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2007 CECAFA Cup
The 2007 CECAFA Cup is the 31st edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa. All matches are to be played from 8 to 22 December 2007 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania. Information * The Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup received a major boost on Tuesday after clinching a US$4m four-year sponsorship deal with Gateway TV (GTV). * The winner of this year's competition will receive $30,000, the second-placed team will be given $20,000, with $10,000 going to the side that comes third. * Sudan fielded mostly their youth players ('B' team), with some senior players. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B * Uganda won group on better head-to-head record against Rwanda. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- ---- Knock-out stage Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semifinals ---- Third place play-off Final Top goalscorers References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (, , , ; officially abbreviated as CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and parts of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), CECAFA is the oldest sub-regional football organisation on the continent. History CECAFA was founded unofficially in 1927. The competition was sponsored by the major Nairobi-based soap-manufacturing firm Gossage, owned by the British Lever Brothers. Its formation is often misattributed to William Gossage, founder of the Gossage company. However, he died 50 years before the CECAFA was established. The tournament was known as the "Gossage Cup" until the mid-sixties, when it was redubbed the "East African Challenge Cup".its consisted of only 12 teams CECAFA's head offices are in Nairobi, Kenya. The first tournament was contested between Kenya national football team, Kenya and Uganda national football team, Uganda, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |