A point earned for Uganda over hosts Zimbabwe | 2026 CAF African Schools Championship
2026 CAF African schools championship
Uganda’s Group stage matches:
- Official opening match: Zimbabwe 1-1 Uganda
Upcoming Games for Uganda:
- Tuesday; 7th April: Uganda Vs DRC (12:00 PM)
- Tuesday; 7th April: Morocco Vs Uganda (4:00 PM)
There key positive from the official opener at the 2026 CAF African Schools Football Championship was the point shared apiece by hosts Zimbabwe and Uganda at the Gateway High School playground on Easter Monday.
Bashir Edema’s goal for Uganda (St Mary’s Boarding School Kitende) restored parity for the East African zone representatives after Moses Maremudze had scored the opener at the start of the second stanza during the 20-minutes per half encounter.
It took belief, teamwork and the right character to earn this valuable point with two other matches to come up for Uganda in group A.
“The game was so disappointing after creating so many chances and managing to score just once. Our opponents created once and put it away. A point is not bad. We shall build on the point attained as look forward tomorrow’s games.” Hassan Zzunga commented after the game.
“We gave our best during the opener as we pushed for maximum points but a draw against the hosts is consolation. We earn to finish strongly against DRC and Morocco tomorrow (Tuesday)” head coach Hassan Zzungu spoke in the post match interview.
Uganda turns its focus to two games on Tuesday afternoon; first against Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 1 PM before the climax against North Africans Morocco at 4 PM.
Tanzania is the reigning champions (boys) and Ghana has the girls’ title.
BOYS
Group A
Morocco 6 – 1 DR Congo
Zimbabwe 1 – 1 Uganda
Group B
Senegal 1 – 0 Benin
Tanzania 1 – 1 Zambia
Tanzania 2 – 3 Senegal
