The Uganda national women’s football team, the Crested Cranes, have on Wednesday learned their group stage opponents for the forthcoming CECAFA Women Championships.
Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director and Amir Abdi Hassan Amir (Competitions Manager) conducted the draw via zoom.
The hosts, Uganda have been placed in Group A alongside Burundi, Rwanda and Djibouti.
George Lutalo, the Uganda Crested Cranes head cooach affirmed the three other sides will not be easy to glide past.
“This is a very tough group, but it gives us chance to prepare and have good tests ahead of the Women’s AFCON in Morocco,” added Lutalo.
Tanzania who finished second when the Championship was last held in 2019 have been placed in Group B alongside Zanzibar, South Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Championship, which opens the CECAFA calendar for 2022, is meant to take place from May 22 to June 5th at the FUFA Technical centre in Njeru.
However, Auka Gecheo says there could be a slight change in dates that will be communicated by May 12th. Kenya beat hosts Tanzania to lift the CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship in 2019.
Group A: Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti
Group B: Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Sudan, EthiopiaCourtesy Photos
