2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
City	Addis Ababa,
Dates	3-15 October 2022
Teams	10 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Somalia (1st title)
Runners-up	South Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	30 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sylvester Otto (4 goals)
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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 . 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. 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. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Venue

• Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Teams

• Burundi
• Djibouti - Withdrew
• Eritrea - Withdrew*
• Ethiopia (Hosts)
• Rwanda - Withdrew*
• Somalia
• South Sudan
• Sudan - Withdrew
• Tanzania
• Uganda

Match officials

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ethiopia (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

• Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
4	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
Notes:

• On october 1st the CECAFA announced the disqualification of Sudan and Djibouti. A new draw was set for 2 October with on 6 team .

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	Somalia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Ethiopia (H)	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

16:00

Ethiopia	0–1	Somalia
	Report	A. Abdi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Djaffari Nduwimana (Burundi)

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6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

16:00

Tanzania	3–2	Ethiopia
Otto File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 15' Iddi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Seyoum File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 20'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Jelly Chavani (South Africa)

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9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

13:00

Somalia	1–2	Tanzania
Bilal File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Otto File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 79'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Yasir Abdelaziz (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	South Sudan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
3	Burundi	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Source:
Rules for classification: Group tiebreakers

3 October 2022 (2022-10-03)

13:00

Uganda	4–0	Burundi
Yiga File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 45' Nkoola File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Okello File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	Report

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

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6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

13:00

South Sudan	1–4	Uganda
Okenny File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Report	Nkoola File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 51' Sembuusi File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Walusimbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Ahmed Arajiga (Tanzania)

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9 October 2022 (2022-10-09)

16:00

Burundi	1–1	South Sudan
Harimbabazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Mabil File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

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				Final
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Uganda	1 (7)
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
	Somalia (p)	1 (8)
					Somalia	3
	12 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					South Sudan	1
	Tanzania	1 (3)
	South Sudan (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					15 October – Abebe Bikila Stadium
					Uganda	1 (1)
					Tanzania (p)	1 (4)

Semi-finals

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

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

12:00

Uganda	1–1	Somalia
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Penalties
Yiga soccer ball with check mark Ssonko soccer ball with check mark Wandera soccer ball with check mark Walusimbi soccer ball with check mark Ssekajugo soccer ball with check mark Okello soccer ball with check mark Tumwesigye soccer ball with check mark Nkoola soccer ball with red X	7–8	soccer ball with check mark Abdullahi soccer ball with check mark Abdukadir soccer ball with check mark Abdalla soccer ball with check mark Bilal soccer ball with check mark M. Abdi soccer ball with check mark A. Abdi soccer ball with check mark Nor soccer ball with check mark Ali

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Tewodros Mitiku (Ethiopia)

12 October 2022 (2022-10-12)

15:30

Tanzania	1–1	South Sudan
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Penalties
Omar soccer ball with check mark Farid soccer ball with check mark M. Salum soccer ball with check mark Hamisi soccer ball with red X Charles soccer ball with red X	3–4	soccer ball with red X Obama soccer ball with check mark Mabil soccer ball with check mark Moses soccer ball with check mark Taban soccer ball with check mark Gem

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdulsalam Kassim (Nigeria)

Third place

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

12:00

Uganda	1–1	Tanzania
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Penalties
Yiga soccer ball with red X Ssonko soccer ball with red X Ouke soccer ball with check mark	1–4	soccer ball with check mark Omar soccer ball with check mark M. Salum soccer ball with check mark Kapil soccer ball with check mark Farid

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Nasser Houssein (Djibouti)

Final

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15)

15:00

Somalia	3–1	South Sudan
A. Abdi File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Dahir File:Soccerball shade.svg 59', 71' (goat)	Report	Minari File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'

Abebe Bikila Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

• Sylvester Otto

3 goals

• Abdihafid Abdi
• Arafat Nkoola

2 goals

• Biruk Seyoum
• Abdirahin Dahir
• Alex Yiga

1 goal

• Ramadhan Harimbabazi
• Idris Bilal
• Jonathan Gem
• David Mabil
• Ajo Minari
• Abraham Okenny
• Yasin Charles
• Idrisa Iddi
• Ally Omar
• Farouk Lubega
• Richard Okello
• Patrick Sembuusi
• Jamal Ssemwogerere
• Abubakali Walusimbi

Qualification for CAF U17 Cup of Nations

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