| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Africa (CECAFA) |
| Current champions | |
| Most championships | |
| Website | Official website |
TheCECAFA Women's Championship, also called Women's Challenge Cup, is an association football tournament for teams from Eastern Africa organized byCouncil for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
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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 inJinja. 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 | |||||||
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| Winners | Scores | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| X | 1986 | Zanzibar | ? | |||||||||
| 1 | 2016 | Tanzania | 2–1 | Kenya | Ethiopia | 4–1 | Uganda | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 2018 | Tanzania | round-robin | Uganda | Ethiopia | round-robin | Kenya | 5 | ||||
| 3 | 2019 | Kenya | 2–0 | Tanzania | Uganda | 2–0 | Burundi | 8 | ||||
| 2021 | Cancelled due to reconstruction of the stadium | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2022 | Uganda | 3–1 | Burundi | Ethiopia | 2–1 | Tanzania | 8 | ||||
| 6 | 2025 | Tanzania | round-robin | Kenya | Uganda | round-robin | Burundi | 5 | ||||
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| Team | 1986 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4 | ||
| 2nd | 4th | 1st | × | 3 | ||
| 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4 | ||
| 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 4 | ||
| GS | 5th | × | GS | 3 | ||
| GS | × | 4th | 2nd | 3 | ||
| 1st | GS | × | GS | GS | 4 | |
| × | 0 | |||||
| × | × | GS | GS | 2 | ||
| GS | GS | 2 | ||||
| × | × | × | × | 0 | ||
| 0 | ||||||
| Total (12 Teams) | ? | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
The women's regional tournament returns after 30years of absence. Zanzibar hosted and won the last edition in 1986.