In the draws conducted on Monday at the Hilton Hotel in Yaounde, Cameroon by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Uganda was placed in Group A alongside Mozambique, Cameroon and hosts Mauritania.
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Uganda Hippos celebrate winning the regional qualifiers in tanzania last year. Cecafa Photo.
The Uganda Hippos will open their campaign against
Mozambique at the U-20 Total Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) slated to take place
next month in Mauritania.
In the draws conducted on Monday at the Hilton Hotel in
Yaounde, Cameroon by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Uganda was
placed in Group A alongside Mozambique, Cameroon and hosts Mauritania.
The tournament for players aged 20 and below will take
place February 14th to March 4th.
Uganda Hippos handled by coach Morley Byekwaso
defeated Tanzania in the finals of the regional qualifiers in November last
year in Karatu, Tanzania.
The other representatives from the Council of East and
Central African Football Association (CECAFA) zone Tanzania have been placed
against Ghana, Gambia and Morocco in Group C.
This will be the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of
Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight.
The top four teams of the tournament were meant to qualify
for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was to take place in Indonesia. But the
world governing body, FIFA has cancelled the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup due to
the challenges of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Group A: Mauritania, Cameroon, Uganda, Mozambique
Group B: Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Namibia, Central African Republic
Group C: Ghana, Tanzania, Gambia, Morocco
David Nkono
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