2019 CECAFA U-15 Championship

The 2019 CECAFA U15 Championship is the 1st CECAFA U-15 Championship organized by CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association)[1]

2019 CECAFA U-15 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEritrea
CityAsmara
Dates16-30 August, 2019
Teams10 (from CAF confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uganda
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Rwanda
Fourth place Burundi
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored81 (3.38 per match)

It is held in Eritrea (It is the first time in recent times that an official international football tournament is being staged in Eritrea)[2]

Venues

Teams

  •  Burundi
  •  Eritrea
  •  Sudan
  •  Kenya
  •  Somalia
  •  South Sudan
  •  Tanzania
  •  Uganda
  •  Ethiopia
  •  Rwanda
  •  Djibouti[nb 1][3]
  1. Djibouti withdrew from the competition

Officials

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kenya 4 3 1 0 10 3 +7 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Burundi 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10
3 Eritrea 4 1 1 2 8 4 +4 4
4 Somalia 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 4
5 Sudan 4 0 0 4 0 16 16 0
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Somalia 1–3 Kenya
Report
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)
Eritrea 1–2 Burundi
Report
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Sudan 0–4 Kenya
Report
Referee: Idris Osman Mohammed (Eritrea)
Somalia 1–2 Burundi
Report
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

Kenya 1–1 Burundi
Report
Referee: Biruk Yemanebirhan Kassaun (Ethiopia)
Eritrea 6–0 Sudan
Report
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

Sudan 0–2 Somalia
Report
Referee: Biruk Yemanebirhan Kassaun (Ethiopia)
Eritrea 1–2 Kenya
Report
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Sudan 0–4 Burundi
Report
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)
Eritrea 1–1 Somalia
Report
Referee: Biruk Yemanebirhan Kassaun (Ethiopia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Uganda 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Rwanda 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9
3 Tanzania 4 2 0 2 10 5 +5 6
4 Ethiopia 4 0 1 3 2 10 8 1
5 South Sudan 3 0 1 2 1 15 14 1
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uganda 3–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)
Rwanda 3–0 South Sudan
Report
Referee: Idris Osman Mohammed (Eritrea)

Uganda 2–0 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)
Ethiopia 1–1 South Sudan
Report
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Tanzania 6–0 South Sudan
Report
Referee: Idris Osman Mohammed (Eritrea)
Rwanda 3–0 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Rwanda 2–1 Tanzania
Report
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)
Uganda 5–0
Abandoned (55')[note 1]
 South Sudan
Report
Referee: Biruk Yemanebirhan Kassaun (Ethiopia)

Tanzania 3–1 Ethiopia
Report
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)
Rwanda 0–3 Uganda
Report
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Kenya 11 Rwanda
Report
Penalties
4–2
Cicero Stadium, Asmara, Asmara
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)
Uganda 60 Burundi
Report
Cicero Stadium, Asmara, Asmara
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

3rd Place Match

Rwanda 11 Burundi
Penalties
4–2
Cicero Stadium, Asmara, Asmara
Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Final

Uganda 40 Kenya
Report
Cicero Stadium, Asmara, Asmara
Referee: Idris Osman Mohammed (Eritrea)

Winner

2019 CECAFA U15 Championship Winners

Uganda
1st title

Notes

  1. South Sudan who came into this game with 5 players out through injury had to abandon the match early into the second half as 5 more players couldn't finish the game because of injuries

References

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