The 2015 CECAFA Cup is the 38th edition of the annual

CECAFA Cup The CECAFA Cup, is the oldest football tournament in Africa. It is organized by the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). A FIFA competition, it includes participants of football playing national teams from the Eas ...

, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations 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� ...

(CECAFA). It took place in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

from 21 November to 5 December 2015. The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted in

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

. However, in June 2015, it was announced that Ethiopia replaced

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: ;Notes *

Eritrea national football team The Eritrea national football team ( ti, ጋንታ ኩዕሶ እግሪ አርትራ) represents Eritrea in men's international football and it is controlled by the Eritrean National Football Federation (ENFF). It is nicknamed the ''Red Sea Boys ...

refused to participate due to the country's political tensions with hosts

. *A draw containing Zambia was released to the press on 9 November 2015 but appeared to be inaccurate due to Malawi's inclusion.

Venues

Match officials

;Referees ;Assistant referees

Group stage

The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 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 B

Group C

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Athar El Tahir ;3 goals * Jacques Tuyisenge * John Bocco *

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;2 goals *

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* Bruno Martinez * Elias Maguli * Simon Msuva * Caesar Okhuti * Suleiman Kassim ;1 goal * Amissi Tambwe * Didier Kavumbagu * Behailu Girma * Mohammed Nasser * Gatoch Panom * John Banda * Gerald Phiri, Jr. * Dalitso Sayilesi * Yussufu Habimana * Hegman Ngomirakiza * Dominic Abuyo *

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* Walaa Eldin Musa * Said Juma * Frank Kalanda * Erisa Ssekisambu *

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;Own goal * Salim Mbonde (playing against Ethiopia) Source:

References

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