CECAFA Cup 2010

CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2010
2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Number of nations	12
venue	Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Opening game	November 27, 2010
Endgame	December 12, 2010

The 34th edition of the CECAFA-Cup , officially 2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup , was held from November 27th 2010 to December 12th 2010 in Tanzania (mainland). Nine member associations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Association and three invited teams played for the title of East and Central Africa champions.

The tournament was first sponsored by Tusker .

Game mode

The 12 participating countries play in three groups with four teams each. The group winners and runners-up as well as the two best thirds in the group qualify for the quarter-finals. The winners play 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
Tanzania (hosts)	Rwanda	Uganda (defending champion)
Zambia (invited)	Ivory Coast (invited)	Kenya
Burundi	Sudan	Malawi (invited)
Somalia	Zanzibar	Ethiopia

competition

All games were played in the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian mainland.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	3	2	1	0	007-000	+7	07th
2.	Tanzania	3	2	0	1	005: 100	+4	06th
3.	Burundi	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Somalia	3	0	0	3	000:120	−12	00

November 27, 2010
Burundi	-	Somalia	2-0
November 27, 2010
Tanzania	-	Zambia	0: 1
November 30, 2010
Zambia	-	Burundi	0-0
November 30, 2010
Somalia	-	Tanzania	0: 3
December 3, 2010
Somalia	-	Zambia	0: 6
4th December 2010
Tanzania	-	Burundi	2-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Rwanda	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Zanzibar	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
4th	Sudan	3	0	1	2	000: 500	−5	01

November 28, 2010
Sudan	-	Zanzibar	0: 2
November 28, 2010
Rwanda	-	Ivory Coast	2: 1
December 1, 2010
Sudan	-	Rwanda	0-0
December 1, 2010
Ivory Coast	-	Zanzibar	1-0
December 3, 2010
Zanzibar	-	Rwanda	0-0
5th December 2010
Ivory Coast	-	Sudan	3-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uganda	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Malawi	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Kenya	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00

November 29, 2010
Ethiopia	-	Uganda	1: 2
November 29, 2010
Malawi	-	Kenya	3: 2
December 2, 2010
Uganda	-	Malawi	1: 1
December 2, 2010
Kenya	-	Ethiopia	1: 2
4th December 2010
Malawi	-	Ethiopia	1: 1
5th December 2010
Uganda	-	Kenya	2-0

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, 2010
	Zambia	1
					December 10, 2010
	Ethiopia	2
					Ethiopia	0
	December 7, 2010
					Ivory Coast	1
	Ivory Coast	1
									December 12, 2010
	Malawi	0
									Ivory Coast	0
	December 8, 2010
									Tanzania	1
	Uganda	5 (2)
					December 10, 2010
	Zanzibar	3 (2)
					Uganda	4 (0)			Game for third place
	December 8, 2010
					Tanzania	5 (0)
	Tanzania	1							Ethiopia	3
	Rwanda	0							Uganda	4th
									December 12, 2010

East and Central Africa Champion 2010 Tanzania

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Official Schedule of the tournament (English)
• The tournament on www.rsssf.com