CAF African Schools Football Championship

CAF African Schools Football Championship

Organising body	CAF
Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Region	Africa
Current champions	Boys:   Tanzania Girls:   Ghana
Most successful team(s)	Boys:   Tanzania (2 titles) Girls:   South Africa   Tanzania   Ghana (1 title)
Television broadcasters	CAF TV (YouTube) SuperSport
Motto	"Play Now"
Website	www.cafonline.com/caf-african-school-football-championship

The CAF African Schools Football Championship is an annual African schools association football competition launched in 2022 and organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Its main focus is to develop organised football at school level on the continent for boys and girls.

History

On 11 May 2022 CAF president Dr. Patrice Motsepe launched the initial project in Maputo, Mozambique. ^[1] The inaugural tournament took place at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban from 5-8 April 2023. ^[2] Guinea's CS Ben Sekou Sylla won the inaugural boys title 5-4 via penalties against Clapham High School of South Africa after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. In the girls edition, Tanzania's Fountain Gate School won the inaugural title 3-0 against Ecole Omar IBN Khatab of Morocco. ^[3]

The second edition was held from 21-24 May 2024 at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar. ^{[4] [5]} Hosts Tanzania won the boys edition defeating defending champions Guinea 1-0 in the final. In the girls edition, South Africa defeated Morocco 5-4 via penalties after the matched ended in a 1-1 draw. ^{[6] [7]}

The third edition was held from 21-26 April 2025 at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. ^[8] Defending champions Tanzania won the boys edition 3-2 via penalties against Senegal after the match ended in a 0-0 draw. Hosts Ghana defeated Uganda 2-0 in the girls edition to win their maiden title. ^[9]

Winners

A list of past winners for the boys and girls competitions: ^[3]

Boys

Year	Host		Winner	Runners-Up	Third place
2023	Durban		CS Ben Sekou Sylla [10]	Clapham High School	Salima Secondary School
2024	Zanzibar City		Tanzania	Guinea	Senegal
2025	Accra		Tanzania	Senegal	Ghana

Girls

Year	Host		Winner	Runners-Up	Third place
2023	Durban		Fountain Gate School [11]	Ecole Omar Ibn El-Khatab	Scan Aid
2024	Zanzibar City		South Africa	Morocco	Uganda
2025	Accra		Ghana	Uganda	South Africa

Prizes

The tournament received a donation of US$10,000,000 from the Motsepe Foundation, which set the prize money split at zonal and continental level. ^[2]

Zonal

Final position	Prize money
Champions	US$100,000
Runners-up	US$75,000
3rd place	US$50,000

Continental

Final position	Prize money
Champions	US$300,000
Runners-up	US$200,000
3rd place	US$150,000

Awards

Boys

Tournament	Player of the Tournament	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play
2023	Kagiso Maloka	Mohamed Sacko	5	Ibrahima Camara	Boulawech Boumerdes School
2024	Abel Samson	Asmara Keita	3	Mujahid Juma	South Africa
2025	Souleymane Commissaire Faye	John Andor Ingatus Cyril Acquah Hagan	3	Rajabu Manyelezi	Tanzania

Girls

Tournament	Player of the Tournament	Golden Boot	Goals	Golden Glove	Fair Play
2023	Winfrida Gerald	Winfrida Gerald	11	Allic Neckema	Anse Boileau Secondary School
2024	Meryem Oubella	Shadia Nabrye	3	Sphumelele Zibula	Gambia
2025	Jennifer Awuku	Pulane Moloi	5	Precious Akenguwie	Morocco

References

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