Africa Schools Champions Cup To Take Place In Kinshasa

Africa Schools Champions Cup To Take Place In Kinshasa Sampson Adedeji The much anticipated African school championship is set to begin this weekend and is one of many initiatives designed to help increase global competitiveness, one of the eleven pillars of FIFA President Gianni Infantino's Vision 2020-23, BSNsports.com.ng can report. The programme began in April last year when FIFA signed an MoU with the Congo DR Football Association (FECOFA) and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to organise schools football tournaments around the country of 90 million people. It was then extended to other countries with the support of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The African School Champions Cup will feature girls’ and boys’ under-16 school's teams from Benin, Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal, Morocco and the host nation. Matches will be held at the Stade des Martyrs, the DRC's national stadium, which has been specially adapted for the event. The tournament will be played in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, from February 19-20.