CECAFA U-17 Championship

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CECAFA U-17 Championship
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Sports current event.svg 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship
Sport Football
Founded2007
First season2007
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
TV partner(s) GTV
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competitions
CECAFA Cup
CECAFA Club Cup

The CECAFA U-17 Championship is a football tournament organized by CECAFA. Held annually, it includes national under 17 teams from East and Central Africa.

Past winners

YearWinnersScorelineFinalistsHosts
2007
Details
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 2-0Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
20091
Details
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2-0Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
2018
Details [1]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2-0Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
2018
Details [2]
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3-1Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
2020
Details
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3-1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
2022
Details
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 3-1Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
2024
Details
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2-1Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda

|} 1: The tournament was to be hosted in 2008 but CECAFA could not raise enough money so the tournament was delayed a year. [3]

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References

  1. "CECAFA U17 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  2. "Ten countries set for the CAF U-17 Cecafa zonal qualifiers". kawowo.com. 17 July 2018.
  3. "CECAFA U17 called off". Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2009-01-17.