Uganda will host the CECAFA Zone CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers, which are set to include nine regional teams.A CECAFA statement indicated that the qualifiers for the 2025 tournament will take place on 14-28 December this year.Nine teams set for Africa Cup of Nations U-17 CECAFA qualifiershttps://t.co/imY1xa1oVa pic.twitter.com/xfwnbHuhpY— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) November 7, 2024 The host cities, as per cecafa online, will be Bukedea, Mbale, and Kampala.Yusuf Mossi, the CECAFA Competitions Director, confirmed that nine member countries have registered for the qualifiers that will see the best two teams book slots to represent the Zone at the continental tournament.##NAJAVA_MECA_8486378##He confirmed that the hosts Uganda will be joined by Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Tanzania.“We expect a very competitive tournament because most teams are already training,” Mossi said.STARS ABROAD: Ouma scores own goal in Elfsborg draw as Wilson comes off bench for TNSAlso announced was that all teams taking part in the tournament will be asked to carry out Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests for the players before they travel to Uganda.The move is seen as one to curb age-cheating, a vice most prominent in age-group tournaments.“When all the teams arrive in Uganda, the players will undergo the MRI tests by the designated Confederation of African Football (CAF) doctors,” Mossi noted.In the last Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-17 Zonal qualifiers held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2022, Somalia beat South Sudan 3-1 in the final.Farouk Shikalo reveals motivation behind KCB’s impressive start
