CECAFA_Women's_Championship
CECAFA Women's Championship
Football tournament
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 | |
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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]
| 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 | |||
- Legend
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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 |
- "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.
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- 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.