CECAFA Cup 2012

CECAFA Cup 2012
2012 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup
Number of nations	12
winner	Uganda (13th title)
venue	Uganda
Opening game	November 24, 2012
Endgame	December 8, 2012
Games	26th
Gates	62  (⌀: 2.38 per game)
Top scorer	John Bocco (5 goals) Mrisho Ngassa (5 goals) Robert Ssentongo (5 goals)
Best player	Brian Umony

The 36th edition of the CECAFA Cup , officially the 2012 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup , was held between November 24th and December 8th 2012 in the Ugandan capital Kampala in the Mandela National Stadium , after Kenya had originally been chosen as the organizer of the tournament, which the East African Breweries Ltd. as a sponsor, however, declined.

Game mode

Twelve teams took part in the tournament, including Malawi, which was not a member of CECAFA and the only invited team, and South Sudan , which was taking part in an international tournament for the first time.

The draw for the preliminary group took place on November 12, 2012. 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 played for third place.

Group A	Group B	Group C
Uganda (defending champion and host)	Tanzania	Malawi (invited)
Kenya	Sudan	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Burundi	Rwanda
South Sudan	Somalia	Zanzibar

competition

All games were played at the Mandela National Stadium in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Kick-off times are given in local time ( UTC + 3 ).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uganda	3	3	0	0	006-000	+6	09
2.	Kenya	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
3.	Ethiopia	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	South Sudan	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00

November 24, 2012, 3 p.m.
Ethiopia	-	South Sudan	1: 0 (0: 0)
November 24, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Uganda	-	Kenya	1: 0 (0: 0)
November 27, 2012, 3 p.m.
South Sudan	-	Kenya	0: 2 (0: 1)
November 27, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Uganda	-	Ethiopia	1: 0 (1: 0)
November 30, 2012, 3 p.m.
Kenya	-	Ethiopia	3: 1 (2: 1)
November 30, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
South Sudan	-	Uganda	0: 4 (0: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Burundi	3	3	0	0	007: 100	+6	09
2.	Tanzania	3	2	0	1	009: 100	+8	06th
3.	Sudan	3	1	0	2	001: 300	−2	03
4th	Somalia	3	0	0	3	001:130	−12	00

November 25, 2012, 3 p.m.
Burundi	-	Somalia	5: 1 (2: 0)
November 25, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Tanzania	-	Sudan	2: 0 (2: 0)
November 28, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Somalia	-	Sudan	0: 1 (0: 0)
November 28, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Tanzania	-	Burundi	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 1, 2012, 3 p.m.
Somalia	-	Tanzania	0: 7 (0: 5)
December 1, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Sudan	-	Burundi	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Rwanda	3	2	0	1	005: 200	+3	06th
2.	Malawi	3	2	0	1	005: 400	+1	06th
3.	Zanzibar	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th
4th	Eritrea	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

November 26, 2012, 3 p.m.
Zanzibar	-	Eritrea	0-0
November 26, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Rwanda	-	Malawi	2: 0 (1: 0)
November 29, 2012, 3 p.m.
Malawi	-	Eritrea	3: 2 (2: 0)
November 29, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Rwanda	-	Zanzibar	1: 2 (0: 1)
December 1, 2012, 3 p.m.
Malawi	-	Zanzibar	2: 0 (2: 0)
December 1, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
Eritrea	-	Rwanda	0: 2 (0: 1)

Final round

In the quarter and semi-finals, in the game for third place and in the final, the knockout system was used . If the games of the final round were tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and, if there was still no winner after the end of extra time, a penalty shoot-out (converted penalties in brackets).

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	December 3, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
	Rwanda	0
					December 6, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
	Tanzania	2
					Tanzania	0
	December 4, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
					Uganda	3
	Uganda	2
									December 8, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
	Ethiopia	0
									Uganda	2
	December 3, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
									Kenya	1
	Burundi	0 (5)
					December 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
	Zanzibar	0 (6)
					Zanzibar	2 (2)			Game for third place
	December 4, 2012, 4 p.m.
					Kenya	2 (4)
	Kenya	1							Tanzania	1 (5)
	Malawi	0							Zanzibar	1 (6)
									December 8, 2012, 4:00 p.m.

Quarter finals

3rd December 2012	4:00 p.m.	Rwanda	-	Tanzania	0: 2 (0: 1)
3rd December 2012	7:00 p.m.	Burundi	-	Zanzibar	0: 0 a. E.
4th December 2012	4:00 p.m.	Kenya	-	Malawi	1: 0 (0: 0)
4th December 2012	7:00 p.m.	Uganda	-	Ethiopia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

December 6, 2012	4:00 p.m.	Tanzania	-	Uganda	0: 3 (0: 1)
December 6, 2012	7:00 p.m.	Zanzibar	-	Kenya	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 2), 2: 4 i. E.

3rd place match

December 8, 2012

4:00 p.m.

Tanzania

-

Zanzibar

1: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 1), 5: 6 i. E.

final

December 8, 2012

7:00 p.m.

Uganda

-

Kenya

2: 1 (1: 0)

East and Central Africa Champion 2012 Uganda

Web links

• Official website of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA)
• Results and tables on soccerway.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kenya to host 2012 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup ( English ) In: thecitizen.co.tz . Retrieved on November 10, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Cecafa Senior Challenge cup moved from Kenya to Uganda ( English ) In: bbc.co.uk . Retrieved November 10, 2012.
3. ↑ Malawi officially invited to CECAFA Cup in Uganda ( English ) In: nyasatimes.com . Archived from the original on November 9, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 10, 2012. 
4. ↑ 2012 CECAFA Senior Challenge ( English ) In: malawi.worldcupblog.org . Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 13, 2012.