Magnificent University of Ghana Stadium to host FINAL of CAF African Schools Football Championship 2025

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has confirmed the University of Ghana Stadium as the venue for the Continental Finals of theCAF African Schools Football Championship 2025 which is determined to occur from 21 – 26 April 2025.

The Continental Finals will be played at the University of Ghana’s Legon Sports activities Stadium in Accra. This marks the first time the tournament’s continental finals will be held in West Africa, following outdated editions in Southern Africa (South Africa 2023) and East Africa (Tanzania 2024).

The CAF African Schools Football Championship modified into as soon as launched by CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe in April 2022 in Maputo Mozambique.

Since its inception, extra than 1,965,000 boys and women from 46 countries dangle participated within the Programme, making it basically the most successful formative years sport mobilization motion in Africa.

In partnership with the Motsepe Foundation that donated USD 10 million, CAF has been in a speak to make exercise of the prize money for legacy projects in faculties, at the side of renovations, building libraries, infrastructure vogue and other community-connected traits.

The winner gets USD 300 000, runners up USD 200 000 while second runners-up receive USD 150 000.

46 countries registered to participate within the 2024/25 season fielding their nationwide faculty teams within the Zonal Qualifiers that had been played between October 2024 and January 2025. The winners from the CAF six Zones and the winning boys’ and women’ teams from the 2023/24 Finals will be a part of the host Ghana for the Continental Finals.

“We’re wrathful for the upcoming CAF African Schools Football Championship in Ghana, a landmark tournament that continues to inspire young capacity across Africa. With companions take care of CANAL+ on board, we are elevating this competition to fresh heights. Their toughen strengthens our mission to form the next period of soccer stars while fostering training, skills, and alternatives for young gamers. We admire forward to an unforgettable tournament stuffed with passion, capacity, and impart.” acknowledged CAF Director Member Associations, Sarah Mukuna.

Coupled with its platform of giving young of us the chance to compete internationally, the competition has a parallel capacity-building programme affording young of us, coaches and educators outlandish capacity-building skills which consist of:

• CAF D License
• CAF Safeguarding workshops
• Teaching Direction
• Security and Security workshops
• Younger Medical Officers Programme
• Younger Referee Programme
• Younger Reporters Programme

The fits are scheduled to be played at the wonderful 10,000-seater Legon Sports activities Stadium, which modified into as soon as completed for 2023 African Games.

The venue has very ultimate off-pitch services and products, which is able to accommodate the a huge quantity of an crucial capacity-building programmes that CAF will stage on the sidelines of the Championship.

CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals 2024-25 Licensed Teams:

HOSTS

• Ladies: Ghana
• Boys: Ghana

Cecafa

• Ladies: Uganda
• Boys: Tanzania (holders), Uganda (CECAFA runners-up)

COSAFA

• Ladies: South Africa (holders), Malawi (COSAFA runners-up)
• Boys: South Africa

Unf

• Ladies: Morocco
• Boys: Algeria

UNIFFAC

• Ladies: DR Congo
• Boys: DR Congo

WAFU A

• Ladies: Gambia
• Boys: Senegal

Wafe b

• Ladies: Benin (runners-up to hosts Ghana)
• Boys: Cote d’Ivoire