# 2022 CECAFA U-17 Championship

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

## 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 | Semi-finals |
| 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 |
* ↑ On 26 September 2022, Eritrea withdrew from the competition.
* 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 4 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 5 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ On 26 September 2022, Rwanda withdrew from the competition.also Djibuti and Sudan on september 28
* 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ethiopia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | |

### 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Burundi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

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

### Semi-finals

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

### Final
## 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.