CECAFA U-17 Championship
Encyclopedia
The CECAFA U-17 Championship is the a football
tournament in Africa
. It is a tournament of FIFA
and the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes national under 17 teams from Central
and East Africa
.
1: The tournament was to be hosted in 2008 but CECAFA could not raise enough money so the tournament was delayed a year.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
tournament in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. It is a tournament of FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
and the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes national under 17 teams from Central
Central Africa
Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
and East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
.
Past winners
Year | Winners | Scoreline | Finalists | Hosts |
---|---|---|---|---|
20091 Details 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship The second edition of the CECAFA U-17 Tournament, all games were originally to be played in Nairobi, Kenya but have since been moved to Sudan. due to financial reasons, the Sudanese FA and El Merreikh Investment Group have agreed to sponsor the tournament.... |
2-0 | Sudan | ||
2007 Details 2007 CECAFA U-17 Championship The first edition of the CECAFA U-17 Tournament, all games were played at Bujumbura in Burundi-Results:-Final table:-Results:-Final table:-Semifinals:-Third place match:-Final:-References:... |
2-0 | Burundi |
1: The tournament was to be hosted in 2008 but CECAFA could not raise enough money so the tournament was delayed a year.