2015 CECAFA Cup

The 2015 CECAFA Cup is the 38th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Ethiopia from 21 November to 5 December 2015.^[1]

2015 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Ethiopia
Dates	21 November – 5 December
Teams	12 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (14th title)
Runners-up	Rwanda
Third place	Ethiopia
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	52 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Athar El Tahir (5 goals)
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The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted in Rwanda.^[2] However, in June 2015, it was announced that Ethiopia replaced Rwanda as host due to Rwanda's preparation to host the 2016 African Nations Championship.^[1]

Participants

The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament:

National Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2015)
Burundi	107
Djibouti	207
Ethiopia	114
Kenya	125
Malawi	97
Rwanda	96
Somalia	203
South Sudan	134
Sudan	128
Tanzania	135
Uganda	68
Zanzibar	300N/A

Notes

• Eritrea national football team refused to participate due to the country's political tensions with hosts Ethiopia.^[3]
• A draw containing Zambia was released to the press on 9 November 2015 but appeared to be inaccurate due to Malawi's inclusion.

Venues

Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa Hawassa Bahir Dar
Yidnekachew Tessema Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Bahir Dar
Bahir Dar Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Hawassa
Hawassa International Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Match officials

Referees

Assistant referees

Group stage

Further information: 2015 CECAFA Cup group stage

The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 11 November 2015.^[4]

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved;
2. Goal difference in games between the teams involved;
3. Goals scored in games between the teams involved;
4. Away goals scored in games between the teams involved;
5. Goal difference in all games;
6. Goals scored in all games;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania (A)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Rwanda (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Ethiopia (H, A)	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
4	Somalia (E)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. Source: Standings table
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
Ethiopia	0–1	Rwanda	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)
Somalia	0–4	Tanzania	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
Rwanda	1–2	Tanzania	Awassa, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Somalia	0–2	Ethiopia	Awassa, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Rwanda	3–0	Somalia	Awassa, Ethiopia
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Tanzania	1–1	Ethiopia	Awassa, Ethiopia

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (A)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kenya (A)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Burundi (E)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Zanzibar (E)	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2015. Source: Standings table
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21)
Burundi	1–0	Zanzibar	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)
Kenya	2–0	Uganda	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
Zanzibar	0–4	Uganda	Awassa, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Kenya	1–1	Burundi	Awassa, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Zanzibar	3–1	Kenya	Awassa, Ethiopia
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28)
Uganda	1–0	Burundi	Awassa, Ethiopia

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Sudan (A)	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malawi (G, A)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Sudan (A)	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	Djibouti (E)	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (G) Guests

23 November 2015 (2015-11-23)
South Sudan	2–0	Djibouti	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Sudan	1–2	Malawi	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
25 November 2015 (2015-11-25)
Malawi	3–0	Djibouti	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
South Sudan	0–0	Sudan	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
South Sudan	2–0	Malawi	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Djibouti	0–4	Sudan	Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	C	Sudan	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	A	Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	B	Burundi	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Further information: 2015 CECAFA Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 November – Addis Ababa
	Uganda	2
					3 December – Addis Ababa
	Malawi	0
					Uganda (pen.)	0 (5)
	30 November – Addis Ababa
					Ethiopia	0 (3)
	Tanzania	1 (3)
									5 December – Addis Ababa
	Ethiopia (pen.)	1 (4)
									Uganda	1
	1 December – Addis Ababa
									Rwanda	0
	Rwanda (pen.)	0 (5)
					3 December – Addis Ababa
	Kenya	0 (3)
					Rwanda (pen.)	1 (4)
	1 December – Addis Ababa
					Sudan	1 (2)			Third place
	South Sudan	0 (3)
									5 December – Addis Ababa
	Sudan (pen.)	0 (5)
									Ethiopia (pen.)	1 (5)
									Sudan	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	2–0	Malawi
Tanzania	1–1 (3–4 p)	Ethiopia
South Sudan	0–0 (3–5 p)	Sudan
Rwanda	0–0 (5–3 p)	Kenya

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	0–0 (5–3 p)	Ethiopia
Rwanda	1–1 (4–2 p)	Sudan

Third place match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ethiopia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Sudan

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uganda	1–0	Rwanda

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Athar El Tahir

3 goals

• Jacques Tuyisenge
• John Bocco
• Farouk Miya

2 goals

• Jacob Keli
• Michael Olunga
• Chiukepo Msowoya
• Bruno Martinez
• Elias Maguli
• Simon Msuva
• Caesar Okhuti
• Suleiman Kassim

1 goal

• Amissi Tambwe
• Didier Kavumbagu
• Behailu Girma
• Mohammed Nasser
• Gatoch Panom
• John Banda
• Gerald Phiri, Jr.
• Dalitso Sayilesi
• Yussufu Habimana
• Hegman Ngomirakiza
• Dominic Abuyo
• James Moga
• Faris Abdalla
• Walaa Eldin Musa
• Said Juma
• Frank Kalanda
• Erisa Ssekisambu
• Khamis Mcha Khamis

Own goal

• Salim Mbonde (playing against Ethiopia)

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