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 Tanzania
Most successful team(s) Tanzania (2 titles)
Websitehttp://www.cecafafootball.org
2019

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]

Winners
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd Place Score 4th Place
1986  Zanzibar
Zanzibar		 – –
2016  Uganda
Tanzania		 2–1
Kenya
Ethiopia		 4–1
Uganda
2018  Rwanda
Tanzania		 Group stage
Uganda
Ethiopia		 Group stage
Kenya
2019  Tanzania
Kenya		 2–0
Tanzania
Uganda		 2–0
Burundi

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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