2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tanzania |
| Dates | 6 –20 October |
| Teams | 9 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Tanzania (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Kenya |
| Third place | Uganda |
| Fourth place | Burundi |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 68 (3.4 per match) |
← 2022 2026 → | |
The 2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship was the 15th edition of the CECAFA U-20 Championship, an international youth football tournament open to national associations of the CECAFA region. It took place between 6 and 20 October 2024 in Tanzania. This competition served as the CECAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Uganda won previous edition title in 2022.[1]
Tanzania defeated Kenya 2–1 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Teams
Did not enter
Venues
Match officials
Draw
The draw was held on 12 September 2024 at 12:00 EAT (UTC+3) at Dar es Salaam.The 9 teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams, with hosts Tanzania seeded in Group A (position A1), and the defending champions Uganda seeded in Group B (position B1). The remaining 7 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.[2]
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|---|
Group stage
All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).
The nine teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Tanzania (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | |
| 3 | Sudan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Rwanda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Djibouti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
(H) Hosts
| Rwanda | 5–1 | Djibouti |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Burundi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | South Sudan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
| South Sudan | 0–1 | Burundi |
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| South Sudan | 2–1 | Ethiopia |
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| Uganda | 2–2 | South Sudan |
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Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 October – | ||||||
| Uganda | 1 | |||||
| 20 October – | ||||||
| Tanzania (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||
| Tanzania | 2 | |||||
| 18 October – | ||||||
| Kenya | 1 | |||||
| Kenya | 4 | |||||
| Burundi | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 20 October – | ||||||
| Uganda | 3 | |||||
| Burundi | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.
Third place
Final
Goalscorers
References
- ^ "Cecfa U20:Uganda emerge Champion". globalsportsarchive.com. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Hosts Tanzania to face Kenya in Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers". Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.