2011 Nile Basin Tournament

The 2011 Nile Basin Tournament was an association football tournament organized by the Egyptian Football Association. The tournament was contested in January 2011.[1]

2011 Nile Basin Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo, Ismaillia
Dates5–17 January
Teams7
Venue(s)4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
Runners-up Uganda
Third place DR Congo
Fourth place Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Al-Sayed Hamdy (6 Goals)
Best player(s) Ahmed Samir Farag

All fixtures are listed on FIFA.com with a 'Friendly' weight status which means that results will affect the participating nations' FIFA World Rankings.

Participants
A map of Africa showing the qualified nations.

Sudan requested not to be drawn with Uganda as they have been drawn against each other in the 2011 African Championship of Nations tournament.[2]

Matches

Teams finishing in 1st and 2nd position will qualify for semi-final stage whilst team that finishes in 3rd position will qualify for 5th place play-off.

Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Groups third advance to the fifth place match

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[3]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
  7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
 Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Tanzania 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
 Burundi 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source:

All times are Egypt Standard Time is at UTC+2.

Uganda 3 – 1 Burundi
Kaweesa  34'
Ssemakula  55'
Kasule  89'		 report Habarugira  38'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
Egypt 5 – 1 Tanzania
Hamdy  5', 57'
Aboutrika  12'
Haroub  24' (o.g.)
Ali  78'		 report Gumbo  82'
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)
Tanzania 1 – 1 Burundi
Shadrack Nsajigwa  75' (pen.) report Tambwe Hamisi  50'
Referee: Ojwang Osano (Kenya)
Egypt 1 – 0 Uganda
Gedo  90+3' report
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga (Congo DR)
Uganda 1 – 1 Tanzania
Y. Mugalu  65' report A. Machupa  24'
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)
Egypt 3 – 0 Burundi
Gedo  2'
Ali  11'
Hamdy  80'		 report
Referee: Ojwang Osano (Kenya)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 DR Congo 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
 Kenya 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
 Sudan 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source:
Kenya 1 – 0 Sudan
Collins Okoth  17' (pen.) report
Referee: Onesimo Ndayisenga (Burundi)
DR Congo 1 – 0 Kenya
Lofo Bongeli  27' (pen.) report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Sudan 1 – 2DR Congo 
Muhannad Tahir  71' report Matondo Salakiaku  36'
Lofo Bongeli  90' (pen.)
Referee: Orden Mbaga (Tanzania)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 
 Egypt5
 
17 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 Kenya1
 
 Egypt3
 
14 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 Uganda1
 
 DR Congo0
 
 
 Uganda1
 
Third place
 
 
17 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 
 DR Congo1
 
 
 Kenya0

Semi-Final
DR Congo 0 - 1 Uganda
report Habeb Kofoma  23'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)
Egypt 5 - 1 Kenya
Ahmad Belal  13', 69', 90'
Hamdy  21'
Gomaa  25'		 report Omondi  67'
Referee: Onesimo Ndayisenga (Burundi)

5th Place Playoff
Tanzania 0 - 2 Sudan
report Haitham Mustafa  52'
Ala'a Eldin Yousif  61'
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

3rd Place Playoff
DR Congo 1 - 0 Kenya
Kasongo  31' report
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)

Final
Egypt 3 - 1 Uganda
Hamdy  38', 70'
Gedo  81'		 report Manoya Eric  84' (pen.)
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga (Congo DR)

Winner
 Nile Basin Tournament
2011 Winner 

Egypt
First title


2nd Place 3rd Place
 Uganda  DR Congo


4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 7th Place
 Kenya  Sudan  Tanzania  Burundi

Prize money
Final
position		Money awarded
to team
1$150,000
2$120,000
3$100,000
4$60,000
5$50,000
6$50,000
7$50,000

Awards

Scorers

Media Coverage
  • Nile Sport
  • Modern Sport
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References
  1. "Egypt to face Tanzania in friendly tournament opener". filgoal.com. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. "Egypt and Zambia in Nile Basin tournament opener". CAFonline.com. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. "Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010, art. 72, p. 29" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-01-09.
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