Cecafa Kagame Club Championship to kick off on 7th July 2019

Cecafa Kagame Cup tournament is expected to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from July 7-21 and will run concurrently with the 32nd edition Afcon, which will be held in Egypt. Azam FC of Tanzania are the reigning champions after beating domestic rivals Simba SC last year in Dar es Salaam and will be defending their title in the Cups 2019 Edition.

Uganda’s KCCA will be joined by Kenya’s Gor Mahia, Zesco United (Zambia) ,  Rwanda’s Rayon Sport  as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo duo AS Vita and Motema Pembe have already confirmed their participation.

Tanzanian side Young Africans popularly known as Yanga turned down the 2019 CECAFA Kagame Cup invitation.The club that is second on the Tanzania Premier League log had been invited to take part in the annual club competition after rivals Simba opted not to take part.

In a letter to the CECAFA General Secretary Nicholas Musonye, Yanga revealed they don’t have a squad to feature in the tournament as well as the technical team which is a part with the Taifa Stars at the Africa Cup of Nations.

“The tournament will not stop because of Yanga and Simba, and already we are talking to teams from around the region to replace the two. Our target is to have a 16 team tournament and we will manage,” Musonye continued.

The tournament brings teams from Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Zanzibar together.

The winner of the annual tournament will walk home with prize money worth U$D 30,000. Clubs which win their domestic leagues in the region book an automatic ticket to the tournament.

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