GHANA’ s, ASAMOAH GYAN NOMINATED ALONGSIDE CLEMENTINE TOURE TO ASSIST IN THE DRAW OF CAF AFRICAN SCHOOLS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, DUBBED ‘GHANA 2025’

Story By: Kyei Manu

Ghana’s football icon Asamoah Gyan has been selected alongside Ivorian, Clementine Toure by the continent’s football governing body CAF, to assist in the draw of the impending much-anticipated CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals to be hosted in Ghana.

CAF announced this on Monday 14, April 2025, for these African legends to play a critical role in the Official Draw of Championship which will take place on Monday, 21 April, 2025 at the MultiChoice offices in Accra at 14:00 local time / GMT.

The CAF African Schools Football Championship, Ghana 2025, will be held in Accra between 23 – 26 April, 2025.
Ghana’s Gyan and Toure from Cote d’Ivoire will be handed the responsibility of assisting with the draw of the third edition of Africa’s largest school’s football competition continental finals.

Legendary Abedi Pele and former Black Queens captain Adjoa Bayor both from Ghana, Robert Kidiaba (DR Congo), as well as Amanda Dlamini (South Africa) who are all tasked by CAF to play a supporting role to the participating teams during the competitions, will all be present at the draw.

The CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals mark the culmination of another impactful season of the innovative youth football competition, and will see Eight (8) nations in both the Boys and Girls Under-15 age categories contesting for continental honours.

However, running parallel to the four-day competition will be various CAF Capacity Building Programmes that have been uniquely designed in a bid to develop future African talent that is equally able to lead both on and off the pitch.

South Africa are the current holders of the CAF African Schools Football Championship Girls U-15 title, after clinching it in a closely contested encounter against Morocco in Tanzania last year.

The Boys U-15 title is held by Tanzania, who lifted the trophy in front of their supporters last year, following their win over Guinea.

Winners of both the Boys’ and Girls’ competition will each receive USD 300,000 prize money, with the runners-up receiving USD 200,000 and bronze medallists USD 150,000 to be utilised for development projects within schools.

Meanwhile, in 2022, a donation of USD 10 million was granted by the Motsepe Foundation at the launch of the CAF African Schools Football Championship to help unearth and develop talents from the schools through these championships.

Below are the Participating Countries of the CAF African Schools Football Championship;

GIRLS Category:
Ghana (Hosts), Benin (WAFU B), DR Congo (UNIFFAC), South Africa (Champions, COSAFA), Uganda (CECAFA) Gambia (WAFU A), Malawi (COSAFA), Morocco (UNAF)

BOYS Category:
Ghana (Hosts) Algeria, (UNAF), Cote d’Ivoire (WAFU B), DR Congo (UNIFFAC), South Africa (COSAFA), Senegal (WAFU A) Tanzania (Champions), Uganda (CECAFA)

Source: CAF Communications