The 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 37th edition of the

Kagame Interclub Cup The CECAFA Club Cup is a football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs from East and Central A ...

, which is organised by

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� ...

. It began on 14 July and ended on 28 July 2012.

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

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

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club to take part in an international club tournament. Defending champions

Young Africans Young Africans Sports Club, commonly referred as Yanga is a Tanzanian professional football club based in Jangwani, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Founded in 1935, the club play their home games at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. Nicknamed "Yanga" (Yo ...

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

Broadcasting

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

Participants

On 29 June 2012, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released.

, the winning team, received a cash prize of

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30,000, while the runners-up and third-placed teams, Azam and Vita Club respectively, received cash prizes

20,000 and

10,000 respectively. The budget of the tournament is said to be around

600,000. Matches are being played at the

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and the Azam Stadium in

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. The following 11 clubs took part in the competition: Group A *

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* U.R.A. * Vita Club (invited guests) Group B * Azam * Mafunzo * Tusker Group C * A.P.R. * Atlético Olympic * Wau Salaam *

Match officials

appointed 15 officials to participate in the tournament. ;Referees *

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* Farah Aden * Anthony Ogwayo * Issa Kagabo *

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* Waziri Sheha ;Assistant referees * Abdulahi Mahamoud * Elias Kuloba *

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* Simba Honore * Hamis Changwalu * Jesse Erasmo * Musa Balikoowa * Josephat Bulali

Group stage

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. (Venues)

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): # 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.

Nine CECAFA associations were represented in the group stage:

by three clubs and

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and

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

The knockout stage involved the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top three teams from

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and

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and the top two from

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. In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the

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play against each other in the

third place playoff A third place match, game for third place, bronze medal game or consolation game is a single match that is included in many sporting knockout tournaments to decide which competitor or team will be credited with finishing third and fourth. The tea ...

where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition and receive

10,000. The winners of the

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receive US$30,000 and the runners-up US$20,000.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 23–24 July 2012. In the first quarter-final,

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, who had lost the

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final in to Tusker, faced Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, who had already beaten them 2–1 five years earlier to clinch the title in

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. The latter won the match 2–1. Mafunzo, in the second quarter-final, were beaten 5–3 on

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, 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

an 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

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Semi-finals

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

for a second time in the tournament, having lost 2–0 to them in the group stage. ----

Third place playoff

The

was played on 28 July 2012, right before the final.

Final

The final was played on 28 July 2012, right after the third place playoff. To reach the final, in the

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Azam defeated six-time champions

and Vita Club, while

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

to reach the final and the fourth to reach the final with Tanzania as the hosts, the last being defending champions

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. 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. Match rules *90 minutes. *

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if scores still level. *Seven named substitutes. *Maximum of three substitutions.

Top scorers

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

References

{{2012 in African football (CAF) Kagame Interclub Cup

2012 in Tanzania International association football competitions hosted by Tanzania