2019 CECAFA Cup

2019 CECAFA Cup
CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Uganda
Dates	7–19 December
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (15th title)
Runners-up	Eritrea
Third place	Kenya
Fourth place	Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	40 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Abdallah; Oscar Musa Wamalwa; Bright Anukani; (3 goals each)
	← 2017 2021 →

The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Uganda in December 2019.

Participants

The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. The national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced to participate in place of Rwanda.^[2] Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan all withdrew from the tournament in December 2019.^[3] The reason was the financial shortages of each respective federation which prevented them from meeting the $20,000 entry requirement.^[4]

National Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2019)
Burundi	151
Djibouti	184
Eritrea	205
Kenya	111
Somalia	196
Sudan	128
Tanzania	134
Uganda	77
Zanzibar	300N/A

Match officials

Referees^[5]

Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)
Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)
Ali Sabilla (Uganda)
Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)
Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)
Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Assistant Referees

Ferdinand Chacha (Tanzania)
Nagi Subahi Ahmed (Sudan)
Joshua Achilla (Kenya)
Musa Balikoowa (Uganda)
Bashir Sheikh Suleiman (Somalia)
Liban Abdirazack Ahmed (Djibouti)
Eyobel Michael Ghebru (Eritrea)

Venue

Kampala	Kampala
Lugogo Stadium
Capacity: 3000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (H)	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Eritrea	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Somalia	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
4	Djibouti	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
5	Burundi	4	0	0	4	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

7 December 2019

11.30

Djibouti	0–0	Somalia

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

7 December 2019

14.00

Uganda	2–1	Burundi
Anukani 10' Bayo 23'		Rurasenga 63'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

9 December 2019

11.30

Eritrea	1–0	Burundi
Kidane 45+2'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

9 December 2019

14.00

Somalia	0–2	Uganda
		Okello 28', 67'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

11 December 2019

11.30

Burundi	1–2	Djibouti
Ndikumana 14'		Mahabeh 10', 70' (pen.)

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

11 December 2019

14.00

Eritrea	0–2	Uganda
		Kazozi 58' Kizza 76' (pen.)

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

13 December 2019

11.30

Djibouti	0–3	Eritrea
		Okbay 11' Sulieman 65', 82'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

13 December 2019

14.00

Burundi	0–1	Somalia
		Mohamed 40'

StarTimes Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

15 December 2019

11.30

Somalia	0–0	Eritrea

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

15 December 2019

14.00

Uganda	4–1	Djibouti
Mutyaba 14' (pen.) Ojera 65' Ocen 79' Anukani 81'		Mohamed 69'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tanzania	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Sudan	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Zanzibar	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

8 December 2019

11.30

Zanzibar	1–1	Sudan
Khamis 55'		Muntasir 90'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

8 December 2019

14.00

Kenya	1–0	Tanzania
Abdallah 4'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

10 December 2019

11.30

Sudan	1–2	Kenya
Namir 30'		Abdallah 65' Wamalwa 76'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea)

10 December 2019

14.00

Tanzania	1–0	Zanzibar
Ditram Nchimbi 38'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

14 December 2019

11.30

Kenya	1–0	Zanzibar
Wamalwa 48'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Ali Sabilla (Uganda)

14 December 2019

14.00

Sudan	0–0	Tanzania

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

17 December – Kampala

Kenya	1
		19 December – Kampala
Eritrea	4
		Uganda	3
17 December – Kampala
		Eritrea	0
Uganda	1

Tanzania	0
		Third place match

		19 December – Kampala

		Kenya	2

		Tanzania	1

Semi-finals

17 December 2019

11:00

Kenya	1–4	Eritrea
Wamalwa 52'		Wamalwa 19' (o.g.) Okbay 49' Habte 66' Kidane 74'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

17 December 2019

13:45

Uganda	1–0	Tanzania
Bayo 86'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

Third place match

19 December 2019

11:00

Kenya	2–1	Tanzania
Muguna 19' Abdallah 36'		Kamagi 82' (pen.)

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

Final

19 December 2019

13:45

Uganda	3–0	Eritrea
Anukani 31' Kizza 68' Madondo 88'

Lugogo Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "Uganda to Host 2019 Cecafa Senior Challenge -". 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
^ "Big challenge for Kenya to retain CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup-". 2019-11-25. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
^ "Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan withdrawals force Cecafa to revise fixtures -". 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
^ "Musonye explains why teams are out of CECAFA cup". 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
^ "Pictures of the officials during 2019 CECAFA Challenge Cup in Uganda". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[1] "Uganda to Host 2019 Cecafa Senior Challenge -". 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

[2] "Big challenge for Kenya to retain CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup-". 2019-11-25. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-02.

[3] "Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan withdrawals force Cecafa to revise fixtures -". 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

[4] "Musonye explains why teams are out of CECAFA cup". 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-09.

[calendar-5] "Pictures of the officials during 2019 CECAFA Challenge Cup in Uganda". 6 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

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