BREAKING NEWS
Kenya’s Waweru Kamau to handle TotalEnergies U23 AFCON 2023 final
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Kenya’s Peter Waweru Kamau to handle the final match of the TotalEnergies U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023.
Hosts Morocco will face defending champions Egypt in the final on Saturday night at the Prince Moulay Abdallah Stadium in Rabat.
To reach the final Egypt stopped Guinea 1-0, while Morocco eliminated Mali 4-3 on penalty shoo-outs after a 2-2 draw at the semi final stage.
Another Kenyan Stephen Elezar Onyango Yiembe and Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia) will be the first assistant referee and fourth official respectively.Togo’s Jonathan Ahonto Koffi will be the second assistant referee, while Jean Claude Birumushahu is the commissioner.
Eight teams qualified for the U23 AFCON which kicked off on June 24, 2023 in the Moroccan towns of Rabat and Tangier. No team from the CECAFA region qualified for the competition which also provided three slots for qualification for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.