2012 Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 37th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It began on 14 July and ended on 28 July 2012. Tanzania hosted the tournament for their eleventh time since it officially began in 1974, when they were also hosts. The tournament made Wau Salaam the first South Sudanese club to take part in an international club tournament.[1]

2012 Kagame Interclub Cup
CECAFA Club Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTanzania
Dates14–28 July 2012
Teams11 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTanzania Young Africans (5th title)
Runners-upTanzania Azam
Third placeDemocratic Republic of the Congo Vita Club
Fourth placeRwanda A.P.R.
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored77 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tanzania Said Bahanunzi
(7 goals)
2011
2013

Defending champions Young Africans picked up their fifth title of the competition after beating fellow Tanzanians Azam in the final.

Broadcasting

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SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all games played in the tournament. They used their SS9 (SuperSport 9) and SS9E (SuperSport 9 East) channels.[2]

Participants

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On 29 June 2012, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released.[3][4][5] Young Africans, the winning team, received a cash prize of US$ 30,000, while the runners-up and third-placed teams, Azam and Vita Club respectively, received cash prizes US$ 20,000 and US$ 10,000 respectively.[6] The budget of the tournament is said to be around US$ 600,000.[7] Matches are being played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and the Azam Stadium in Chamazi.[8]

The following 11 clubs took part in the competition:

Match officials

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CECAFA appointed 15 officials to participate in the tournament.[9]

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

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The group stage featured 11 teams, with 4 teams in Group A and Group C and 3 in Group B. The matchdays were 14–15, 17–18, 19, 20 and 21 July.[5][10][11][12]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are 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.

Nine CECAFA associations were represented in the group stage: Tanzania by three clubs and Burundi, Congo DR, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  U.R.A. 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
  Vita Club 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
  Simba 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Port 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]

Vita Club  7–0  Port
Rogombe   21'
Etekiama   24', 30', 74', 84' (pen.)
Ngudikama   34'
Makola   69'
Report

Simba  0–2  U.R.A.
Report Ali   12', 90+2'


Port  0–3  Simba
Report Juma   62', 73'
Sunzu   65' (pen.)

Port  1–3  U.R.A.
Agbor   70' Report Nsumba   24'
Mubiru   39'
Ssentongo   57'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Azam 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[a]
  Mafunzo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[a]
  Tusker 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tiebreakers: Azam, Mafunzo and Tusker are all tied on points as shown above, but Azam and Mafunzo are ranked ahead of Tusker because of having more goals scored in the group, and Azam is ranked higher than Mafunzo because, since all of their criteria are the same, the first letter on their team name (A) is higher in the alphabet.

Azam  1–1  Mafunzo
Bocco   27' Report Hassan   46'


Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Atlético Olympic 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7
  Young Africans 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
  A.P.R. 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
  Wau Salaam 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]




Wau Salaam  1–7  Young Africans
Ulama   90+2' Report Bahanunzi   12', 17'
Kizza   18', 27', 30', 35'
Khalfan   72'


Knockout stage

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The knockout stage involved the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top three teams from Group A and Group C and the top two from Group B.

In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals play against each other in the third place playoff where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition and receive US$ 10,000. The winners of the final receive US$30,000 and the runners-up US$20,000.[6]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July
 
 
  U.R.A.1
 
26 July
 
  A.P.R.2
 
  A.P.R.0
 
23 July
 
  Young Africans1
 
  Mafunzo1 (3)
 
28 July
 
  Young Africans1 (5)
 
  Young Africans2
 
24 July
 
  Azam0
 
  Atlético Olympic1
 
26 July
 
  Vita Club2
 
  Vita Club1
 
24 July
 
  Azam2 Third place
 
  Azam3
 
28 July
 
  Simba1
 
  A.P.R.1
 
 
  Vita Club2
 

Quarter-finals

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The quarter-finals were played on 23–24 July 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Uganda Revenue Authority   1–2   Armée Patriotique Rwandaise
Mafunzo   1–1 (3–5 p)   Young Africans
Atlético Olympic   1–2   Association Sportive Vita Club
Azam   3–1   Simba

In the first quarter-final, Uganda Revenue Authority, who had lost the 2008 final in to Tusker, faced Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, who had already beaten them 2–1 five years earlier to clinch the title in 2007. The latter won the match 2–1. Mafunzo, in the second quarter-final, were beaten 5–3 on penalties by Young Africans, who are seeking their fifth title in the competition, after the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate after 90 minutes.

Atlético Olympic, making their first appearance at the tournament as only the second Burundian club ever to participate, were edged out 2–1 in the third quarter-final by Vita Club, also competing for their first time. Azam completed a surprise upset in the fourth quarter-final over six-time champions and fellow Tanzanians Simba, beating them 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals.




Azam  3–1  Simba
Bocco   17', 46', 73' Report 1
Report 2
Kapombe   53'

Semi-finals

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The semi-finals will be played on 26 July 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Association Sportive Vita Club   1–2   Azam
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise   0–1   Young Africans

In the first semi-final Vita Club will be up against Azam, both of whom have performed impressively for newcomers in this year's competition, having reached the semi-finals ahead of more experienced clubs.

Armée Patriotique Rwandaise will face Young Africans for a second time in the tournament, having lost 2–0 to them in the group stage.

Vita Club  1–2  Azam
Mfongang   35' Report Bocco   68'
Ngassa   88'

Third place playoff

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The third place playoff was played on 28 July 2012, right before the final.

Final

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The final was played on 28 July 2012, right after the third place playoff. To reach the final, in the knockout stage Azam defeated six-time champions Simba and Vita Club, while Young Africans eliminated Mafunzo and Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, whom they had already beaten in the group stage.

Azam, making their first ever appearance at the tournament, were the fifth team from Tanzania to reach the final and the fourth to reach the final with Tanzania as the hosts, the last being defending champions Young Africans in 1986. The match was also the third final in which both finalists were from Tanzania, and the second final hosted by Tanzania in which both finalists were from Tanzania.

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Young Africans
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Top scorers

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A total of 77 goals was scored by 46 different players in the entire tournament.

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Said Bahanunzi   Young Africans 7
2   Tady Etekiama   Association Sportive Vita Club 6
  Hamis Kizza   Young Africans
4   John Bocco   Azam 5
5   Jean-Baptiste Mugiraneza   Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 3
  Robert Ssentongo   Uganda Revenue Authority
7   Selemani Ndikumana   Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 2
  Leonel Saint-Preux
  Basilua Makola   Association Sportive Vita Club
  Kazadi Mutombo
  Abdalla Juma   Simba
  Feni Ali   Uganda Revenue Authority
13   Jean-Claude Iranzi   Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 1
  Olivier Karekezi
  Barnabe Mubumbyi
  Ayuk Roland Agbor   Association Sportive du Port
  Magola Mapanda   Association Sportive Vita Club
  Alfred Mfongang
  Emmanuel Ngudikama
  Romaric Rogombé
  Hussein Ciza   Atlético Olympic
  Divin Gateretse
  Didier Kavumbagu
  Pierre Kwizera
  Kevin Ndayisenga
  Olivier Ndikumana
  Emery Nimubona
  Frederick Nsabiyumwa
  Mrisho Ngassa   Azam
  Mohamed Abdulrahim   Mafunzo
  Ali Juma Hassan
  Juma Jaku
  Ally Othman Mbanga
  Salum Said Shebe
  Shomari Kapombe   Simba
  Haruna Moshi
  Felix Sunzu
  Sula Bagala   Uganda Revenue Authority
  Samuel Mubiru
  Augustine Nsumba
  Erias Ssekisambu
  Khamis Deshama Ulama   Wau Salaam
  Nadir Haroub   Young Africans
  Athuman Idd
  Nizar Khalfan
  Haruna Niyonzima

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kent Mensah (20 June 2012). "South Sudan launch international debut with Cecafa cups". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ Patrick Korir (12 July 2012). "All Kagame Cup ties be aired live by Super Sport". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ "CECAFA-KAGAME Club Cup Championship draw released". CAF. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. ^ Rodgers Eshitemi (29 June 2012). "Kagame Cup draw released". Futaa.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "CECAFA KAGAME CUP 2012 14th – 28th July 2012, Dar-Es Salaam, Tanzania". FERWAFA. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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  7. ^ Bonnie Mugabe; Ostine Arinaitwe (17 May 2012). "Rwanda: 2012 Kagame Cup to Cost Rwf.358 Million". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Zim side turns down Kagame Cup invite". The New Times. 28 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Five local referees to officiate at Kagame Cup". Daily News Online Edition. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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