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Cecafa sets dates for U17, U20 Afcon qualifiers for East Africa nations

The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) has confirmed the U17 and U20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers will be played starting November 22.

Initially, there were doubts about whether the qualifiers would be played owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, a recent meeting by member associations unanimously agreed the matches should continue.

"During the Cecafa Executive Committee meeting held in Arusha on Saturday 10th October 2020, the decision to go ahead with the U17 and U20 Afcon Qualifiers was reached," Cecafa confirmed in a statement obtained by Goal.

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"To this effect, the Cecafa Secretariat has already received participation confirmation for the Afcon U17 [and U20] qualifiers from the [10 member Football Associations].