CAF African Schools Football Championship

Football tournament

CAF African Schools Football Championship

Organising body	CAF
Founded	2022
Region	Africa
Current champions	Boys: Tanzania Girls: South Africa
Most successful team(s)	Boys: Tanzania Guinea (1 title) Girls: South Africa Tanzania (1 title)
Television broadcasters	CAF TV (YouTube)
Motto	"Play Now"
Website	www.cafonline.com/caf-african-school-football-championship

The CAF African Schools Football Championship is an annual African schools association football competition launched in 2022 and organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Its main focus is to develop organised football at school level on the continent for boys and girls.

History

On 11 May 2022 CAF president Dr. Patrice Motsepe launched the initial project in Maputo, Mozambique.^[1] The inaugural tournament took place at the King Zwelithini Stadium in Durban from 5-8 April 2023.^[2] Guinea's CS Ben Sekou Sylla won the inaugural boys title 5-4 via penalties against Clapham High School of South Africa after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. In the girls edition, Tanazania's Fountain Gate School won the inaugural title 3-0 against Ecole Omar IBN Khatab of Morocco.^[3]

The second edition was held from 21-24 May 2024 at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar.^[4]^[5] Hosts Tanzania won the boys edition defeating defending champions Guinea 1-0 in the final. In the girls edition, South Africa defeated Morocco 5-4 via penalties after the matched ended in a 1-1 draw.^[6]^[7]

Winners

A list of past winners for the boys and girls competitions:^[3]

Boys


Year	Winner	Runners-Up	Third place
2023	CS Ben Sekou Sylla^[8]	Clapham High School	Salima Secondary School
2024	Tanzania	Guinea	Senegal

Girls


Year	Winner	Runners-Up	Third place
2023	Fountain Gate School^[9]	Ecole Omar IBN Khatab	Scan Aid
2024	South Africa	Morocco	Uganda

Prizes

The tournament received a donation of US$10,000,000 from the Motsepe Foundation, which set the prize money split at zonal and continental level.^[2]

Zonal

Final position	Prize money
Champions	US$100,000
Runners-up	US$75,000
3rd place	US$50,000

Continental

Final position	Prize money
Champions	US$300,000
Runners-up	US$200,000
3rd place	US$150,000

Awards

Boys

Best Player


Year	Winner	School
2023	Kagiso Maloka	Clapham High School
2024	Abel Samson	Tanzania

Best Goal Keeper


Year	Winner	School
2023	Ibrahima Camara	CS Ben Sekou Sylla
2024	Mujahid Juma	Tanzania

Top Scorer


Year	Winner	School
2023	Mohamed Sacko (5 goals)	CS Ben Sekou Sylla
2024	Asmara Keita (3 goals)	CS Ben Sekou Sylla

Fair play


Year	School
2023	École Belawech Boumerde
2024	South Africa

Girls

Best Player


Year	Winner	School
2023	Winifrida Gerald	Fountain Gate School
2024	Meryem Oubella	Morocco

Best Goal Keeper


Year	Winner	School
2023	Allic Neckema	Fountain Gate School
2024	Sphumelele Zibula	Edendale Technical High School

Top Scorer


Year	Winner	School
2023	Winifrida Gerald (11 goals)	Fountain Gate School
2024	Shadia Nabrye (3 goals)	Kawempe Muslim Secondary School

Fair play


Year	School
2023	Anse Boileau Secondary School
2024	Gambia

References

^ "CAF African School Football Championship". CAF African School Football Championship. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Durban to host the historical CAF African Schools Football Championship Final". 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "champions-crowned-at-2022-23-caf-african-schools-football-championship-continent". champions-crowned-at-2022-23-caf-african-schools-football-championship-continent. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ "CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals: Seven Days Countdown to Zanzibar kick-off". CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals: Seven Days Countdown to Zanzibar kick-off. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ "CAF African Schools Football Championship takes off in style". CAF African Schools Football Championship takes off in style. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "Semi-Finalists decided after exciting Day 2 of CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals". Semi-Finalists decided after exciting Day 2 of CAF African Schools Football Championship Finals. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "Tanzania, South Africa crowned CAF African Schools Football Champions in Zanzibar". Tanzania, South Africa crowned CAF African Schools Football Champions in Zanzibar. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
^ "Gold star for Guinea with Football for Schools". inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
^ "Tanzania's Fountain Gate and CS Ben Sekou Sylla crowned CAF African School Football champions | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke. Retrieved 2024-05-17.

CAF competitions

National competitions

Men	Africa Cup of Nations African Nations Championship Futsal Africa Cup of Nations Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Women	Women's Africa Cup of Nations Women's Olympic Qualification African Games

Youth competitions

Men	U-23 Cup of Nations U-20 Cup of Nations U-17 Cup of Nations African Games
Women	U-20 World Cup qualification U-17 World Cup qualification

Club competitions

Current	Football League Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Women's Champions League
Defunct	Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Afro-Asian Club Championship

Sub-regions

Northern Africa (UNAF)	Men's U-23 T. U-20 T. U-18 T. U-17 T. U-15 T. Club Club CC (defunct) Club CWC (defunct) Club SC (defunct) Futsal Women's U-20 Club
Western Africa (WAFU)	Men's Nations Cup U-20 Club (defunct) Amílcar Cabral Cup (defunct) Women's Zone A Zone B
Central Africa (UNIFFAC)	UNIFAC Cup U-17 UDEAC Cup (defunct) CEMAC Cup (defunct) Club (defunct)
Eastern Africa (CECAFA)	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 Club Nile Basin Cup Women's
Southern Africa (COSAFA)	Men's U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-17 COSAFA Women's Champions League COSAFA Schools Cup

Related competitions

National	UAFA Arab Cup U-20 U-17 W-Cup U-17 W-Cup Pan Arab Games Mediterranean Games Islamic Solidarity Games Jeux de la Francophonie UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Cup (defunct)
Club	UAFA Champions Cup CWC (defunct) SC (defunct) Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)