St Mary’s Kitende team returns from 2026 CAF African Schools Football Championship with important lessons
Team Uganda (composed of St Mary’s Kitende) successfully returned home from the 2026 CAF African schools football championship on Sunday morning. The team players and officials returned with their silver medals and the dummy cheque of $200,000. There were significant lessons learned from the championship that brings together U-15 teams from across the African continent. […] The post St Mary’s Kitende team returns from 2026 CAF African Schools Football Championship with important lessons appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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Team Uganda (composed of St Mary’s Kitende) successfully returned home from the 2026 CAF African schools football championship on Sunday morning.
The team players and officials returned with their silver medals and the dummy cheque of $200,000.
There were significant lessons learned from the championship that brings together U-15 teams from across the African continent.
“We are happy to have returned home safely” head coach Hassan Zzungu spoke to the media.
“We managed to win silver, a big improvement from last year’s fourth place finish in Ghana. We have learnt a lot from the championship going forward. I thank the school management, USSSA, Government, the players, fellow coaches and everyone behind who made our stay eventful” Zzungu added.
Team captain Livingstone Kuluta was full of praise for his fellow players for the brave teamwork and vowed to improve for the best in the future championship.
“Our team had a vision, to play in the final and win it. We lost in penalties and shall take that. I thank my fellow players for work well done. We shall aim for the trophy in the events to come” Kuluta revealed.
Uganda lost to Senegal4-5 in post match penalties after normal time at the Ngoni stadium in Harare city, Zimbabwe had ended goal-less.
The grand climax was also watched by the CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe and other dignitaries on Friday afternoon.
Bashir Edema, Shafic Kitimbo, Frank Musisi and Akram Ssenyonga all scored their kicks for Uganda with only skipper Kulata denied during the tense shoot-out.
Meanwhile, Ghana successfully defended the girls’ title; winning 9-8 in a lengthy shoot out over Burkina Faso after normal time was also goal-less.
Prize money:
The two winning countries; Senegal and Ghana earn $ 300,000 (at least Ug.Shs 1.1 billion) each.
The two losing finalists Uganda and Burkina Faso take home $200,000 (at least Ug.Shs 738M) each.
Each of the bronze medalists will earn $150,000 (at least Ug.Shs 554M).
Uganda’s bold road to the final:
Uganda played five games at the CAF Schools football championship with two victories and three draws (in normal time).
Uganda opened with a 1-all draw with hosts Zimbabwe in the tournament’s official opener.
They then hammered Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 6-0 before triumphing Morocco 3-0.
The semi-final clash with Benin ended goalless in normal before Uganda won 4-3 on post-match penalties.
In the final, Uganda lost 4-5 on penalties to eventual winners Senegal.
Uganda’s matches at the championship:
Group A:
- Match 1: Zimbabwe 1-1 Uganda
- Match 2: Uganda 6-0 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Match 3: Uganda 3-0 Morocco
Semi-final:
- Uganda 0 (4) – 0 (3) Benin
Final:
- Uganda 0 (4) – 0(5) Senegal
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