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Eight teams for 2019 Cecafa Senior Women’s Challenge Cup
The Council of East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa) has announced that eight teams will take part in the 2019 Cecafa Senior Women’s Challenge Cup. Tanzania is slated to host the regional tournament between November 14-23 in the capital Dar es Salaam.
“We have received confirmation from eight countries and we are making all preparations to have a successful tournament,” said Nicholas Musonye, the Cecafa Secretary General.
Musonye said fixtures and related information about the event will be shared with all the participants before the end of this week.
“The Tanzania Football Federation and Cecafa have proceeded to make formal application to FIFA through CAF for funds to run the event,” said Musonye.
The eight countries that have confirmed participation include; Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Zanzibar, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan and hosts Tanzania who are also the defending champions.