CECAFA Women's Championship

The CECAFA Women's Championship, also called Women's Challenge Cup, is an association football tournament for teams from Eastern Africa organized by Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).

CECAFA Women's Championship
Founded2016
RegionEastern Africa (CECAFA)
Current champions Uganda (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Tanzania (2 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2022 CECAFA Women's Championship

Format

History
CECAFA members

The first tournament was played in Zanzibar in 1986 and won by the host team.[1] After that there was no tournament for the next thirty years. The try for reviving the women's championship in the CECAFA region had been attempted in Zanzibar for October 2007.[2] But the tournament was cancelled and never played. The next edition then was proposed for 2016.[3]

That 2016 edition was hosted by Uganda and played in Jinja. There were no other bids to host the tournament.[4] Tanzania won the championship and also Burundi were playing their first official FIFA recognized games ever.[5]

The 2018 edition was again won by Tanzania.[6]

Results
Editions Years Hosts Finals Third place playoff Number of teams
Winners Scores Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
X 1986  Zanzibar
Zanzibar		 ?
1 2016  Uganda
Tanzania		 2–1
Kenya
Ethiopia		 4–1
Uganda		 7
2 2018  Rwanda
Tanzania		 round-robin
Uganda
Ethiopia		 round-robin
Kenya		 5
3 2019  Tanzania
Kenya		 2–0
Tanzania
Uganda		 2–0
Burundi		 8
4 2021  Djibouti Cancelled due to reconstruction of the stadium 8
4 2022  Uganda
Uganda		 3–1
Burundi
Ethiopia		 2–1
Tanzania		 8

Participating nations
Legend
Team Zanzibar
1986		 Uganda
2016		 Rwanda
2018		 Tanzania
2019		 Uganda
2022		 Years
 Ethiopia3rd3rdGS3rd 4
 Kenya2nd4th1st× 3
 Tanzania1st1st2nd4th 4
 Uganda4th2nd3rd1st 4
 RwandaGS5th×GS 3
 BurundiGS×4th2nd 3
 Zanzibar1stGS×GSGS 4
 Sudan× 0
 Djibouti××GSGS 2
 South SudanGSGS 2
 Eritrea×××× 0
 Somalia 0
Total (12 Teams) ?75888

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Women's CECAFA: Uganda Drawn Against Kenya". chimpreports.com. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016. The women's regional tournament returns after 30years of absence. Zanzibar hosted and won the last edition in 1986.
  2. Bugingo, Douglas (August 29, 2007). "The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM: Investment in Youth Soccer Reaping Rewards - Mulindwa". The Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  3. "Cosafa puts foot down to counter Cecafa activity in tournaments and in Fifa presidential race". Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  4. Isabirye, David (28 June 2016). "Eight countries confirmed for 2016 CECAFA Women championship". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "Tanzania win Cecafa Women's Championship". BBC Sport. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. "Tanzania retain regional Cecafa Women's Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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