The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the dates for the 2024–25 African Schools Football Championship.
This programme is an important introduction of football in schools by CAF. The released calendar will see schools across Africa compete in zones.
The released calendar for the 2024-25 African Schools Football Championship was made public to Member Associations Division. The programme has been described as a pivotal youth football tournament to unearth talents from schools.
In all, the youth football tournament will have six Zonal Unions participating in the competition, which is expected to start in November 2024.
The host countries for the respective zones are Niger, Tanzania, Gabon, Namibia, Egypt, and Gambia. The competition starts on November 18 and ends on December 24th, 2024; however, each zone has its own dates within which its zonal competition will be held.
Confederation of African Football (CAF) 2024-25 African Schools Football Championship Table of Details
| Championship | Host Country | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| WAFU Zone B Championship | Niger | November 18-24, 2024 |
| CECAFA Championship | Tanzania | December 2-8, 2024 |
| UNIFFAC Zonal Competition | Gabon | December 2-8, 2024 |
| COSAFA Championship | Namibia | November-December, TBC |
| UNAF Championship | Egypt | December 14-20, 2024 |
| WAFU Zone A Championship | Gambia | November 11-17, 2024 |
| CAF African Schools Football Championship | ||
| – WAFU A Edition | November 11-17, 2024 | |
| – CECAFA | December 2-8, 2024 | |
| – UNIFFAC | December 2-8, 2024 | |
| – COSAFA | November-December, TBC | |
| – UNAF | December 14-20, 2024 | |
| – WAFU B | November 18-24, 2024 | |
| Continental Phase | April 28-May 4, 2025 |
The WAFU Zone B championship will be held in Niger while Tanzania will host the Council of East and Central African Football Association (CECAFA) version.
Gabon will host the Union of Central Africa Football Federation (UNIFFAC) zonal competition, while Namibia has been named as the host country for the Council Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA ) with Egypt serving as host for the Union Nord Africaine de Football (UNAF).
Gambia will host West African Union UFOA Zone A (WAFU).
The CAF African Schools Football Championship will kick off with the WAFU A edition between 11– 17 November 2024.
The WAFU A Zone will then be followed by CECAFA (December 2-8), UNIFFAC ( 2-8), COSAFA (November-December, TBC), UNAF (December 14-20) and WAFU B (November 18-24) to close off the Zonal Qualifiers ahead of the continental phase set to take place between April 28- May 4, 2025.
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