2015 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Cup 2015 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup Ethiopia 21 November – 5 December 12 2 3 3 Uganda 14 Rwanda Ethiopia Sudan 26 52 SUD Athar El Tahir(5 goals) 2013 2017 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.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33311516 2015 Cecafa: Ethiopia replace Rwanda as hosts Andrew Jackson Oryada BBC Sport 29 June 2015 The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted in Rwanda.http://www.ferwafa.rw/en/spip.php?article334 Challenge Cup coming to Rwanda; Tanzania to host Kagame Cup 18 April 2015 FERWAFA 18 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150418235159/http://www.ferwafa.rw/en/spip.php?article334 18 April 2015 dead dmy-all 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. Participants The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament: National TeamFIFA Ranking(November 2015)BDI107DJI207ETH114KEN125MWI97RWA96SOM203SSD 2011134SUD128TAN135UGA68Zanzibar300N/A Notes Eritrea national football team refused to participate due to the country's political tensions with hosts Ethiopia.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11543238 February 2022 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 Ethiopia right 400 Ethiopia 9.03 38.74 Addis Ababa right Ethiopia 7.05 38.466667 Hawassa bottom Ethiopia 11.6 37.383333 Bahir Dar bottomYidnekachew Tessema StadiumCapacity: 35,000Bahir Dar Bahir Dar StadiumCapacity: 60,000Hawassa Hawassa International StadiumCapacity: 60,000 Match officials Referees Assistant referees Group stage 2015 CECAFA Cup group stage The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 11 November 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34787572 2016 Cecafa: Draw pits Sudans in the same group BBC 11 November 2015 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): Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved; Goal difference in games between the teams involved; Goals scored in games between the teams involved; Away goals scored in games between the teams involved; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. Group A Group A 2015 11 21 y ETH 0–1 RWA Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015 11 22 y SOM 0–4 TAN Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015 11 24 y RWA 1–2 TAN Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 25 y SOM 0–2 ETH Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 27 y RWA 3–0 SOM Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 28 y TAN 1–1 ETH Awassa, Ethiopia Group B Group B 2015 11 21 y BDI 1–0 ZAN Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015 11 22 y KEN 2–0 UGA Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015 11 24 y ZAN 0–4 UGA Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 25 y KEN 1–1 BDI Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 27 y ZAN 3–1 KEN Awassa, Ethiopia 2015 11 28 y UGA 1–0 BDI Awassa, Ethiopia Group C Group C 2015 11 23 y SSD 2011 2–0 DJI Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia yes SDN 1–2 MWI Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2015 11 25 y MWI 3–0 DJI Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia yes SSD 2011 0–0 SUD Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 2015 11 27 y SSD 2011 2–0 MWI Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia yes DJI 0–4 SUD Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Ranking of third-placed teams The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals. main WDL 200 T 3C 3A 3B complete 1 1 1 3 2 A 1 1 1 2 2 B 1 1 1 5 2 C ETH BDI SUD Group stage result KO KO green1 Advanced to knockout stage Knockout stage 2015 CECAFA Cup knockout stage Bracket main 3 yes yes high 30 November – Addis Ababa UGA 2 MWI 0 30 November – Addis Ababa TAN 1 (3) ETH (pen.) 1 (4) 1 December – Addis Ababa RWA (pen.) 0 (5) KEN 0 (3) 1 December – Addis Ababa SSD 2011 0 (3) SUD (pen.) 0 (5) 3 December – Addis Ababa UGA (pen.) 0 (5) ETH 0 (3) 3 December – Addis Ababa RWA (pen.) 1 (4) SUD 1 (2) 5 December – Addis Ababa UGA 1 RWA 0 5 December – Addis Ababa ETH (pen.) 1 (5) SUD 1 (4) Quarter-finals UGA 2–0 MWI TAN 1–1 3–4 ETH SSD 2011 0–0 3–5 SUD RWA 0–0 5–3 KEN |} Semi-finals UGA 0–0 5–3 ETH RWA 1–1 4–2 SUD |} Third place match ETH 1–1 5–4 SUD |} Final UGA 1–0 RWA |} Goalscorers December 2015 5 goals SUD Athar El Tahir 3 goals RWA Jacques Tuyisenge TAN John Bocco UGA Farouk Miya 2 goals 22em KEN Jacob Keli KEN Michael Olunga MWI Chiukepo Msowoya SSD 2011 Bruno Martinez TAN Elias Maguli TAN Simon Msuva UGA Caesar Okhuti Zanzibar Suleiman Kassim 1 goal 22em BDI Amissi Tambwe BDI Didier Kavumbagu ETH Behailu Girma ETH Mohammed Nasser ETH Gatoch Panom MWI John Banda MWI Gerald Phiri, Jr. MWI Dalitso Sayilesi RWA Yussufu Habimana RWA Hegman Ngomirakiza SSD 2011 Dominic Abuyo SSD 2011 James Moga SUD Faris Abdalla SUD Walaa Eldin Musa TAN Said Juma UGA Frank Kalanda UGA Erisa Ssekisambu Zanzibar Khamis Mcha Khamis Own goal TAN Salim Mbonde (playing against Ethiopia) Source: References Category:CECAFA Cup CECAFA Cup CECAFA Category:International association football competitions hosted by Ethiopia Category:November 2015 in Ethiopia Category:December 2015 in Ethiopia Category:November 2015 sports events in Africa Category:December 2015 sports events in Africa