| Tourney Name: | CECAFA U-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Size: | 200 |
| City: | Ngozi, Muyinga & Gitenga |
| Country: | Burundi |
| Dates: | 14 April – 29 April |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | CAF |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Second Other: |  Somalia |
| Third Other: |  Uganda |
| Fourth Other: |  Kenya |
| Matches: | 13 |
| Goals: | 31 |
| Prevseason: | 2009 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2018 CECAFA U17 Championship was the 3rd CECAFA U-17 Championship organized by CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association)[1]
On 6 April 2018, CECAFA released the list of 7 referees and 8 assistant referees.[4]
| List of officials | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Referee | Assistant referees | |
 Burundi | Eric Manirakiza | Willy Habimana | |
 Ethiopia | Amanuel Haleselass Worku | Yetayew Belachew | |
| Kenya | Israel Mpaima | Oliver Omodi | |
| Somalia | Mohamed Nur Muhdin | Hassan Hussein Mao | |
| Sudan | Sabri Mohamed Fadul | Omer Hamid Ahmed | |
| Tanzania | Emmanuel Mwandembwa | Mohamed Mkono | |
| Uganda | William Oloya | Isa Masembe | |
| Zanzibar | — | Mbaraka Haule | |
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Zanzibar team was removed from the tournament for fielding over age players.
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In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
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