Kilimanjaro Stars
The hosts Kilimanjaro Stars will face Kenya in the opening match of the senior Challenge Cup set for December 8 in Dar es Salaam.
The Confederation of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Secretary -General, Nicolas Musonye, said yesterday that according to the draw held in Nairobi on November 5, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya and Somalia are in Group A.
He said Group B includes Rwanda, Uganda, Eritrea, and Djibouti while Sudan, Ethiopia and Zanzibar are in Group C.
Musonye added that the top three teams in groups A and B, and the top two in Group C will qualify for the quarter finals which will start on December 17-18.
Furthermore, in the quarterfinals, first winners in Group A will meet with third winners of Group B, second winners in Group C will play with second winners in Group A, first winners in Group B will play third winners of Group A and first winners of Group C against second winners of Group B.
The winners of the tournament would scoop 30,000 USD, the second winners 20,000 USD while the third winners would take home 10,000 USD.
However, matches set for November 9 are Uganda vs Djibouti and Rwanda vs Eritrea while November 10 is Somalia vs Burundi and Sudan vs Zanzibar.
On November 11 Djibouti will play Eritrea and Rwanda will face Uganda.
The tournament attracts 11 national teams and will end on December 22.
In last year`s tournament, Zambia, who was an invited country, won the title. In this year�s event there is no invited country.
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