CAF African Nations Championship
Day 1: Uganda, Tanzania take early lead in Zonal CAF African Schools Championship
Hosts Uganda and Tanzania are top of the Boys and Girls categories respectively on Day 1 of the CAF African Schools Football Championship.
Uganda defeated Somalia 1-0 in their opening Boys match with Nabiru Kajumba netting the lone goal on Tuesday at the St. Marys Stadium, Kitende.
They followed it up with a hard fought goalless draw against Rwanda in the second match to send them top of the table with 4 points.
Ashraf Kyakuwa, the Ugandan team captain told Cecafaonline that they are happy to lead the log on Day 1, but added that they must work hard in their remaining matches against Tanzania and Burundi. “We need to keep working hard because we have more matches to play,” added Kyakuwa.
In the other Boys matches played which all ended goalless involved Tanzania against Burundi, and Somalia against Tanzania.
In the Girls category Tanzania demolished Rwanda 5-1 to go top of the log. Helena Mtundagi netted a brace, while Bahati Steven, Elizabeth Chenge and Neema Thomas all got their names on the score sheet.
The win sent Tanzania top of the table after Uganda only managed to defeat Burundi 2-1 in the second Girls’ match played. Annastanzia Ambeiza scored a brace, and Erica Iradukunda scored the sole goal for Burundi.
Action continues on Wednesday with four matches in the Boys category and two in the Girl’s category. The Championship is played on a round robin basis. The winners in each category will bag US$100,000, the runner-up US$75,000, and the third placed US$50,000.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has finally announced the dates for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025 to take place in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
CAF 4th Vice President Seidou Mbombo Njoya, who also serves as the Chairperson of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) organizing committee made the announcement on Monday afternoon during the press conference after the CAF Executive Committee meeting at Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi.
Njoya confirmed that the CHAN 2025 will take place February 1-28th in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It was also confirmed that the qualifiers for CHAN will kick start between October 25-27th and end in December 2024.
The participating nations in CHAN must consist of players playing in their national Leagues competitions.
Dr. Patrice Motsepe, the CAF President said the CHAN in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be the most successful. “CHAN for us is an incredible foundation for the Africa Cup of Nations,” added the President.
Dr. Motsepe on behalf of CAF also said he was impressed by the progress and commitment of President Ruto to Kenyan football in terms of resource allocation towards infrastructure readiness for CHAN and AFCON.
He highlighted the positivisim by most African Presidents to improve infrastructure that will help develop Football. “There is nothing that frustrates me more than a country’s national team going to play outside their country. You cannot build Football when the national teams cannot play in-front of their fans,” reasoned the CAF President.
The Press conference was also attended by Augustin Senghor (CAF 1st Vice President), Souleiman Hassan Waberi (CAF 3rd Vice President), Seidou Mbombo Njoya (CAF 4th Vice President), Kanizat Ibrahim (CAF 5th Vice President), and the CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba.
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