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CECAFA Kagame Cup: Ulimwengu’s brace sends Rayon into quarters
Burundian striker Jules Ulimwengu sent hosts Rayon Sports FCc into the quarter final round of the CECAFA Kagame Cup after scoring a brace against Atlabara FC of South Sudan in the second game of Group B staged at Stade de Kigali on Tuesday night.
Ulimwengu, who leads the goal chart with three goals in two matches, snatched a brace in the 12th and 79th minutes to send Rayon Sports to the top of Group B standings with six points, three ahead of TP Mazembe of DR Congo who secured their maiden three points after a slim win over Tanzania’s KMC in an earlier game.
Mondeko Zatu scored a 61st minute header to hand David Mwakasu’s side maximum points which will boost their chances of booking a slot in the next round should they win their final group match against Atlabara FC on July 13.
Rayon Sports FC will face KMC of Tanzania in the final match while TP Mazembe will take on Atlabara FC of South Sudan on July 13. In Group B, Kenyan side Bandari FC were held to a 2-all draw by Mukura in an entertaining match staged at Stade Huye in Huye District while KCCA secured a 1-0 win over reigning champions Azam FC.
PHOTO: Elated Rayon Sports Fans
Bandari FC took the lead in the 23rd minute through Shaban Kenya but Mukura leveled the scores immediately after the resume of the second half through Nyilikindi Saleh. With eight minutes to go, Mukura VS turned tables for Bandari as Ntwali Evode grabbed the second goal for the hosts. However, Bernard Mwalala’s side battle for an equalizer was easily earned through Yema Mwana, who with a lovely effort scored the equalizing goal to register Bandari FC’s second draw of the tournament.
In the second game, Sadat Anaku’s lone goal in the 49th minute helped the Kasasiro Boys to register their first victory in the CECAFA Kagame Cup Tournament. The win saw KCCA go top of Group B with four points, one ahead of second-placed Azam. Bandari FC and Mukura Victory Sports are third and fourth with two and one points respectively.
PHOTO: Bandari vs Mukura FC
Bandari FC will take on Tanzanian side Azam FC in their final match of the group stage while Rwandan side Mukura VS will be up against KCCA of Uganda on July 12.
PHOTO: TP Mazembe vs KMC
Wednesday’s Action
Action continues on Wednesday with Group D action at Stade Umuganda in Rubavu District.
Group D table leaders AS Ports of Djibouti take on Kenyan giants Gor Mahia at 13:00 while KMKM of Zanzibar will face AS Maniema Union of DR Congo at 15:30.
Two teams from each group will advance to the quarter final round of the region’s oldest continental club championship which is slated to climax on July 21.
The winner of the annual tournament stands to pocket $30,000 (Rwf. 27 million) in prize money while runners up will receive $20,000 (Rwf. 18 million) and $10,000 (Rwf. 9 million) respectively.
CECAFA Kagame Cup 2019
Tuesday, July 9 Results
Group B
Bandari F.C. 2-2 Mukura VS&L
KCCA 1-0 Azam F.C
Group A
KMC 0-1 TP Mazembe
Atlabara 0-2 Rayon Sports FC
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Group D
AS Ports vs Gor Mahia (Stade Umuganda, 13.00)
KMKM vs AS Maniema (Stade Umuganda, 15h30)
Ethiopia’s U-20 side defeated Djibouti 2-0 in an international friendly match played at the Abebe Bikila Stadium on Monday.
The two teams used the match to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) U-20 CECAFA qualifiers slated for October 6-20th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Nathael Solomon gave the hosts the lead after 43 minutes, and Degfie Alemu made it 2-0 three minutes into the second half.
The Djibouti team tried to push ahead to find some goal but failed to beat the Ethiopian defending line.
The Zonal qualifiers will kick start with a Group A match between Sudan and Djibouti at the Azam Complex, while hosts Tanzania will battle Kenya in a Group A match at the KMC Stadium the same day.
The 2022 runners-up South Sudan will open their Group B campaign against Burundi at the KMC Stadium, while reigning champions Uganda face Ethiopia in a match to be played at the Azam Complex all on October 7th. Tanzania will return to action on October 8th against Djibouti, the same day Sudan face Rwanda.
Nine teams will participate in the tournament with the best two teams qualifying to represent the Zone at the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations U-20 2025.
Group A: Tanzania, Sudan, Rwanda, Djibouti, Kenya
Group B: Uganda, South Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia
A VAR workshop organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for members in the CECAFA Zone has today started in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Wallace Karia, the CECAFA President today officially opened the workshop taking place at the Peacock Hotel.
“CAF is carrying out VAR training for all Zones now and this a very good development. This training is very timely for our Zone and we thank CAF for making this happen,” added Karia.
CAF Director of Referee Department Desire Noumandiez Doue is facilitating the workshop which has attracted members from 11 countries including Libya and ends on October 5th, 2024.
Ali Ahmed, the CECAFA Referees Manager called upon the participants to make good use of the workshop because CAF is determined to have as many referees as possible able to handle the VAR system.
The participants attending the workshop are coming from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya and hosts Tanzania.
AFRICAN NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
One extra slot for CECAFA Zone in TotalEnergies African Nations Championship 2025
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that the CECAFA Zone will have four teams participating in the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will host the competition slated for February 1-28th, 2025.
“The CECAFA Zone, which includes the three host countries, will receive an additional slot due to their automatic qualification as hosts. As a result, the total number of teams qualifying for the final tournament will be increased to 19 teams,” the African Football body announced on Thursday.
CAF also announced that the road to CHAN 2025 will start with the first round of qualifiers running October 25-27, 20224 and the return leg to be played November 1-3, 2024.
The second round of the qualifiers will be played between December 20-22 for the first round, and the return legs December 25-27.
Besides the CECAFA Zone that will have four teams, all the other Zones COSAFA, WAFU A, WAFU B, UNAF and UNIFFAC have been allocated three teams in the competition.
CHAN is a competition that consists of players playing in their respective national Leagues competitions.
Uganda has qualified six times from the seven Editions of the CHAN competitions that have been held since 2009. Rwanda have qualified four times, while Sudan and Ethiopia have each qualified for CHAN three times.
The Executive Director of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has made it clear that the regional body will keep building capacity in different areas in their quest for more football development.
John Auka Gecheo was speaking during the opening of the General Coordinators Workshop at the Swiss Lenana Mount Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday.
“We wish to build capacity for General Coordinators’ expertise in our member Associations who will not only be resourceful to their Federations in Football development but also to CECAFA, CAF and FIFA,” said Gecheo.
The workshop is being facilitated by CAF Match General Coordinator and Instructor, Mazen Marzouk, and moderated by Baraka Kizuguto, the CECAFA Football Development Manager.
Marzouk made it clear that the Workshop is very important because it is in line with developing a new crop of General Coordinators in CECAFA region to meet CAF and FIFA international standards.
The workshop which started yesterday and ends on Thursday forms part of the CECAFA objectives in building capacity of football match officials involved in match organization.
Apart from Sudan, all the other CECAFA Member Associations Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Eritrea, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Rwanda and Zanzibar have sent two members to attend the Workshop.
Last month CECAFA also held Women’s Executive Leadership Workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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