2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship explained

Tourney Name:	CECAFA U-17 Championship
Year:	2022
City:	Addis Ababa,
Country:	Ethiopia
Dates:	3-15 October 2022
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	CAF
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	10
Goals:	30
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2024

The 2022 CECAFA U17 Championship was the 5th CECAFA U-17 Championship organized by CECAFA (¨Council of East and Central Africa Football Association). It took place from October 3 to October 15, 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia .^[1]

This competition also served as the CECAFA qualifiers for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations as the two finalists of the tournament represented CECAFA in the CAF U-17 continental competition.

The ten teams were initially drawn into two groups of five teams. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Somalia, South Sudan and Eritrea were drawn into Group A and Uganda, Djibouti, Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda were drawn into Group B. However, on 26 September, Eritrea and Rwanda withdrew from the competition, leaving both the groups with four teams.^{[2] [3]} On 1 October, Djibouti and Sudan were disqualified from the tournament after some of their players failed the MRI test, leaving Group B with only two teams.^[4] The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Venue

• Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia ^[5]

Teams

• • Burundi Djibouti - Withdrew
• Eritrea - Withdrew*
• Ethiopia (Hosts)
• Rwanda - Withdrew* ^[6]
  • • Somalia Sudan - Withdrew ^[7]
  • Uganda

Match officials

^[8] Referees

• Diaffari Nduwumana (Burundi)
• Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)
• Abdelaziz Yasser Ahmed(Sudan)
• Mitiku Tewodros (Ethiopia)
• Nasser Mohamud Hussein(Djibouti)
• Ahmed Hassan Hussein (Somalia)
• (Ms) Jelly Chavani
• Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
• Mahmoud Ahmed Nagi Musa
• Kassim Abdelsalam

Assistant Referees

• Renovat Bizumuremyi (Burundi)
• Mohamed Abdelgabar (Sudan)
• Elmoiz Ali Mohamed Ahmed (Sudan)
• Gasim Mader (South Sudan)
• Adam Ali Eid (Somalia)
• Tigle Belachew (Ethiopia)
• Fasika Yehualashet Biru (Ethiopia)
• Seif Kassim Mpanga (Tanzania)
• Ronald Katenya (Uganda)
• Mohamed Charmarke

Group stage

Original Groups

• Group A

• Group B

• On october 1st the CECAFA announced the disqualification of Sudan and Djibouti. A new draw was set for 2 October with on 6 team .^{[9] [10]}

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

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.

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Final

Qualification for CAF U17 Cup of Nations

The two finalists of the tournament qualified for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The CECAFA U-17 tournament will be held in Addis Ababa. CECAFA.
2. Web site: Eritrea, Rwanda withdraw from U-17 AFCON qualifiers. cecafaonline.com. 26 September 2022.
3. Web site: Gyimah . Edmund Okai . Rwanda withdraws from Cecafa U-17 tourney . New Times . 30 September 2022 . 28 September 2022.
4. Web site: Djibouti, Sudan disqualified from U-17 AFCON qualifiers . CECAFA . 2 October 2022 . 1 October 2022.
5. Web site: Ethiopia draw Eritrea in U-17 AFCON Zonal qualifiers . Rwanda FA.
6. Web site: eritrea rwanda-withdraw from u-17 afcon qualifiers. cecafaonline.
7. Web site: djibouti-sudan withdraw from u-17 afcon qualifiers. cecafaonline.
8. https://www.cecafaonline.com/south-africas-chavani-to-officiate-u-17-afcon-qualifiers-for-cecafa/ south-africas-chavani-to-officiate-u-17-afcon-qualifiers-for-cecafa
9. Web site: Sudan, Djibouti Disqualified from U17 AFCON CECAFA Zonal qualifiers . October 2022 .
10. Web site: Uganda Cubs to open against Burundi - CECAFA FOOTBALL .