Burundi pulls out of TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers

Burundi has announced their withdrawal from the forthcoming TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) – CECAFA qualifiers.

Manirakiza Jeremie, the Football Federation of Burundi (FFB) General Secretary communicated that they have withdrawn the team because of issues to do with eligibility of players.

“We communicate with regret the withdrawal of the U-17 team from the CECAFA U-17 tournament in Uganda. The decision was reached after some players were not found ineligible according to the report sent by the team of CAF doctors after earlier Magnetic Resonance Imaging tests were conducted,” said the communication.

Burundi now joins Ethiopia as the two teams that have withdrawn after the draw for the competition was conducted two weeks ago. The competition will take place December 14-27^th in Kampala, Uganda.

Yusuf Mossi, the CECAFA Competitions Director has made it clear that with only two teams Uganda and Tanzania remaining in Group A, one more team will be moved from Group B to make it three teams for each group.

The six teams that will battle for the two slots include; Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.