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The Masaza Cup tournament is an annual football competition in Uganda that holds significant cultural and historical importance and only features teams representing the traditional 18 counties or “Masaza” of the Buganda Kingdom.
It’s a tournament that seeks to celebrate Buganda’s rich cultural heritage and fosters community unity through sports.
The competition has participating county’s teams named after their respective “Masaza.” The tournament’s format includes a series of knockout rounds, leading to semi-finals and a final match to determine the champion.
While the tournament is primarily a football competition, it serves broader cultural and community purposes, including promoting sports talent, instilling values like teamwork and discipline, and strengthening ties within the Buganda Kingdom.
Here are the previous winners of the Masaza Cup
2004 Ggomba 3-0 Mawogola
2005 Mawokota 4-1 Ggomba
2006 Kooki 2-2 Bugerere [4-2 pen]
2007 Mawokota bt Ggomba
2008 Kyaddondo 2-0 Ggomba
2009 Ggomba 1-1 Mawogola [5-4 pen]
2010 not organised
2011 Buluuli 2-1 Bulemeezi
2012 Bulemeezi 1-0 Buweekula
2013 Mawokota 1-0 Ssingo
2014 Ggomba 0-0 Ssingo [4-3 pen]
2015 Ssingo 5-0 Buddu
2016 Buddu 1-1 Ggomba [6-5 pen]
2017 Ggomba 1-0 Ssingo
2018 Ssingo 1-1 Buddu [12-11 pen]
2019 Bulemeezi 1-0 Busiro [aet]
2020 not organised
2021 Ggomba 3-1 Buddu
2022 Buddu 2-0 Buweekula
Note: the 2004 edition was the first
Number of Wins (17, lost finals between square brackets)
- 5 [ 4] Ggomba
- 3 Mawokota
- 2 [ 3] Buddu
- 2 [ 3] Ssingo
- 2 [ 1] Bulemeezi
- 1 Buluuli
- 1 Kooki
- 1 Kyaddondo
- [ 2] Buweekula
- [ 2] Mawogola
- [ 1] Bugerere
- [ 1] Busiro
The following 6 counties are yet to reach the final:
Busujju, Butambala, Buvuma, Kabula, Kyaggwe, Ssese
