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CECAFA Women's Championship
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

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).

Format

History

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	Winners	Scores	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
Editions	Years	Hosts	Finals			Third place playoff			Number of teams
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

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Losing semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage

Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
XX — National Team did not exist
– Hosts

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

Notes and references

^ "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.

External links

CECAFA website

[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.

[speakingaboutgirls-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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