Tanzania’s Shime applauds team for winning CECAFA U-18 Women’s title

The head coach of Tanzania’s U-18 Women’s team, Bakari Nyundo Shime has applauded his team for winning the Zonal CECAFA Championship.

Hosts Tanzania defeated Uganda 1-0 on Friday to win the CECAFA U-18 Women’s Championship at the Azam Complex, Chamazi.

Winifrida Gerald scored the lone goal after 42 minutes to ensure Tanzania finished top of the log with 12 points, three ahead of Uganda.

” I thank my players for the hard work because they won all the four matches. It is these kind of matches and competitions that will help us build a very solid team for the future, ” explained Shime.

He made it clear that although his team did not score so many goals in the competition, they played well as a team and showed good play in all departments. ” We need to keep improving and playing in many more competitions, ” added the coach who also guided Tanzania to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India last year.

While Tanzania finished with 12 points, Uganda came second with 9 points, while Ethiopia collected 6 points. Burundi and Zanzibar finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Action will now shift to the Zonal CECAFA Women’s Champions League qualifiers slated for August 12-30th in Uganda.