2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship

The 2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship is the 15th edition of the biennial CECAFA U-20 Championship tournament organised by the CECAFA. It will be hosted by Tanzania.

2024 CECAFA U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tanzania
Dates	6 –20 October
Teams	9
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)

Uganda won previous edition title in 2022 and successfully defended their title. This competition served as the CECAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

Teams

• Burundi
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• South Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda

Did not enter

• Eritrea
• Somalia

Draw

The draw was held on 12 September 2024 at 12:00 EAT (UTC+3) at Dar es Salaam.The 9 teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams, with hosts Tanzania seeded in Group A (position A1), and the defending champions Uganda seeded in Group B (position B1). The remaining 7 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2
Tanzania (hosts) Uganda	South Sudan Sudan	Burundi Djibouti Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda

Group stage

All times are local, EAT (UTC+3).

The nine teams were drawn into two groups of four and five teams. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:
(H) Hosts

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	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source:

Knockout stage