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CAF African Schools Football Championship
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2022; 3 years ago (2022)
RegionAfrica
Current championsBoys:  Tanzania
Girls:  Ghana
Most successful team(s)Boys:
 Tanzania
(2 titles)
Girls:
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Ghana
(1 title)
Television broadcastersCAF TV (YouTube)
SuperSport
Motto"Play Now"
Websitewww.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

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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, Tanzania'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]

The third edition was held from 21-26 April 2025 at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana.[8] Defending champions Tanzania won the boys edition 3-2 via penalties against Senegal after the match ended in a 0-0 draw. Hosts Ghana defeated Uganda 2-0 in the girls edition to win their maiden title.[9]

Winners

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

Boys

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Year Host Winner Runners-Up Third place
2023 South Africa Durban Guinea
CS Ben Sekou Sylla[10] 		South Africa
Clapham High School 		Malawi
Salima Secondary School
2024 Tanzania Zanzibar City
Tanzania
Guinea
Senegal
2025 Ghana Accra
Tanzania
Senegal
Ghana

Girls

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Year Host Winner Runners-Up Third place
2023 South Africa Durban Tanzania
Fountain Gate School[11] 		Morocco
Ecole Omar Ibn El-Khatab 		The Gambia
Scan Aid
2024 Tanzania Zanzibar City
South Africa
Morocco
Uganda
2025 Ghana Accra
Ghana
Uganda
South Africa

Prizes

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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

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

Continental

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

Awards

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Boys

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Tournament Player of the Tournament Golden Boot Goals Golden Glove Fair Play
2023 South Africa Kagiso Maloka Guinea Mohamed Sacko
5
 GuineaIbrahima Camara Algeria Boulawech Boumerdes School
2024 Tanzania Abel Samson Guinea Asmara Keita
3
 Tanzania Mujahid Juma  South Africa
2025 Senegal Souleymane Commissaire Faye Ghana John Andor GhanaIngatus Cyril Acquah Hagan
3
 Tanzania Rajabu Manyelezi  Tanzania

Girls

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Tournament Player of the Tournament Golden Boot Goals Golden Glove Fair Play
2023 Tanzania Winfrida Gerald Tanzania Winfrida Gerald
11
 Tanzania Allic Neckema Seychelles Anse Boileau Secondary School
2024 Morocco Meryem Oubella Uganda Shadia Nabrye
3
 South Africa Sphumelele Zibula  Gambia
2025 Ghana Jennifer Awuku South Africa Pulane Moloi
5
 Ghana Precious Akenguwie  Morocco

References

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  1. ^ "CAF African School Football Championship". CAF African School Football Championship. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ a b "Durban to host the historical CAF African Schools Football Championship Final". 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "CAF African Schools Football Championship takes off in style". CAF African Schools Football Championship takes off in style. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "University of Ghana to host entire CAF African Schools Football Championship". GhanaSoccernet. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
  9. ^ "Ghana, Tanzania crowned CAF African Schools Football Championship champions in Accra". Ghana, Tanzania crowned CAF African Schools Football Championship champions in Accra. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
  10. ^ "Gold star for Guinea with Football for Schools". inside.fifa.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  11. ^ "Tanzania's Fountain Gate and CS Ben Sekou Sylla crowned CAF African School Football champions | MozzartSportKe". www.mozzartsport.co.ke. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
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