AFCON U-20 QUALIFIERS
Nine teams enter Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers
The TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-20 qualifiers for the CECAFA Zone will take place October 6-20th, 2024 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Yusuf Mossi, the CECAFA Competitions Manager confirmed that nine teams have been entered by their Member Associations.
“We are going to conduct the draw on Thursday, September 12th in Dar es Salaam with five teams in one group and four in the other group. The best two teams will qualify to represent the Zone at the AFCON U-20 tournament to be played next year,” added Mossi.
Apart from Somalia and Eritrea, the Member Associations that have confirmed participation of their teams include; Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
At the last AFCON U-20 Zonal qualifiers 2022 Uganda beat South Sudan 2-1 in the final held at Sudan’s Al-Hilal Stadium in Omdurman, Khartoum.