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.