Tanzania Premier League side Simba SC will face RS Berkane in the final of the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

After picking a slim 1-0 win in the first leg played in Zanzibar a week ago, the Tanzanian side held on to a barren draw against the South African side Stellenbosch side in the return leg played at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday.

While Simba SC qualified on a 1-0 goal aggregate, RS Berkane sailed through 4-1 on aggregate after winning 4-0 in the first leg and falling 1-0 in the return leg played on Sunday in Algeria against CS Constantine.

Fadlu Davids, the Simba SC head coach says he is happy that his team has made it to the final of the competition. “The semi-final over two legs were not simple, but we planned well and got the result. Now we need to focus for the final,” said Davids.

The first leg of the final will be played on May 17^th in Morocco, while the return leg will be played May 25^th in either Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar or the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.

Another Tanzanian side Young Africans SC also played in the final of the 2022/2023 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.

Simba SC’s results in the competition

Al Ahli Tripoli 0 Simba SC 0

Simba SC 3 Al Ahli Tripoli 1

Simba SC 1 Bravos do Maquis 0

CS Constantine 2 Simba SC 1

Simba SC 2 CS Sfaxien 1

CS Sfaxien 0 Simba SC 1

Bravos do Maquis 1 Simba SC 1

Simba SC 2 CS Constantine 0

Quarter finals

Al Masry 2 Simba SC 0

Simba SC 2 Al Masry 2 (Simba win 4-1 on penalties)

Semi finals

Simba SC 1 Stellenbosch 0

Stellenbosch 0 Simba SC 0

Tanzania retained the Boys category of the CAF African Schools Football Championship on Saturday.

The Tanzanian side who had ejected hosts Ghana at the semi-final stage on Friday stopped Senegal in the final played at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium on Saturday in Accra, Ghana.

After ending goalless in the allotted time, Tanzania went on to defeat Senegal 3-2 on penalties to successfully defend their crown. For the third position Ghana defeated Uganda 2-1

In the Girls category the hosts Ghana proved a tactically superior side scoring two second half goals to beat Uganda 2-0 in the final. South Africa also finished third in the Girls category after stopping Morocco 2-1.

The Awards ceremony was graced by the CAF President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe, his Executive Members and the President of Ghana, His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama.

The 4-Day competition for U-15s supported by the Motsepe Foundation and TotalEnergies saw the champions in each category receive cheques of US$300,000, the runners-up US$200,000, and third placed US$150,000 for third place.

The competition attracted teams from Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Algeria, Tanzania, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Morocco, Benin, Malawi and The Gambia.

Individual Awards:

GIRLS 

Top Scorer: Pulane Moloi (South Africa)

Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Precious Akenguwie (Ghana)

Player of the Tournament: Jennifer Awuku (Ghana)

Fair Play Team: Morocco 

BOYS:

Top Scorer: John Andor (Ghana), Ingatus Cyril Acquah Hagan (Ghana)

Player of the Tournament: Souleymane Commissaire Faye 

Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Rajabu Manyelezi (Tanzania)

Fair Play Team: Tanzania  

Two teams from the CECAFA Zone have qualified for the finals in different categories at the on-going 2025 CAF African Schools Football Championship in Accra, Ghana.

Uganda’s Girls team saw off Morocco 2-0 in the firsts semi-final. Going into the knock out stage after winning all their three matches in the Group Stage, Uganda scored in each half to see of the North Africans on Friday evening.

Giovanna Aketowanga Sunday scored early in the first half, before Lydia Namaseruka made it 2-0 in the second half.

In the second semi-final match hosts Ghana battled hard to eject reigning champions South Africa 3-2.

In the Boys category reigning champions Tanzania saw off hosts Ghana 1-0 in a semi final match played on Friday. Hamis Saddam netted the lone goal in the first half to silence the home fans.

Tanzania’s Boys team have been unbeaten since the tournament kicked off few days ago starting with a 1-1 draw against Senegal, dream goalless against Cote d’Ivoire, and beat DR Congo 1-0 in their last Group match on Thursday.

Tanzania will now face Senegal in the final on Saturday. The CECAFA Zonal reigning champions Uganda suffered a 5-6 defeat in penalties after the match had ended goalless in normal time.

The first prize is USD 300,000 for the continental champions in both the Boys and Girls categories, while the runners-up receive USD 200,000 and third-placed USD 150,000.

Day 3

Girls semi-finals

Uganda 2 Morocco 0

Ghana 3 South Africa 2

Boys

Ghana 0 Tanzania 1

Uganda 0 (5) Senegal 0 (6)

The CECAFA Zone will be represented by one match official Stephen Yiembe at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Yiembe, from Kenya will be one of the assistant referees together with 116 other match officials who will to officiate at the inaugural competition slated for June 14 to July 13^th in the United States of America.

FIFA has selected 35 referees, 58 assistant referees and 24 VAR officials from around the world to officiate at the competition which will bring together the top teams in the world including Real Madrid and Manchester City among others.

The other African referees selected include; Ghorbal Mustapha (Algeria), Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya) and Sy Issa (Senegal). The assistant referees include; Bangoura Nouha (Senegal), Camara Djibril (Senegal), Gourari Mokrane (Algeria) and Zerhouni Abbes Akram (Algeria), while the only VAR official is Ashour Mahmoud from Egypt.

Yiembe has also officiated several top matches including at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the 2023 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the Ivory Coast, and the 2023 TotalEnergies U-23 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).

The competition to attract 32 teams will be played across 11 cities. Africa will be represented by Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad AC (Morocco), Esperance de Tunis (Tunisia) and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns.