The Cecafa inter club competitions will return back after two years with Tanzania confirmed as hosts nation.
Speaking to soka25east.com from Burundi where the Cecafa U17 tournament is taking place ,the associations secretary General Nicholas Musonye has said that all the 12 teams have confirmed participation with Tanzania ,the host nation sending three
The tournament named Kagame cup after the Rwandese President offer to single handedly sponsor it
Azam Media group will sponsor the tournament at a yet to be decided fee and all the matches will be live on Azam TV
For the first time in years the tournament will have five clubs who are in the group stages of the CAF Champions league and Confederations cup
Tanzania will be represented by Holders Azam FC ,Tanzania champions Yanga and hosts team Simba
Uganda will have KCCA who are in the group stage of the Champions league while Rayon Sports will fly the Rwanda flag
St George (Ethiopia) ,Al Hilal(Sudan) ,Gor Mahia (Kenya) Lydia B Academica (Burundi) will also be in the tournament alongside representatives from Eritrea,Djibouti ,Somalia Zanzibar and South Sudan
Azam are the defending champions after beating Kenya’s Gor Mahia 2-0 .