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Uganda's St Mary Kitende are the boys champions
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Uganda’s representatives, St Mary’s Kitende boys’ team, have won the CAF Africa Schools Football Championship (CECAFA region) title after defeating Ethiopia 3–1 on penalties. The final, played at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende, ended 0–0 in normal time.
The four-day championship, hosted at St Mary’s Kitende for the second consecutive year, attracted 10 teams from across the CECAFA region, all competing for top honours.
Uganda cerebrates
In the girls’ category, Tanzania clinched the title after a comfortable 2–0 win over Ethiopia, while Uganda’s representatives, Kawempe Muslim, finished third with a 2–0 victory over Burundi.
Both champions—Uganda in the boys’ category and Tanzania in the girls’—walked away with a cash prize of 100,000 USD (approx. UGX 350 million). Ethiopia, the runners-up in both categories, took home 75,000 USD, while the third-placed teams, Tanzania (boys) and Uganda (girls), received 50,000 USD each.
Tanzania won the girls accolade
Several individual and team awards were also handed out:
This marked the fourth edition of the CECAFA qualifiers of the CAF African Schools Football Championship. The winners will represent the CECAFA region at next year’s continental finals.
CECAFA and FUFA officials at the awards ceremony
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