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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)
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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.

Tanzania defeated Kenya 2–1 in the final. Both finalists qualified for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Teams

•  Burundi
•  Djibouti
•  Ethiopia
•  Kenya
•  Rwanda
•  South Sudan
•  Sudan
•  Tanzania
•  Uganda

Did not enter

•  Eritrea
•  Somalia

Venues

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Match officials

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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.

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

Tanzania	1–2	Kenya
Mkinyange 77'		Wanganya 26' Omondi 67'

Sudan	3–1	Djibouti
Khmies 3' Musa 62' Shamselden 73'		Daher 54'

Tanzania	7–0	Djibouti
Mashaka 21', 76', 90+6' (pen.) Kondo 58', 90+1' Jimmy 62' Mosha 70'

Sudan	1–0	Rwanda
Khmies 6'

Rwanda	0–0	Kenya

Tanzania	1–0	Sudan
Khamis 76'

Djibouti	0–4	Kenya
		Kitsao 6' Wangaya 10', 26' Okoth 49'

Tanzania	3–0	Rwanda
Sereri 3' Kondo 71', 83'

Rwanda	5–1	Djibouti
Sindi 9' Ndayishimiye 23' Iradukunda 44' Petry 52' (pen.) Yangiriyeneza 74'		Ahmed Dini Hassan 90+4' (pen.)

Sudan	0–4	Kenya
		Kibet 3', 41', 90+2' Wangaya 68'

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
		Ndayikengurukiye 8'

Uganda	3–0	Ethiopia
Sekibengo 24' Mpasa 40' Babulo 90' (o.g.)

Uganda	4–1	Burundi
Oyirwoth 2' Dembe 18', 22' Hakizimana 59' (o.g.)		Ndayikengurukiye 62'

South Sudan	2–1	Ethiopia
Garang 14' Bichiok 75'		Thurbiel 83'

Burundi	3–2	Ethiopia
Ndayikengurukiye 7' (pen.), 34' Mariniho 87'		Tefera 25' Iwali 28'

Uganda	2–2	South Sudan
Dembe 16', 21'		Swoka 31' Oleo 90'

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.

Uganda	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Tanzania
Majub 47'		Maguda 74' (o.g.) Simba 120'

Kenya	4–0	Burundi
Okoth 52' Beja 68' Kibet 70' Ingavi 90+5'

Third place

Uganda	3–1	Burundi
Walusimbi 45+1' Dembe 62', 78'		Hakizimana 6'

Final

Tanzania	2–1	Kenya
Mashaka 63' Khamis 79'		Beja 47'

Goalscorers

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References

1. "Cecfa U20:Uganda emerge Champion". globalsportsarchive.com. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. "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.

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