Burundi women's national football team explained

Burundi
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Nickname:Swallows (Hirondelles)
Association:Football Federation of Burundi
Sub-Confederation:CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Confederation:CAF (Africa)
Coach:Gustave Niyonkuru
Fifa Trigramme:BDI
Fifa Max:169
Fifa Max Date:June 2022
Fifa Min:178
Fifa Min Date:March – August 2024
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First Game:
  • Unofficial

    (Jinja, Uganda; 11 September 2016)
  • Official

    (Njeru, Uganda; 13 September 2016)
Largest Win:
  • Unofficial
    1–10
    (Jinja, Uganda; 11 September 2019)
  • Official

    (Ngozi, Burundi; 16 February 2022)

    (Ngozi, Burundi; 21 February 2022)
Largest Loss:
(Njeru, Uganda; 23 November 2019)
World Cup Apps:0
Regional Name:Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:0
2Ndregional Name:Africa Women Cup of Nations
2Ndregional Cup Apps:1
2Ndregional Cup First:2022
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group stage (2022)
Type:women

The Burundi women's national football team, nicknamed the Swallows (French: Hirondelles), represents Burundi in women's international football competitions. The team has competed since 2016 in matches recognised by FIFA, the sport's international governing body. A senior national team has been continually inactive, but an under-20 team has played in numerous matches. Further development of football in the country faces challenges found across Africa, including inequality and limited access to education for women. A women's football programme did not exist in Burundi until 2000, and only 455 players had registered for participation on the national level by 2006.

History

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team.[1] While the sport grew in popularity worldwide in the ensuing years, Burundi did not have an official team until more than two decades later.[2] By 2009, however, Burundi had a FIFA-recognised senior national team nicknamed the Swallows and a FIFA-recognised Burundi women's national under-20 football team.[3] [4] The under-20 team played one international match in 2002, one in 2004 and one in 2006.

The senior national football team has never competed in a FIFA-sanctioned fixture and has not competed at the Women's World Cup. The team was one of 200 preparing for a qualification tournament for the cup in 2007, but did not play in the competition.[5] [6] [7] The team has withdrawn from numerous other events. Burundi was to play in the 2008 African Women's Championship but withdrew from the tournament, giving the Democratic Republic of the Congo an automatic qualification.[8] The team also withdrew from the 2010 and 2012 editions of the Africa Women Cup of Nations before the first-round qualifiers.[9] [10] Burundi has not participated in other major events on the continent, including the 2011 All-Africa Games.[11] As of March 2012, the team was not ranked by FIFA.[12] [13] [14]

Burundi was scheduled to participate in a competition in 2007 organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Zanzibar. Nicholas Musonye, the secretary of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa), said of the event, "CAF wants to develop women's football in this region in recognition of the milestones Cecafa has achieved over the years. CAF appreciates what Cecafa has done despite the hardships the association has gone through, from financial problems to political instability in member states and poor management of associations. Member states in the Cecafa region have not taken women's football seriously. CAF now wants to sponsor a long-term campaign to attract women from this region into the game."[15] The competition was canceled due to lack of funds.[16]

Burundi's women's team was assembled in 2019 under coach Daniella Niyibimenya in anticipation of the 2019 CECAFA Women's Championship.[17] The team was defeated 2–0 in a match with the Uganda women's national football team.[18] Speaking on the team's lack of permanence and performance, Niyibimenya said, "We have a talented team but they need several warm-up matches to develop their character. Due to a lack of resources, we can only bring the girls together when a competition is announced."[19]

Background and development

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chrös McDougall. Soccer. 13 April 2012. 1 January 2012. ABDO. 978-1-61783-146-1. 45.
  2. Web site: FIFA. Women's Football Today. 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20120814213100/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/women/93/77/21/factsheets.pdf. 40. dead. 14 August 2012. 17 April 2012.
  3. Web site: 16 April 2012. FIFA. Goal! Football: Burundi. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015414/http://www.fifa.com/mm/goalproject/bdi_eng.pdf. dead. 3 December 2013. 21 April 2009. 4.
  4. Web site: Foot féminin : Éliminatoires CAN-2012 Le Sénégal affronte le Burundi en janvier. 28 June 2012. fr. 22 October 2011. Les protégées de Bassouaré Diaby, qui ne se sont jamais qualifiées pour une CAN, tenteront de se racheter face aux Hirondelles du Burundi.. Yenkini. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120109073318/http://www.yekini.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1503%3Afoot-feminin--eliminatoires-can-2012-le-senegal-affronte-le-burundi-en-janvier&catid=9%3Afootball&Itemid=162. 9 January 2012.
  5. Web site: Burundi: Fixtures and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20110622193922/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bdi/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html . dead . 22 June 2011 . FIFA . 2012 . 28 June 2012.
  6. Book: The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. John. Ballard. Paul. Suff. London. Boxtree. 1999. 0752224344. 59442612. 106.
  7. News: AAGM: Over 200 Countries Gear Up for Women's World Cup. Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 8 September 2007. 16 April 2012.
  8. News: AAGM: Super Falcons Take a Rest as Women Battle. Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 2 December 2007. Patrick. Omorodion. 16 April 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232312/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Fiw.newsbank.com%3AAUNB%3ANVAB&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=11D53B7DB96CBEA0&svc_dat=InfoWeb%3Aaggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9. dead.
  9. Web site: Fixtures – African Women Championship 2010 . CAF . 13 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120414133659/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/african-women-championship_2010/results . 14 April 2012 .
  10. News: New Vision (Uganda) – AAGM: Crested Cranes in Danger. New Vision. Kampala, Uganda. 15 January 2012. James. Bakama. 16 April 2012. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222731/http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Fiw.newsbank.com%3AAUNB%3AUNVB&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=13C54436929395B0&svc_dat=InfoWeb%3Aaggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9. dead.
  11. Web site: Groups & standings – All Africa Games women 2011 . CAF . 13 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510122431/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/all-africa-games-women_2011/groups . 10 May 2012 .
  12. Web site: The FIFA Women's World Ranking . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008164448/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/women/index.html . dead . 8 October 2011 . FIFA . 25 September 2009 . 13 April 2012.
  13. Web site: Classement mondial féminin de la FIFA. https://web.archive.org/web/20070619071731/http://fr.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=f/fullranking.html. dead. 19 June 2007. fr.fifa.com. 23 September 2011. 25 October 2011.
  14. Web site: Tanzania yapaa viwango FIFA . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308155203/http://www.newhabari.com/mtanzania_habari/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=818:tanzania-yapaa-viwango-fifa&catid=16:soka&Itemid=13 . dead . 8 March 2022 . New Habari . 4 June 2012 . 4 June 2012 . sw . Nchi nyingine za CECAFA ambazo ni Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Somalia na Sudan hazina soka la wanawake la ushindani kiasi ya kuwa na timu ya taifa. .
  15. News: AAGM: CAF to Fund Regional Women's Championships. The (Daily) Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. 4 January 2007. 16 April 2012.
  16. News: New Vision. Uganda. Cecafa Puts Off Women Tourney. 27 September 2007. Reuben. Olita.
  17. News: Nzeyimana. Perfect. Foot féminin : les Intamba en mode revanchard. Jimbere Magazine. French. 31 October 2019. 24 January 2022. 17 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221117181731/https://jimbere.org/burundi-football-feminin-intamba-cecafa/. dead.
  18. Web site: Kenya win 2019 regional Cecafa Senior Women's Challenge Cup. Oryada. Andrew Jackson. 26 November 2019. BBC Sport. 23 January 2022.
  19. News: Ndihokubwayo. Isaac. Intamba 2019, millésimes mi-figue, mi-raisin : un dernier détour. Jimbere Magazine. French. 7 January 2020. 24 January 2022.

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