The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that African legends, Asamoah Gyan and Clementine Toure, will be involved in the draw for the African Football Schools Championship.
The official draw for the competition is scheduled for Monday, April 21, in Accra.
Ghana is set to host the competition for the first time this year, with the tournament said to be played between April 23 and 26.
Ghana’s Gyan and Toure from Cote d’Ivoire will be handed the responsibility of assisting with the draw of the third edition of Africa’s largest school football competition continental finals.
Also present at the draw will be Abedi Pele, Adjoa Bayor (both Ghana), Robert Kidiaba (DR Congo), as well as Amanda Dlamini (South Africa), who, alongside Gyan and Toure, will play a supporting role to the participating teams throughout the competition.
The CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals mark the culmination of another impactful season of the innovative youth football competition, and will see eight (8) nations in both the Boys and Girls Under-15 age categories contesting for continental honours.
Running parallel to the four-day competition will be various CAF Capacity Building Programmes that have been uniquely designed in a bid to develop future African talent that is equally able to lead both on and off the pitch.
South Africa are the current holders of the CAF African Schools Football Championship Girls U-15 title, after clinching it in a closely contested encounter against Morocco in Tanzania last year.
The Boys U-15 title is held by Tanzania, who lifted the trophy in front of their supporters last year, following their win over Guinea.
Winners of both the Boys’ and Girls’ competition will each receive USD 300,000 prize money, with the runners-up receiving USD 200,000 and bronze medallists USD 150,000 to be utilised for development projects within schools.
A donation of USD 10 million was granted by the Motsepe Foundation at the launch of the CAF African Schools Football Championship in 2022.
CAF African Schools Football Championship Ghana 2025 Teams:
GIRLS:Ghana (Hosts), Benin (WAFU B), DR Congo (UNIFFAC), South Africa (Champions, COSAFA), Uganda (CECAFA) Gambia (WAFU A), Malawi (COSAFA), Morocco (UNAF)
BOYS:Ghana (Hosts) Algeria, (UNAF), Cote d’Ivoire (WAFU B), DR Congo (UNIFFAC), South Africa (COSAFA), Senegal (WAFU A) Tanzania (Champions), Uganda (CECAFA)
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
Asamoah Gyan
CAF African Schools Football Championship
Clementine Toure
Related to this story
- Abedi Pele, Asamoah Gyan and five others to guide youngsters at African Schools Football Championship
- ‘I want to see you heckling and fighting’ – Gyan to Black Stars players
- Suarez and Gyan are my childhood idols – Ghanaian forward Prince Adu
- ‘Tough’ to find Asamoah Gyan replacement – Former Ghana striker Kwesi Appiah
- Nyantakyi was sabotaged – Asamoah Gyan claims
- “Evil people are the reason Black Stars can’t win any trophy” – Asamoah Gyan
- Gyan blasts “coward” teammates for not stepping up to take Uruguay penalty
- “It’s not new” – Asamoah Gyan on NDC’s 24-hour economy policy
- Andre Ayew has been brainwashed about me – Asamoah Gyan
- Video: Jeremy Doku hits Asamoah Gyan’s celebration after goal against Nottingham Forest