CECAFA Cup 2017

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CECAFA Cup 2017
CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2017
Number of nations 9
East Africa Champion KenyaKenya Kenya (7th title)
venue KenyaKenya Kenya
Opening game 3rd December 2017
Tournament end 17th December 2017
Games 20th
Gates 41  (⌀: 2.05 per game)
Top scorer UgandaUganda Derrick Nsibambi (4 goals)

The CECAFA Cup 2017 , officially the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2017 , was the 39th edition of the football competition for East and Central African national teams. It was held in Kenya from December 3 to 17, 2017 . Eight member associations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations and an invited team from the Confédération Africaine de Football took part in the tournament.

Uganda only achieved third place as defending champions, while hosts Kenya prevailed against Zanzibar by winning their seventh title in the final .

Game mode

The nine participating countries played in two groups, one with four, one with five teams. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the semifinals. The winners of the semi-finals played for the title in the final, the losers for third place.

Attendees

Group A Group B
KenyaKenya Kenya (hosts) UgandaUganda Uganda (defending champion)
ZanzibarZanzibar Zanzibar BurundiBurundi Burundi
LibyaLibya Libya (invited) EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia
RwandaRwanda Rwanda South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

The teams from Libya and Zimbabwe agreed instead of Djibouti and Eritrea . Originally Zambia should have replaced Eritrea, but did not take part. Somalia , Sudan and also the representative Zimbabwe withdrew their participation in November 2017.

Group stage

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. KenyaKenya Kenya  4th  2  2  0 003-000  +3 08th
 2. ZanzibarZanzibar Zanzibar  4th  2  1  1 005: 300  +2 07th
 3. LibyaLibya Libya  4th  1  3  0 001-000  +1 06th
 4th RwandaRwanda Rwanda  4th  1  1  2 003: 600  −3 04th
 5. TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania  4th  0  1  3 002: 500  −3 01
December 3, 2017 in Kakamega
Kenya - Rwanda 2: 0 (2: 0)
December 3, 2017 in Machakos
Libya - Tanzania 0-0
December 5, 2017 in Machakos
Zanzibar - Rwanda 3: 1 (1: 0)
December 5, 2017 in Machakos
Kenya - Libya 0-0
December 7, 2017 in Machakos
Tanzania - Zanzibar 1: 2 (1: 0)
December 7, 2017 in Machakos
Rwanda - Libya 0-0
December 9, 2017 in Machakos
Rwanda - Tanzania 2: 1 (1: 1)
December 9, 2017 in Machakos
Kenya - Zanzibar 0-0
December 11, 2017 in Machakos
Libya - Zanzibar 1: 0 (1: 0)
December 11, 2017 in Machakos
Kenya - Tanzania 1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. UgandaUganda Uganda  3  1  2  0 006: 200  +4 05
 2. BurundiBurundi Burundi  3  1  2  0 004: 100  +3 05
 3. EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia  3  1  1  1 005: 500  ± 0 04th
 4th South SudanSouth Sudan South Sudan  3  0  1  2 001: 800  −7 01
December 4, 2017 in Kakamega
Uganda - Burundi 0-0
December 5, 2017 in Kakamega
South Sudan - Ethiopia 0: 3 (0: 1)
December 7, 2017 in Kakamega
Burundi - Ethiopia 4: 1 (1: 1)
December 8, 2017 in Kakamega
Uganda - South Sudan 5: 1 (3: 1)
December 10, 2017 in Kakamega
Ethiopia - Uganda 1: 1 (1: 0)
December 11, 2017 in Kakamega
South Sudan - Burundi 0-0

Final round

Semifinals

December 14, 2017 in Kisumu
KenyaKenya Kenya - BurundiBurundi Burundi 1: 0 a.d. (0: 0)
December 15, 2017 in Kisumu
UgandaUganda Uganda - ZanzibarZanzibar Zanzibar 1: 2 (1: 1)

3rd place match

December 17, 2017 in Machakos
BurundiBurundi Burundi - UgandaUganda Uganda 1: 2 (1: 0)

final

December 17, 2017 in Machakos
KenyaKenya Kenya - ZanzibarZanzibar Zanzibar 2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 3: 2 i. E.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Libya set to grace Cecafa tournament in Kenya , goal.com, accessed on December 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Somalia, Sudan withdraw from regional tourney , hiiraan.com, accessed December 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ Zimbabwe withdraws from CECAFA tournament , zifa.org, accessed on December 7, 2018 (English)