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Tanzania and Uganda were crowned winners of the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the CAF African Schools Football Championship – CECAFA qualifier that climaxed on Thursday in Kitende, Uganda.
The Tanzania team handled by former International Boniface Pawasa defeated Rwanda 2-0 in their last deciding match to finish ahead of Uganda on better goal difference since each collected six points.
In the Girl’s category Uganda emerged Champions with a better goal difference than Tanzania who also finished with 7 points.
Uganda humbled Rwanda 8-0 in an earlier match with Brendah Nassaka scoring four goals, while Halima Mupyanga scored a brace just like Cynthia Kirenga and Lilian Nabukeera who also got their names on the score sheet.
The second match saw Tanzania stop Burundi 1-0 with Helena Mtundagi scoring the lone goal. Lilian Nabukeera, Uganda’s captain thanked all her teammates for the hard work. “We are very happy to be the champions,” she added.
While the champions Tanzania and Uganda received medals and trophies at the Awards ceremony, they also picked a US$100,000 the dummy cheques.
Uganda’s Boys team and the Tanzania Girls team collected their medals and a dummy cheque of US$75,000 each, while Somalia and Burundi who came third in the Boys and Girl’s categories respectively also picked medals and dummy cheques of US$50,000 each.
Individual Awards
Top Scorer (Girls Category) – Brenda Nassaka, Uganda
Brenda Nassaka
Best Player (Girls Category) – Ella Louange, Burundi
Ella Louange
Best Goalkeeper (Girls Category) – Haira Nabosa, Uganda
Haira Nabosa.
Best Goalkeeper (Boys Category) – Irakiza Jeane, Burundi
Irakiza Jeane.
The dates and venues for Final Championship will be communicated soon.
