Highway Secondary School will taking on schools based at Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon at the Football World School Championship.
According to the draw released today, the Kenya school, which finished second at the East Africa secondary Games in Arusha last year has been placed in pool H at the championships set for July 22nd to 31st in Rabat, Morocco.
Coached by former Harambee Starlets head coach Beldine Odemba qualified for the global showpiece after losing 2-0 to Uganda’s Kibuli Secondary School.
The East African champions, Kibuli, will face schools from China, Ivory Coast and Qatar in group ‘E’.
Secondary school draw
Group A: France, Uganda 2, Chile 2, Nepal
Group B: Brazil, Mexico 1, Saudi Arabia 1, and Guinea.
Group C: Morocco 1, England 2, Mexico 2, Benin
Group D: Croatia, China 2, Iran, Ukraine
Group E: Qatar, China 1, Uganda 1, Ivory Coast
Group F: China 1, England 1, Chinese Taipei, Bahrain
Group G: Czech Republic, Morocco 2, Peru, Nigeria.
Group H: Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kenya