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East Africa: Uganda Defeat Tanzania to Win CECAFA U-20 Title, Both Qualify to Mauritania 2021
CAF, 3 December 2020
With both teams already qualified to the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Mauritania 2021, Uganda edged hosts Tanzania 4-1 to lift CECAFA U-20 championship trophy on Wednesday (2… Read more »
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Uganda/Tanzania: Uganda Thrash Tanzania to Win Cecafa U-20 Title
Citizen, 3 December 2020
Uganda U-20 soccer team 'Hippos' have won the East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) U-20 trophy after defeating Tanzania's 'Ngorongoro Heroes' 4-1. The match at the… Read more »
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Kenya/Ethiopia: Kenya Under-20s Open Regional Campaign Against Ethiopia
Nation, 23 November 2020
Kenya's Under-20 national football team coach Stanley Okumbi is confident his charges will begin their quest to bag this year's Cecafa Under-20 Championships title with a win… Read more »
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Rwanda: Cecafa U-20 Cup - Rwanda Withdraws From Regional Competition
New Times, 14 November 2020
The men's U-20 national football team will not compete at the upcoming Cecafa U-20 Cup tournament in Tanzania, the local football governing body (Ferwafa) announced on Friday. Read more »
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Kenya/Ethiopia: Cecafa U-20 - Omala Inspires Kenya Past Ethiopia
Nation, 23 November 2020
Gor Mahia striker Benson Omala inspired Kenya to a 3-0 win over Ethiopia in their opening match of this year's Cecafa Under-20 Championships on Monday at the Sheikh Amri Abeid… Read more »
Uganda Crowned CECAFA U-20 Champs
Uganda's 'Hippos' have won the CECAFA U-20 trophy, defeating defending champs Tanzania's 'Ngorongoro Heroes' 4-1 on December 3, 2020. The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Challenge Cup, is the oldest football tournament in Africa, having been established in 1926. A FIFA competition, it included participants of football playing national teams from the East African Region. The tournament ran from November 22 in Tanzania. In the U-20 Group A, teams Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti. In Group B, teams Uganda, Eritrea, Burundi, South Sudan. In Group C, Kenya is alongside Ethiopia and Sudan. The top teams in each of the three groups proceeded to the tournament's semi-finals, alongside the best runner-up. The Covid-19 pandemic placed the qualifiers in doubt but meetings with member associations saw an agreement reached on the continuation of the matches.
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Mwanahalima Omari netted a brace to end Kenya's unbeaten run in the competition and helped the Kilimanjaro Queens to clinch the regional title. Read more »
