2019 CECAFA Cup

2019 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Uganda[1]
Dates	7–19 December
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda (15th title)
Runners-up	Eritrea
Third place	Kenya
Fourth place	Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	40 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Abdallah Oscar Musa Wamalwa Bright Anukani (3 goals each)
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The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th 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 Uganda in December 2019.

The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. The national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced to participate in place of Rwanda.^[2] Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan all withdrew from the tournament in December 2019.^[3] The reason was the financial shortages of each respective federation which prevented them from meeting the $20,000 entry requirement.^[4]

National Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2019)
Burundi	151
Djibouti	184
Eritrea	205
Kenya	111
Somalia	196
Sudan	128
Tanzania	134
Uganda	77
Zanzibar	300N/A

Kampala	Kampala
Lugogo Stadium
Capacity: 3000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda (H)	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	Eritrea	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
3	Somalia	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
4	Djibouti	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
5	Burundi	4	0	0	4	2	6	−4	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tanzania	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Sudan	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Zanzibar	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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	Semi-finals				Final
	17 December – Kampala
	Kenya	1
					19 December – Kampala
	Eritrea	4
					Uganda	3
	17 December – Kampala
					Eritrea	0
	Uganda	1
	Tanzania	0
					Third place match
					19 December – Kampala
					Kenya	2
					Tanzania	1

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal