2009 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Kenya |
Dates | 28 November – 13 December |
Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Uganda (11th title) |
Runners-up | Rwanda |
Third place | Zanzibar |
Fourth place | Tanzania |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 58 (2.23 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mrisho Ngassa (5 goals) |
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The 2009 Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge tournament was the 33rd edition of the CECAFA Cup football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa. The 2009 edition was hosted in Kenya.[1]
Participants
Notes:
Information
Sudan was left out due to missing the deadline for the draw.[2]
French telecommunications company Orange agreed to sponsor the tournament.[3] Orange paid $175,000 USD for the privilege.
The Kenyan Government also paid $80,000 USD to sponsor the tournament. It is the first time in 15 years that the CECAFA Cup has been hosted in Kenya.
CECAFA unveiled tournament mascot Tembo, a friendly looking elephant in a black- and yellow-stripped jersey and orange shorts, standing with his left foot on a football. Tembo will spread the message "Uniting for Peace", the tournament's theme.
Television rights were sold to Kenya Broadcasting Corporation in partnership with South-African owned Super Sport.
Group stage
- All times are East Africa Time (EAT) – UTC+3
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Zambia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
Kenya | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
Ethiopia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 |
Djibouti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Rwanda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 |
Eritrea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uganda | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Zanzibar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
Burundi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
Zanzibar | 4–0 | Burundi |
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Morris 16' Hakizimana 18' (o.g.) Kassim 25' Mbazumutima 67' (o.g.) |
Knockout stage
- All times are East Africa Time (EAT) – UTC+3
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
7 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Zambia | 0 (3) | |||||||||
9 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Zanzibar (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Uganda | 2 | |||||||||
7 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Zanzibar | 1 | |||||||||
Uganda | 1 | |||||||||
13 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Kenya | 0 | |||||||||
Uganda | 2 | |||||||||
8 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Rwanda | 0 | |||||||||
Tanzania | 4 | |||||||||
10 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Eritrea | 0 | |||||||||
Tanzania | 1 | |||||||||
8 December – Nairobi | ||||||||||
Rwanda | 2 | |||||||||
Rwanda | 4 | |||||||||
Zimbabwe | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Rwanda | 4–1 | Zimbabwe |
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Ndayishimiye 31' Ndamuhanga 68', 78' Niyonzima 89' |
Mutizwa 7' |
Semi-finals
Tanzania | 1–2 | Rwanda |
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Mugosi 82' | Ndayishimiye 59' Mutesa 79' |
Third place play-off
Final
2009 CECAFA Cup winners |
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Uganda Eleventh title |
Eritreans seek refugee status
Following Eritrea's exit from the competition, the Eritrean national football team sought refugee status in Nairobi and then leave to Australia.[4]
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Isaias Andberhian
- Testfaldet Goitom
- Filmon Tseqay
- Aklilu Ayenew
- Adane Girma
- Tefesse Tesfaye
- John Baraza
- George Odhiambo
- Haruna Niyonzima
- Mafisango Mutesa
- Mohamed Hassan Ali
- Musa Mugosi
- Stephen Bengo
- Owen Kasule
- Geoffrey Massa
- Emmanuel Okwi
- Mike Sserumaga
- Robert Ssentongo
- Felix Sunzu
- Abdulla Abdulghani
- Abdi Kassim
- Aggrey Morris
- Mangezi Tapiwa
- Zhokinyi Guthrie
- Lionel Mutizwa
- Own goal
- Hassan Hakizimana (for Zanzibar)
- Henry Mbazumutima (for Zanzibar)
- Ermias Wolday (for Rwanda)
- Moalim Bader (for Rwanda)
- Yassin Ali Egal (for Eritrea)
- Abdoulahi Hamoud (for Uganda)
References
- ^ "Cecafa's new rule to host events". Standard. Retrieved 2009-01-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kenya pooled with Zambia". Daily Nation. November 19, 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ "CECAFA Tournament Lands Orange Deal". CAFonline.com. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- ^ "FT.com / Africa - Eritrea's football team seeks asylum". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 April 2011.