2023 African Games: Queen Cranes And Uganda Hippos To Represent Uganda

This followed Confederation of African Football (CAF)’s confirmation that the teams will participate in the tournament set for March.

Uganda U20 Men’s National Football Team (Uganda Hippos) and U20 Women’s National Team (Queen Cranes) will form part at this year’s All African Games slated Accra, Ghana.

This followed Confederation of African Football (CAF)’s confirmation that the teams will participate in the tournament set for March.

For the men’s category, the CAF Executive Committee resolved that the eight Quarterfinalists at the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023 together with the host Ghana will qualify for the event.

The same age category applied during the U-20 AFCON will be adopted.

Uganda will join Benin, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan and Tunisia.

For the women’s category, the teams that participated in the fourth qualifying round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 will qualify for the Final tournament of the African Games Accra 2023. The same age category will be applicable.

The eight teams are host Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda.

The African Games Accra 2023 will take place from 8-24 March 2024.