The 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship was the 2nd edition of the
CECAFA U-17 Championship organized bt
CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations ( sw, Baraza la Mashirikisho ya Mpira wa Miguu Afrika Mashariki na Kati, french: Conseil des Associations de Football d'Afrique de l'Est et Centrale, ar, مؤتمر جمعيات شر ...
(Council of East and Central Africa Football Association. The second edition of the CEFAFA U-17 Championship, all games were originally to be played in
Nairobi
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but have since been moved to
Sudan
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due to financial reasons, the Sudanese FA and El Merreikh Investment Group have agreed to sponsor the tournament.
The cup is also referred to as the Bashir Cup and the Hassan el Bashir Cup by East African media due to Sudanese
President
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Omar al-Bashir's involvement.
There is a possibility that a third group will be based at
Kessala.
Participants
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[Djibouti withdrew from tournament]
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[Sudan was banished from the tournament for fielding sixteen over-age players.]
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* (invited)
[Egypt withdrew from the tournament and was not replaced by another team]
* (invited)
[Nigeria withdrew from tournament and were replaced by Malawi]
Officials
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
References
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CECAFA competitions
2009 in Sudanese sport
2009 in African football