CECAFA Cup 2006

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CECAFA-Cup 2006
2006 Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup
Number of teams 11
East / Central African champions ZambiaZambia Zambia
venue Ethiopia
opening November 25, 2006
Endgame December 10, 2006
Gates 75
Top scorer ?

The 30th edition of the CECAFA Cup , officially the 2006 Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup , took place from November 25th to December 10th, 2006 in Ethiopia . Eleven East and Central African teams played here for the title of East and Central African champions. Zambia won its third title. Kenya has been suspended by FIFA. The COSAFA countries Malawi and Zambia were invited. Since Zambia only participated as a visiting team, Sudan won the title.

Game mode

The eleven participating countries played in three groups with four or three teams each. The group winners, runners-up and the two best thirds in the group qualified for the quarter-finals. The two semi-final winners played for the title in the final. The semi-final losers played for 3rd place.

competition

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania  3  3  0  0 007: 200  +5 09
 2. Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia  3  2  0  1 006: 200  +4 06th
 3. Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi  3  1  0  2 004: 300  +1 03
 4th DjiboutiDjibouti Djibouti  3  0  0  3 000:100 −10 00

The Group A games took place in Addis Ababa .

November 25, 2006
Ethiopia - Tanzania 1: 2
November 26, 2006
Djibouti - Malawi 0: 3
November 28, 2006
Tanzania - Malawi 2: 1
November 28, 2006
Ethiopia - Djibouti 4-0
December 1, 2006
Ethiopia - Malawi 1-0
December 1, 2006
Tanzania - Djibouti 3-0

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BurundiBurundi Burundi  2  1  1  0 003: 200  +1 04th
 2. ZambiaZambia Zambia  2  1  0  1 006: 300  +3 03
 3. ZanzibarZanzibar Zanzibar  2  0  1  1 000: 400  −4 01
November 26, 2006
Burundi - Zambia 3: 2
November 29, 2006
Burundi - Zanzibar 0-0
December 2, 2006
Zambia - Zanzibar 4-0

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. UgandaUganda Uganda  3  3  0  0 005: 100  +4 09
 2. SudanSudan Sudan  3  1  1  1 004: 200  +2 04th
 3. RwandaRwanda Rwanda  3  1  1  1 003: 100  +2 04th
 4th SomaliaSomalia Somalia  3  0  0  3 000: 800  −8 00
November 27, 2006
Somalia - Rwanda 0: 3
November 27, 2006
Uganda - Sudan 2: 1
November 30, 2006
Rwanda - Uganda 0: 1
November 30, 2006
Sudan - Somalia 3-0
December 3, 2006
Rwanda - Sudan 0-0
December 3, 2006
Uganda - Somalia 2-0

Quarter finals

December 5, 2006
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania - RwandaRwanda Rwanda 1: 2
December 5, 2006
Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia - ZambiaZambia Zambia 0: 1
December 6, 2006
UgandaUganda Uganda - Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi 0: 0 a.d., 4: 2 i. E.
December 6, 2006
BurundiBurundi Burundi - SudanSudan Sudan 0: 1 a.d.

Semifinals

December 8, 2006
ZambiaZambia Zambia - RwandaRwanda Rwanda 1-0
December 8, 2006
UgandaUganda Uganda - SudanSudan Sudan 2: 2 n.V., 5: 6 i. E.

3rd place match

December 10, 2006
UgandaUganda Uganda - RwandaRwanda Rwanda 0: 0, 4: 2 i. E.

final

December 10, 2006
ZambiaZambia Zambia - SudanSudan Sudan 0: 0 a.d., 11:10 i. E.
East / Central Africa Champion 2006 Zambia
ZambiaZambia

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