vs Malawi (Scorecard)
05th June 2025: Uganda vs Zimbabwe A (Scorecard) ; Cameroon vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Malawi (Scorecard) ; Nigeria vs Tanzania (Scorecard)
06th June 2025: Zimbabwe A vs Brazil (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Cameroon vs Malawi (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Nigeria (Scorecard)
07th June 2025: Uganda vs Brazil (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone vs Malawi (Scorecard) ; Zimbabwe A vs Tanzania (Scorecard) ; Cameroon vs Nigeria (Scorecard)
08th June 2025: Malawi vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Tanzania vs Brazil (Scorecard) ; Nigeria vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Zimbabwe A (Scorecard)
10th June 2025: Tanzania vs Uganda (Scorecard) ; Malawi vs Nigeria (Scorecard) ; Zimbabwe A vs Cameroon (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Rwanda (Scorecard)
11th June 2025: Uganda vs Nigeria (Scorecard) ; Rwanda vs Tanzania (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Cameroon (Scorecard) ; Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe A (Scorecard)
12th June 2025: Cameroon vs Tanzania (Scorecard) ; Uganda vs Rwanda (Scorecard) ; Zimbabwe A vs Malawi (Scorecard) ; Brazil vs Sierra Leone (Scorecard)
13th June 2025: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)
14th June 2025: 3rd/4th Play-off (Scorecard) ; FINAL (Scorecard)
