2022 CECAFA Women's Championship

2022 CECAFA Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uganda
Dates	1–11 June 2022
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (1st title)
Runners-up	Burundi
Third place	Ethiopia
Fourth place	Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	59 (3.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Opah Clement (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Fazila Ikwaput
Best goalkeeper	Daisy Nakaziro
Fair play award	Tanzania
← 2019 2023 → All statistics correct as of 11 June 2022.

The 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship is the 6th edition of the biennial association football tournament for women's national teams in the East Africa region organized by CECAFA. It is hosted by Uganda between 1 and 11 June 2022.^[1] Being one of the nations currently serving a FIFA suspension as a result of issues between the local FA and central government, the Kenya Harambe Starlets will not have an opportunity to defend the title ^[2]

Participants

The following 8 teams are set to contest in the tournament.^[3]

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Burundi	3rd	4th place (2019)
Djibouti	2nd	Group stage (2019)
Ethiopia	4th	3rd place (2016, 2018)
South Sudan	2nd	Group stage (2019)
Tanzania	4th	Champions (2016, 2018)
Uganda	4th	Runner-up (2018)
Zanzibar	4th	Champions (1986)
Rwanda	3rd	5th place (2018)

Did not enter

•  Kenya:suspended by FIFA
•  Sudan
•  Eritrea
•  Somalia

Venue

Uganda will host the Championship at the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru .^[4]

Draw

The draw will take place on May 11 at 10.00 am East Africa Time^{[5] [6]}

Officials

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (H)	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Burundi	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Rwanda	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Djibouti	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14	7	Semi-finals
2	Ethiopia	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
3	South Sudan	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
4	Zanzibar	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 June – FUFA Technical Centre
	Uganda (a.e.t.)	1
					11 June – FUFA Technical Centre
	Ethiopia	0
					Uganda	3
	9 June – FUFA Technical Centre
					Burundi	1
	Tanzania	1
	Burundi	2
					Third place
					11 June –
					Ethiopia	2
					Tanzania	1

Semi-finals

Third place

Final

Goalscorers

There have been 59 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.69 goals per match (as of 11 June 2022).

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Player of the tournament	Best goalkeeper	Top scorer
Fazila Ikwaput	Daisy Nakaziro	Opah Clement
FIFA Fair Play Award
Tanzania

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Uganda (H)	5	5	0	0	15	2	+13	15	Champions
2	Burundi	5	3	0	2	9	9	0	9	Runners-up
3	Ethiopia	5	3	1	1	13	4	+9	10	Third place
4	Tanzania	5	2	1	2	18	6	+12	7	Fourth place
5	Rwanda	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	Eliminated in group stage
6	South Sudan	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3
7	Djibouti	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0
8	Zanzibar	3	0	0	3	0	18	−18	0

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