The CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship 2025 will start on Friday, 13th June, at Azam Complex in Tanzania.
“We have had to push the kick-off by a day as the South Sudan team, because of some challenges, can only arrive on Wednesday,” says Yusuf Mossi, the Competitions Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
He made the remarks during the opening game between Uganda, who are the defending champions, and Burundi, and Tanzania who will play South Sudan on Friday, 13th June 2025.
Uganda and Burundi teams are already in Dar es Salaam, and the Kenya team landed on Wednesday night.
“The competition with help our representatives to the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania, prepare better and the other teams to get more exposure,” says Mossi.
The Championship that will feature five teams playing on a round robin format will now have matches played from June 13-21st. Uganda emerged as champions when the Championship was last held in 2022.
After the Women’s Senior Championship, the inaugural CECAFA Beach Soccer Championship will take place July 7-12th in Mombasa, Kenya.
