CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Guest sides show interest in 2024 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has said some teams from other Zones have expressed interest in taking part in the 2024 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.
Zanzibar will host the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup slated for June 29th to July 14th. The competition, the biggest in the region return after it was last held in 2019 in Uganda.
John Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director has said several guest teams have already contacted CECAFA with interest of taking part in the competition. “We are still discussing with them and will later announce all the teams that will take part by May 2024,” added Gecheo.
The CECAFA Executive Director says they will make a tour and inspect the different facilities in Zanzibar later this month. He says the tournament is likely to be played at the Amani Stadium, Sheikh Abed Karume Stadium and the Pemba Stadium.
“We are very optimistic that the Zone will have a very interesting tournament which will also help team prepare better for the qualifiers for the Africa Nations Championship and the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers,” added Gecheo.
All the Member Associations that will send teams for the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup are required to pay a fee of US$20,000 that will help the hosts organize a successful tournament.
In the past CECAFA has invited guest sides like Libya, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia to participate in CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup competitions.
Uganda are the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup defending champions after they defeated Eritrea 3-0 in the final of the last event held in 2019 in Kampala.
The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup is slated to take place from June 29th to July 14th, 2024 in Zanzibar.
Last month Zanzibar was confirmed as the hosts of CECAFA’s biggest competition during the General Assembly held in Mombasa, Kenya.
“After consultations with our sponsors Azam TV, we have decided that June 29th to July 14th will be the best timing to have the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup,” says the CECAFA Executive Director, Auka Gecheo.
He called upon all Member Associations that will send teams to each contribute US$20,000 that will be used by the hosts to cater for the tournament.
Gecheo also made it clear that they are thinking of inviting guest teams from other Zones to spice up the competition which will also help national teams in the Zone prepare ahead of the FIFA 2026 and CHAN 2024 qualifiers.
The CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup will return after it was last held four years ago in 2019. The hosts Uganda defeated Eritrea in the final of the last CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.
Besides the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup, the Zone will also stage the five other competitions in the 2024 calendar
CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup (Zanzibar), June 29th to July 14th
CAF Women’s Champions League Zonal qualifiers (Ethiopia), August 17th to Sept 1st
AFCON U-20 Boys Zonal qualifiers (Tanzania), October 5-19th
Africa Schools Football Championship Zonal qualifiers (Zanzibar), December 4-7th
CECAFA U-20 Women’s Championship (Ethiopia), November
AFCON U-17 Boys Zonal qualifiers (Uganda), December 14-19th
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