The 2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship is the 15th edition of the biennial CECAFA U-20 Championship tournament organised by the CECAFA. It will be hosted by Tanzania.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Tanzania |
Dates | 6 –20 October |
Teams | 9 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 54 (3.38 per match) |
← 2022 2026 → |
Uganda won previous edition title in 2022[1] and successfully defended their title. This competition served as the CECAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Teams
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Venues
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Match officials
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Draw
editThe draw was held on 12 September 2024 at 12:00 EAT (UTC+3) at Dar es Salaam.The 9 teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams, with hosts Tanzania seeded in Group A (position A1), and the defending champions Uganda seeded in Group B (position B1). The remaining 7 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.[2]
Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
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Group stage
editAll times are local, EAT (UTC+3).
The nine teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tanzania (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | Sudan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |
5 | Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uganda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | Burundi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | South Sudan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
South Sudan | 0–1 | Burundi |
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Uganda | 4–1 | Burundi |
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South Sudan | 2–1 | Ethiopia |
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Knockout stage
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editThird place
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editGoalscorers
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References
edit- ^ "Cecfa U20:Uganda emerge Champion". globalsportsarchive.com. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Hosts Tanzania to face Kenya in Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers". Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.