The inaugural African Schools Champions Cup tournament concluded in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend with the host winning the boys’ competition and Morocco taking the girls’ crown.
The African Schools Championship, a competition organised by FIFA to support grassroots football development on the African continent, kicked off on the 19th of February 2022 in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The two-day invitational tournament of 6 teams, included host DRC, South Africa, Morocco, Ethiopia, Senegal and the Benin Republi
The final held at the Stade des Martyrs was also attended by CAF President Patrice Motsepe, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, member association representatives and a group of FIFA Legends.
And even they would have been surprised to see the DR. Congo players, whose physical features have led people to suggest their players were overaged.
The Senegal U-16 team that lost 3-1 to DR. Congo in the final
African football journalist, Nuhu Adams, posted an image of the DR Congo team and the comments have been less than charitable.
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