2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship qualification

2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Egypt (UNAF) Malawi (COSAFA) Ivory Coast (WAFU B) Congo (UNIFFAC) Cape Verde (WAFU A) Tanzania (CECAFA)
Teams	(from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Boys: Girls: Sagnon Aminat (9 Goals)

This article details the qualification procedures, formats and/or phases of the 2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship.

The qualification phases were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which commenced on 7 October 2022 within UNAF for North Africa. Qualification is scheduled to end on 16 September 2022 with the participating teams reduced to the final 6 which were made up of one winning team each from the 6 CAF sub-confederations (WAFU is split into two zones).

Participating teams

All participating teams qualified for the qualification phase by winning their respective national qualifying competitions. A total of 26 (out of 54) countries have a participating school in this edition (excluding CECAFA teams). Ghana and Mali originally entered teams for both categories before withdrawing.

Qualified teams for the 2023 CAF African Schools Football Championship qualification phase

Zones		Categories	Teams
UNAF		Boys	Belawech Boumerde School (1st)	Sewada School (1st)	Mohamed Elmaghraoui School (1st)	Alkaleel Tripoli School (1st)
			Hedi Ayadi Sfax School (1st)
		Girls	Ibn Battouta Ain Defla School (1st)	Medja School (1st)	Omar Ibn Khatab Rabat School (1st)	Alkarama Girls School (1st)
			Aroui Sousse School (1st)
WAFU	A	Boys	ES José Augusto Pinto (1st)	New Yundum (1st)	Complexe Scolaire Ben Sekou Sylla (1st)	Ecole Maria Montessori (1st)
			Ecole Ben Oumar Sy (1st)	Ecole Moctar Hamidouneo (1st)	Lycee Koutal (1st)
		Girls	ES José Augusto Pinto (1st)	Scan Aid (1st)	College Fo De Fissa (1st)	Ecole Congresso De Cassaca (1st)
			CS Les Talents Sportifs (1st)	Cem Amadou Ba Sampathe (1st)
	B	Boys	CEG Sainte Rita (1st)	Ecole Chanvigny A (1st)	College La Fontaine Bleue De Saioua (1st)	Offinso College of Education M/A JHS (1st)
			Complexe Scolaire Prive Halissa (1st)	ECG Attiegou (1st)
		Girls	CEG Colby (1st)	Ecole Chanvigny B (1st)	Cours Secondaire Venus Saioua (1st)	Offinso College of Education M/A JHS (1st)
			CEG France Amitié Niger (1st)	Lycee De Kparafao (1st)
UNIFFAC		Boys	Groupe Scolaire Louis Samuel (1st)	Institut Horizon of Bukavu (1st)
		Girls	CEG Mfilou of Brazzaville (1st)	Uwezo School Complex of Goma (1st)
CECAFA		Boys	ECOFO Gasanda (1st)	CEM Baulous (1st)	Geda Roble Secondary School (1st)	Ecole Secondaire Sumba (1st)
			Libya 1 Primary School (1st)	Al Jeel Algenina (1st)	Benjamin William Mkapa HS (1st)	Amus College School (1st)
		Girls	ECOFO Ruseno (1st)	CEM Baulous (1st)	Awaro Secondary School (1st)	Kiramuruzi Modern Primary School (1st)
			El Hilla Al Jadida (1st)	Funtain Gate Dodoma Secondary (1st)	Royal Giant High School (1st)
COSAFA		Boys	Rosinha School (1st)	Thamaga CJSS (1st)	IQRA School (1st)	Salima Secondary School (1st)
			Ile Perseverance Secondary (1st)	Clapham High School (1st)
		Girls	Mothamo JSS (1st)	GS Ningha (1st)	Malindi Secondary (1st)	Anse Boileau (1st)
			Edendale Technical High School (1st)

Associations which did not enter a team

• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabon
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Main Qualification Phase

Each of CAF's sub-confederations held a qualifying tournament, starting with UNAF. A single winner of each sub-confederation qualification tournament would advance to the final tournament.

UNAF

The UNAF qualification tournament was held from 7 to 9 October 2022 in Cairo, Egypt.

Boys

Five schools entered the boy category with the Tunisian Hedi Ayadi Sfax School winning it undefeated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Girls

Five schools entered the girls' category which saw the Moroccan school Omar Ibn Khatab Rabat topping the table.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

WAFU Zone A

The WAFU Zone A qualification tournament will be held from 19 to 21 December in Santa Cruz, Cape Verde at the Estádio Municipal 25 de Julho. Mali originally entered teams for both Boys' and Girls' categories before withdrawing from the tournament.

Boys

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

	Semifinals				Final
	20 December – Santa Cruz
	CS Ben Sekou Sylla	5
					21 December – Santa Cruz
	Moctar Hamidouneo	0
					CS Ben Sekou Sylla	0 (4)
	20 December – Santa Cruz
					New Yundum	0 (3)
	New Yundum	1
	ES José Augusto Pinto	0
					Third place
					21 December – Santa Cruz
					Moctar Hamidouneo	0 (6)
					ES José Augusto	0 (7)

Girls

with Mauritania not entering the girls' competition. the team played each other in a round-robin competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

WAFU Zone B

WAFU B zonal qualification took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from 11 to 13 November. All games were played at the Stade Robert Champroux. Ghana who originally confirmed their participation in both boys and girls categories withdrew before the start of the tournament.

Boys

the six teams that entered the tournaments were divided into two groups of three with the top two of each group advancing to the next round. group B had originally three teams before Ghana withdrew. Benin dominated the qualifiers as they lifted the trophy undefeated.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

	Semifinals				Final
	12 November – Abidjan
	CEG Sainte Rita	2
					13 November – Abidjan
	CSP Halissa	1
					CEG Sainte Rita	2
	12 November – Abidjan
					CS Venus Saioua	0
	Ecole Chanvigny A	1 (3)
	CS Venus Saioua	1 (4)
					Third place
					13 November – Abidjan
					CSP Halissa	0
					Ecole Chanvigny A	1

Girls

similar to the boy category originally six teams entered after Ghana failed to appear Group B had only two teams with both teams qualifying for the knockout phase. Benin won the category after winning the Final against the Burkinabe side on penalties.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

	Semifinals				Final
	12 November – Abidjan
	CEG Colby	7
					13 November – Abidjan
	CEG FAN	0
					CEG Colby	1 (4)
	12 November – Abidjan
					Ecole Chanvigny B	1 (3)
	Ecole Chanvigny B	3
	CLFB De Saioua	1
					Third place
					13 November – Abidjan
					CEG FAN	0
					CLFB De Saioua	3

UNIFFAC

the UNIFFAC tournament took place in the Republic of Congo from 3 to 4 December at Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat. the zonal qualifiers saw only two countries participating. the host Congo and DR Congo. due to low participating teams, schools played two-legged matches over two days with the winner qualifying for the Main tournament.

Boys

CS Horizon of Bukavu (DRC) put in an extraordinary performance. Beaten the day before (1-2) by Groupe Scolaire Louis Samuel (Congo), the school from South Kivu province took nice revenge and got their ticket to the continental phase by inflicting a 3-0 defeat on the representative of the host country, in a match that they perfectly controlled.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
GS Louis Samuel	2–4	Institut Horizon of Bukavu	2–1	0–3

Girls

The girls from Congo (CEG Mfilou) confirmed their victory by winning again against DR Congo (Uwezo School Complex of Goma) with an aggregate score of 3-0.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CEG Mfilou of Brazzaville	3–0	Uwezo School Complex of Goma	2–0	1–0

CECAFA

Having originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 11 December in Uganda. the tournament was rescheduled to take place in early January 2023.then to be February 17-19, 2023 i

Boys

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

	Semifinals				Final
	19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
	Geda Roble SS	3
					19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
	Ecofo Gasanda	1
					Geda Roble SS	0(2)
	19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
					Royal Giant College	0(4)
	Libya PS	1
	Royal Giant College HS	2

Girls

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

	Semifinals				Final
	19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
	Fountain Gate School	3
					19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
	Kiramuzi MS	0
					Fountain Gate School	3
	19 February – Azam Stadium, Chamazi
					Awaro SS	0
	Amus College	0
	Awaro SS	2

COSAFA

the COSAFA zonal qualifiers were held in Lilongwe, Malawi from 29 to 31 October 2021. All matches were played in the Bingu National Stadium. Six members associations entered the tournament with Angola entering the boy category only.

Boys

As six teams entered the boys’ competition. they were divided into two groups with the top two of each group qualifying for the knockout stage. while the two third-placed teams face up to decide 5th place. South Africa (Clapham High School) won the boys’ competition after they defeated the home side (Salima Secondary School) in the final by one goal.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Knockout phase

Girls

as Angola didn't enter the girls' competition. the team played each other in a round-robin competition. South Africa (Edendale Technical High School) won the girls' competition after finishing with a full haul of 12 points. Malawi (Malindi Secondary) had been in pole position to win but were found to have fielded two ineligible players on an opening day on Friday, an error that organizers believe was an honest mistake, but which led to the side being stripped of two wins they had gained against South Africa and Seychelles.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualify for the final tournament.

Boys

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CAF African Schools Football Championship
Hedi Ayadi Sfax School	North Zone	9 October 2022	0 (debut)
Clapham High School	Southern Zone	31 October 2022	0 (debut)
CEG Sainte Rita	West B Zone	13 November 2022	0 (debut)
Institut Horizon of Bukavu	Central Zone	4 December 2022	0 (debut)
Complexe Scolaire Ben Sekou Sylla	West A Zone	21 December 2022	0 (debut)
Royal Giant College	Central-East Zone	19 February 2023	0 (debut)

Girls

Team	Zone	Qualified on	Previous appearances in CAF African Schools Football Championship
Omar Ibn Khatab Rabat School	North Zone	9 October 2022	0 (debut)
Edendale Technical High School	Southern Zone	31 October 2022	0 (debut)
CEG Colby	West B Zone	13 November 2022	0 (debut)
CEG Mfilou of Brazzaville	Central Zone	4 December 2022	0 (debut)
Scan Aid	West A Zone	21 December 2022	0 (debut)
Fountain Gate School	Central-East Zone	19 February 2023	0 (debut)

Goalscorers

Boys

There were 30 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match (as of 6 December 2022).

5 goals

• Leandro Pindi
• Ishumael Bwanali
• Sibusiso Tolomane

3 goals

• Kgaogelo Monanyane

2 goals

• Adriano Manuel
• Siyabonga Mabona

1 goal

• Miala Losola
• Worship Chimkondenji
• Latumbikika Kayira
• James Lumbe
• Blessings Sakala
• Ravin Cadence
• Shawn Adrienne
• Mosa Maloisane

Girls

There were 26 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match (as of 6 December 2022).

7 goals

• Nobahle Mdelwa

4 goals

• Victoria Mkwala

3 goals

• Leah Musa
• Asanda Ziqubu

2 goals

• Andiswa Zuma

1 goal

• Abdou Hairiya
• Martha Banda
• Talandira Chinyamvula
• Melia Ulere
• Keisha Moustache
• Aphelele Mhlongo
• Akhona Tshabalala

See also

• 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

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