The 2018 CECAFA U17 Championship was the 3rd CECAFA U-17 Championship organized by CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association)
Venues
Urukundo Stadium, Ngozi Umuco Stadium, Muyinga Ingoma Stadium, Gitega
Teams
Zanzibar was banished from the tournament for fielding twelve over-age players.
Officials
On 6 April 2018, CECAFA released the list of 7 referees and 8 assistant referees.
List of officialsNationalityRefereeAssistant referees Burundi Eric Manirakiza Willy Habimana Ethiopia Amanuel Haleselass Worku Yetayew Belachew Kenya Israel Mpaima Oliver Omodi Somalia Mohamed Nur Muhdin Hassan Hussein Mao Sudan Sabri Mohamed Fadul Omer Hamid Ahmed Tanzania Emmanuel Mwandembwa Mohamed Mkono Uganda William Oloya Isa Masembe Zanzibar— Mbaraka Haule
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Zanzibar team was removed from the tournament for fielding over age players.
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
References