2021 CECAFA Women's Championship

The 2021 CECAFA Women's Championship will be 5th edition of the biennial association football tournament for women's national teams in the East Africa region organized by CECAFA. It was set to held in Djibouti City, Djibouti 17 to 31 December 2021.[1][2][3] but The Djibouti Football Federation has communicated that they will not be able to host the CECAFA Women’s Challenge Cup 2021 [4]

2021 CECAFA Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryDjibouti
Dates17–31 December 2021
Teams8

Kenya are the defending champion by having defeated Tanzania 2–0 goals on 25 November 2019 in the previous edition final.[5][6]

Participants

The following eight teams will contest in the tournament.

Team Appearances Previous best performance
 Burundi5thSemi-finals (2019)
 Djibouti4thGroup stage (1986, 2016, 2019)
 Ethiopia5th3rd place (2016, 2018)
 Kenya5thChampions (2019)
 South Sudan5thThird place (1983)
 Tanzania5thChampions (2016, 2018)
 Uganda5thThird place (2019)
 Zanzibar5thChampions (1986)

Draw

The Draw ceremony of the tournament hasn't held yet. The draw date to be announced soon.

Group stage
Key to colour in group tables
The top two teams from each group will qualify to the Knockout stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(H) Host

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 2021 – TBD
 
 
Group A Winner
 
31 December 2021 – TBD
 
Group B Runner-up
 
Semifinal 1 winner
 
December 2021 – TBD
 
Semifinal 2 winner
 
Group B winner
 
 
Group A Runner-up
 
Third place match
 
 
December 2021 – TBD
 
 
Semifinal 1 Loser
 
 
Semifinal 2 Loser

Semi-finals
Group A WinnervGroup B Runner-Up
TBC, Djibouti City, Djibouti
Group B WinnervGroup A Runner-Up
TBC, Djibouti City, Djibouti

Third place match
Loser SF1vLoser SF2
TBC, Djibouti City, Djibouti

Final
SF1 WinnervSF2 Winner
TBC, Djibouti City, Djibouti

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 17 December 2021).

References
  1. "Djibouti set to host 2021 Cecafa Women's Senior Challenge Cup". Goal.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. "2021 Cecafa Women's Championship in Djibouti". International Soccerway. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. "CECAFA Women's Championship news, statistics, fixtures, results". Cecafaonline.com. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. https://www.cecafaonline.com/djibouti-withdraw-from-hosting-cecafa-womens-challenge-cup-2021
  5. "Kenya win 2019 regional Cecafa Senior Women's Challenge Cup". BBC Sports Africa. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. "Djibouti to host CECAFA Senior Women's Challenge Cup". Sports News Africa. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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