U20 Afcon: Uganda and Tanzania groups announced Goal 25/01/2021 Seth Willis
U20 Cecafa Championship winners Uganda have been pooled in Group A of the Africa U20 Cup of Nations.
The Hippos will have to battle for a quarter-final berth with hosts Mauritania, Central African heavyweights Cameroon and Mozambique.
Tanzania, who lost the Cecafa finals to Uganda, have been placed in a tough Group C that features Ghana, Gambia and Morocco while Group B has Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Namibia, and the Central African Republic.
The two winners from each group will be guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals of the biennial competition alongside the two best third-place finishers from any of the two groups.
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18 new faces as Hippos start maiden Afcon preps Elvis Senono ELVIS SENONO The national Under-20 team - Hippos – qualified for a first ever Africa Cup of Nations appearance after a successful Cecafa event in December 2020. The Hippos defeated hosts Tanzania 4-1 with both nations qualifying for the finals tournament that will be hosted in Mauritania starting February 14–4 March 2021. The 20 players that featured at that Cecafa tournament have now all been summoned as part of a 38-man provisional squad to start preparations. They are joined by 18 new faces with whom they will vie for slots on the final team. Among the new faces are Police forward Derrick Kakooza and Sam Senyonjo, the latter who scored five goals from as many league games for KCCA. They will add competition to an attacking line that was led by Ivan Bogere who top scored at the Cecafa tournament with five goals. The provisional list also includes two UK-based youngsters Samuel Moses Kitaka (L
Uganda : Strategizing For Success
Uganda, who is in Pool C alongside big competitors like
Morocco,
Rwanda is currently fine-tuning strategies to emerge victorious at the
African Nations Championship (CHAN 2021) to be played in Cameroon from January 16 to February 7, 2021. But before entering in to the African continental jamboree, the nation that will be based in Douala was earmarked alongside three other nations to take part in the
Pre-CHAN mini-tournament currently underway in Cameroon. Uganda was the first of the 16 teams participating in CHAN 2021 to set foot on Cameroonian soil on December 29. 2020. They held training sessions and their first match against Cameroon on January 1, 2021 ended with a draw after both nations battled coherently all through the game. Lire aussi : Paix et développement: Le sport comme levier
Djibouti were the surprising semi-finalists given they had been ranked outside the favourite teams who were tipped to progress in the junior tournament.
A 1-1 draw against Tanzania which is their second such result in Group B was enough to seal their place. In their opening match, they had held Rwanda, a side that Serengeti Boys defeated 3-1, to a goalless draw.
It looked like they will defeat the Cubs until Mawa scored the winner in the 89th minute. It was his sixth goal in the competition.
In the second semi-final, Tanzania needed post-match penalties to make it to the final after settling for a 1-1 draw in regular time.
Yes, we acknowledge that this limits our preparations a little bit. As a national team coach, we would want to have all our players from day one of our training camps but equally we want our club teams to be successful in continental competitions, so for us, we are supporting KCCA as they try to push forward in their competition as we would support any Ugandan team in continental competition.
The youthful Cranes tactician has confirmed the Garbage Collectors players will join the national team at a later date. He has, however, challenged those who will report early to prove they have what it takes to deserve a place in the final squad.