The CECAFA U-17 Championship is the a football

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 tournament in Africa

Africa

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. It is a tournament of FIFA

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 and the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes national under 17 teams from Central

Central Africa

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 and East Africa

East Africa

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Past winners

Year	Winners	Scoreline	Finalists	Hosts
20091 Details 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship The second edition of the CECAFA U-17 Tournament, all games were originally to be played in Nairobi, Kenya but have since been moved to Sudan. due to financial reasons, the Sudanese FA and El Merreikh Investment Group have agreed to sponsor the tournament....		2-0		Sudan
2007 Details 2007 CECAFA U-17 Championship The first edition of the CECAFA U-17 Tournament, all games were played at Bujumbura in Burundi-Results:-Final table:-Results:-Final table:-Semifinals:-Third place match:-Final:-References:...		2-0		Burundi

1: The tournament was to be hosted in 2008 but CECAFA could not raise enough money so the tournament was delayed a year.