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).
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Africa (CECAFA) |
| Current champions |  Uganda (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Tanzania (2 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship | |
Format edit
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History edit
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 edit
| 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 | |||
| 2021 |  Djibouti
|
Cancelled due to reconstruction of the stadium | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2022 | Uganda
|
Uganda |
3–1 | Burundi |
Ethiopia |
2–1 | Tanzania |
8 | |||
Participating nations edit
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| Team | 1986 |
2016 |
2018 |
2019 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ethiopia |
3rd | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4 | |
 Kenya |
2nd | 4th | 1st | × | 3 | |
 Tanzania |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4 | |
 Uganda |
4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 4 | |
 Rwanda |
GS | 5th | × | GS | 3 | |
 Burundi |
GS | × | 4th | 2nd | 3 | |
 Zanzibar |
1st | GS | × | GS | GS | 4 |
 Sudan |
× | 0 | ||||
 Djibouti |
× | × | GS | GS | 2 | |
 South Sudan |
GS | GS | 2 | |||
 Eritrea |
× | × | × | × | 0 | |
 Somalia |
0 | |||||
| Total (12 Teams) | ? | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ Bugingo, Douglas (August 29, 2007). "The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM: Investment in Youth Soccer Reaping Rewards - Mulindwa". The Monitor. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Isabirye, David (28 June 2016). "Eight countries confirmed for 2016 CECAFA Women championship". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Tanzania win Cecafa Women's Championship". BBC Sport. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Tanzania retain regional Cecafa Women's Challenge Cup". BBC Sport. 2018-07-27. Retrieved 2020-05-25.