League champions APR FC will represent Rwanda at the forthcoming 2021 Cecafa Kagame Cup tournament taking place from August 1-15 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director said that the draw for the regional clubs’ tournament will be conducted on July 27.

"This tournament will help our teams in the region prepare for the CAF competitions that start in September. We shall also have a guest team from Malawi to spice up the tournament,” added Gecheo. 

This year’s tournament will bring together ten clubs from eight countries. 

Uganda will be represented by two clubs including defending champions KCCA FC, and the 2020/2021 Uganda Premier League champions Express FC.

Meanwhile, 2019 CECAFA Kagame Cup finalists Azam FC and Young Africans will represent Tanzania while Simba SC, who reached the quarter-final stage of the CAF 2020/2021 Total Energies Champions League, will miss the regional competition.

The tournament resumes after it was suspended last year due to COVID-19 pandemic which halted many sporting events including football.

Teams confirmed for Kagame Cup 2021 are; Young Africans SC, Azam FC (Tanzania), Altabara FC (South Sudan), Le Messager Ngozi FC (Burundi), APR (Rwanda), Express FC, KCCA FC (Uganda), Tusker FC (Kenya), KMKM SC (Zanzibar), Big Bullets FC (Malawi).