The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has set a new date as to when its Zonal qualifiers for the CAF Pan African Schools Championship will take place.Although the qualifiers had been initially planned to take place this January in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, the event has now been pushed to take place next month in February.Zonal Qualifiers for CAF Pan African Schools tourney sethttps://t.co/nfOumCrAWw pic.twitter.com/SRVlu7amIv— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) January 4, 2023 Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director confirmed that the qualifiers will take place February 10-13th, 2023 in Tanzania.“Further to consultations with CAF, it has been agreed that the Pan Africa Schools Championship Zonal Qualifiers be staged in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between 10th and 13th February 2023,” said Gecheo.CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe announces the creation of a Pan-African School Championship. Story here 👇#FreshAir #TheWagonIsMoving pic.twitter.com/MTFTfjEmCE— Mpho Motaung (@Mph__Motaung) April 10, 2021 According to CECEFA, most of the member associations apart from Somalia and Eritrea have shown readiness to send teams for the qualifiers.From Uganda, Amus College (Girls category) and Royal Giant High School (Boys Category) have already qualified to battle in the qualifiers.The final tournament of the CAF Pan African Schools Championship will take place April 7-9, 2023##NAJAVA_MECA_6916339##According to CAF, the winners in each of the boys and girls categories will pocket US$100,000, while the runner-up takes US$70,000, and the third placed team US$50,000.Winners of the African Schools Football Championship will pocket up to Ksh 36 million at the continental level while those at the zonal level will go home with up to 12 million.Clever KCB hand Gor Mahia first loss of the season as Leopards pile more misery on City StarsAs such, in the event that a school emerges victorious both at the zonal level and at the continental level it will walk away with Ksh 48 million.The African Schools Programme initiative is a continuity of CAF’s commitment under President Patrice Motsepe’s vision to improve youth football and strengthen the CAF Member Associations’ capacity.
