CECAFA Cup 2009

CECAFA-Cup 2009 2009 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Number of teams	12
East / Central African champions	Uganda
venue	Kenya
opening	November 28, 2009
Endgame	December 13, 2009
Gates	58 (∅: 2.23 per game)
Top scorer	Mrisho Ngassa (5)

The 33rd edition of the CECAFA Cup , officially the 2009 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup , took place from November 28, 2009 to December 13, 2009 in Kenya . Twelve East and Central African teams played here for the title of East and Central African champions. Uganda won its eleventh title.

The Sudan missed the registration deadline.

The tournament was sponsored by the French telecommunications company Orange . With 175,000 US dollars you got the rights.

Game mode

The twelve participating countries played in three groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up as well as the two best thirds in the group qualified for the quarter-finals. The winners played in the semi-finals for a place in the final. The losers in the semi-finals play for third place.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Zambia (invited)	Rwanda	Uganda (defending champion)
Kenya	Eritrea	Tanzania
Ethiopia	Zimbabwe (invited)	Zanzibar
Djibouti	Somalia	Burundi

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	3	3	0	0	009-000	+9	09
2.	Kenya	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Ethiopia	3	1	0	2	005: 300	+2	03
4th	Djibouti	3	0	0	3	000:130	−13	00

November 28, 2009
Zambia	-	Kenya	2-0
November 30, 2009
Djibouti	-	Ethiopia	0: 5
December 2, 2009
Kenya	-	Djibouti	2-0
December 2, 2009
Ethiopia	-	Zambia	0: 1
4th December 2009
Zambia	-	Djibouti	6-0
December 5, 2009
Ethiopia	-	Kenya	0: 2

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Rwanda	3	3	0	0	004: 100	+3	09
2.	Eritrea	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
4th	Somalia	3	0	0	3	001: 600	−5	00

November 29, 2009
Somalia	-	Rwanda	0: 1
December 1, 2009
Zimbabwe	-	Eritrea	0-0
December 3, 2009
Eritrea	-	Rwanda	1: 2
December 3, 2009
Somalia	-	Zimbabwe	0: 2
December 5, 2009
Eritrea	-	Somalia	3: 1
December 5, 2009
Zimbabwe	-	Rwanda	0: 1

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uganda	3	2	1	0	004-000	+4	07th
2.	Tanzania	3	2	0	1	002: 200	± 0	06th
3.	Zanzibar	3	1	1	1	004: 100	+3	04th
4th	Burundi	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00

November 29, 2009
Zanzibar	-	Burundi	4-0
November 29, 2009
Tanzania	-	Uganda	0: 2
December 1, 2009
Tanzania	-	Zanzibar	1-0
December 2, 2009
Burundi	-	Uganda	0: 2
4th December 2009
Burundi	-	Tanzania	0: 1
December 5, 2009
Zanzibar	-	Uganda	0-0

Final round

In the quarter and semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system is used . If the games in the final round are tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there will be two extra times of 15 minutes and, if there is still no winner after the end of extra time, there will be a penalty shoot-out .

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	December 7, 2009
	Zambia	3
					December 9, 2009
	Zanzibar (n. E.)	4th
					Uganda	2
	December 7, 2009
					Zanzibar	1
	Uganda	1
									December 13, 2009
	Kenya	0
									Uganda	1
	December 8, 2009
									Rwanda	0
	Tanzania	4th
					December 10, 2009
	Eritrea	0
					Tanzania	1			Game for third place
	December 8, 2009
					Rwanda	2
	Rwanda	4th							Zanzibar	1
	Zimbabwe	1							Tanzania	0
									December 13, 2009

Quarter finals

December 7, 2009	Zambia	-	Zanzibar	0: 0 (3: 4 on note)
December 7, 2009	Uganda	-	Kenya	1-0
December 8, 2009	Tanzania	-	Eritrea	4-0
December 8, 2009	Rwanda	-	Zimbabwe	4: 1

Semifinals

December 9, 2009	Uganda	-	Zanzibar	2: 1
December 10, 2009	Tanzania	-	Rwanda	1: 2

3rd place match

December 13, 2009

Zanzibar

-

Tanzania

1-0

final

December 13, 2009

Uganda

-

Rwanda

1-0

East and Central Africa Champion 2009 Uganda

Web links

• The tournament on www.rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kenya pooled with Zambia . Daily Nation. November 19, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
2. ^ CECAFA Tournament Lands Orange Deal . CAFonline.com. November 10, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2009.