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\n Wednesday, 26 November 2025
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The excitement surrounding the CAF African Schools Football Championship Zonal Qualifiers in The Gambia intensified as the WAFU-A qualifiers draw produced a series of exciting fixtures.<\/p>\n
With a place at next year\u2019s continental finals on the line, the draw officially mapped out WAFU-A\u2019s qualifier journey in both the boys and girls U-15 divisions.<\/p>\n
In the girls\u2019 division, four nations – hosts The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau will compete in a round-robin format at the Gambia Football Federation Technical Training Centre in Yundum.<\/p>\n
The opening fixture will see The Gambia face Guinea, followed by an exciting clash between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n
The boys\u2019 draw delivered equally compelling storylines. Hosts The Gambia and Senegal were named top seeds in Groups A and B respectively.<\/p>\n
Group A features The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania, while Group B brings together Senegal, Guinea, and Liberia.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s opening matches will see The Gambia begin their campaign against Guinea-Bissau, before Senegal lock horns with Guinea at the Gambinos Star Africa Complex.<\/p>\n
The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, with the finalists set to battle for the WAFU-A crown on Friday, 28 November.<\/p>\n
For many young players, this competition represents a rare opportunity to showcase their talent on a regional stage and test themselves against some of the brightest prospects in West African football.<\/p>\n
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CAF African Schools Football Championship WAFU-A Qualifiers Draw Results:<\/p>\n
GIRLS U-15<\/p>\n
Round-Robin: The Gambia (Hosts), Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n
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BOYS U-15<\/p>\n
Group A: The Gambia (Hosts), Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania<\/p>\n
Group B: Senegal, Guinea, Liberia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published: Wednesday, 26 November 2025 The excitement surrounding the CAF African Schools Football Championship Zonal Qualifiers in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-309682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}