The 2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup (known as the CECAFA Tusker Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th edition of the competition. The host of the tournament is Tanzania.[1]
 2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup Logo | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tanzania |
| Dates | November 27 – December 12 |
| Teams | 12 (9 CECAFA members + 3 invitees) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tanzania (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Ivory Coast |
| Third place |  Uganda |
| Fourth place |  Ethiopia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 58 (2.23 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Felix Sunzu (5 goals) |
Participants edit
Information edit
Eritrea and Djibouti were left out due to missing the deadline for the draw.[4]
The winner team will receive $30,000 USD, the runner up will receive $20,000 USD and third place will receive $10,000 USD. There will also be prizes for the best team, best goalkeeper and top scorer among others.[5]
In the event that one of the invited teams wins the tournament, a replica trophy will be handed over and the prize money.
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) agreed to sponsor the tournament.[6] They paid $450,000 USD.
All the games will be played in Dar Es Salaam to allow easy TV coverage by Super Sport.
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 |
| Tanzania
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
 Burundi
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
 Somalia
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
 Rwanda
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
 Zanzibar
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Sudan
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| Rwanda | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
|---|---|---|
Birori  44' Kagabo 77' |
Kouadio 19' |
| Ivory Coast | 3–0 | Sudan |
|---|---|---|
| Kone 36' Tchetche 59', 77' |
Group C edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
 Malawi
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| Ethiopia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Kenya
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
Ranking of Third-placed Teams edit
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Zanzibar
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 2 | C | Ethiopia
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | A | Burundi
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Knockout stage edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 2 | |||||||||
| Ethiopia | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Malawi | 0 | |||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | 1 | |||||||||
| Uganda (pen.) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 10 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Zanzibar | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Uganda | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 8 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Tanzania (pen.) | 0 (5) | Third place | ||||||||
| Tanzania | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 December – Dar es Salaam | ||||||||||
| Rwanda | 0 | |||||||||
| Ethiopia | 3 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
Semi-finals edit
Third place play-off edit
Final edit
| 2010 CECAFA Cup winners |
|---|
 Tanzania Third title |
Goalscorers edit
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Jean-Paul Habarugira- Claude Nahimana
Kipre Bolou- Zoumana Kone
- Fabrice Kouadio
Tesfaye Alebachew- Abebaw Butako
John Baraza
Henry Kabichi
Daddy Birori- Peter Kagabo
John Boko- Henry Shindika
Simeon Masaba- Sula Matovu
- Tony Mawejje
- Andrew Mwesigwa
- Mike Sserumaga
Venecious Mapande- Kennedy Mudenda
- Allan Mukuka
Aggrey Morris- Mcha Khamis
References edit
- ^ "Tanzania Mainland to host Cecafa Cup".
- ^ Côte d'Ivoire are not competing with their national team, but instead are competing with their local-based team in preparation for the 2011 African Nations Championship. Therefore, their matches will not count towards the FIFA ranking.
- ^ Tanzania's team does not include players from the islands of Unguja and Pemba, who compete separately as Zanzibar at the CECAFA Cup.
- ^ http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/sports/201011/101016.php[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New Vision Online : Uganda Cranes target new-look trophy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
- ^ "2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup - Malawi". Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-23.