The 2026 CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship was the second edition of the CECAFA Women's U-17 Championship, the international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of the member associations of CECAFA. The tournament took place in Dar es Salaam, Mainland Tanzania from June 13 to 23, 2026.
Uganda were the defending champions, having gone unbeaten en route to the title in the inaugural edition. They successfully retained their title, winning all of their matches and conceding no goals throughout the tournament. Participating teams On April 15, 2026, CECAFA confirmed that eight of its 12 member associations would participate in the tournament. On 20 May 2026, CECAFA released an updated list of participants, reducing the field to seven teams following the withdrawal of Burundi. The following day, before the draw, Rwanda were replaced by South Sudan. Two days after the draw, the Zanzibar Football Association confirmed the entry of its team into Group B, restoring the tournament lineup to eight participants.
The tournament marked the debut of both Somalia and Sudan at the women's under-17 level. For Somalia, the tournament also represented the first official competition appearance by any women's national team. Team Previous best performance Debut Debut Debut Debut Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played). Bracket
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers
Final ranking and awards Final ranking
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in the group stage
Individual awards At the conclusion of the tournament, the following awards were presented: Top goalscorerBest GoalkeeperBest Player Bahati Kizanguzi Mayimuna Namuwaya Shadia NabiryeFair play Award
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Reports
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