The 2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I (WT20I)

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tournament that was held in

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from 9 to 18 June 2022. This was the eighth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament, first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994

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. Matches were played at two venues in the city of

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– the

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and the IPRC Cricket Ground.

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were the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition. This was the fourth time that Kenya had won the tournament. Eleven teams were originally announced to participate this year, compared to five in

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, highlighting the continued growth in size and reputation of the Kwibuka tournament. Teams originally confirmed to take part were hosts

, defending champions

, previous winners

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and

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, as well as

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Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

and, making their first appearances at the Kwibuka tournament,

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and

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. However, the tournament was later reduced to eight teams. This was the first edition of the Kwibuka tournament to feature teams from outside of Africa. After the first three days of action, Kenya and Nigeria were unbeaten with three wins each. On day four, Tanzania maintained their 100% record by defeating the Kenyans, and moved top of the table after Nigeria were bowled out for only 43 runs by Uganda. After the round-robin stage was completed, Kenya and the undefeated Tanzania qualified for the final, while the hosts progressed to the third-place play-off against Uganda. On the first day of the play-offs, Germany beat Botswana to finish in seventh place, and Nigeria beat Brazil to finish fifth overall. On the final day of the competition, Uganda beat Rwanda to finish in third place, and Tanzania defeated Kenya in the final to win the tournament for a second time. Tanzania had won the tournament in their only previous appearance in 2019, but had been unable to defend the title in 2021 due to the

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Squads

Round-robin

Points table

Advanced to the final
Advanced to the third-place play-off
Advanced to the fifth-place play-off
Advanced to the seventh-place play-off

Fixtures

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Play-offs

7th-place play-off

5th-place play-off

3rd-place play-off

Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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