# 2007 CECAFA Cup

The 2007 CECAFA Cup is the 31st edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa.
All matches are to be played from 8 to 22 December 2007 at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha, Tanzania.

## Information

* The Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup received a major boost on Tuesday after clinching a US$4m four-year sponsorship deal with Gateway TV (GTV).
* The winner of this year's competition will receive $30,000, the second-placed team will be given $20,000, with $10,000 going to the side that comes third.
* Sudan fielded mostly their youth players ('B' team), with some senior players.

## Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Burundi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

## Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
| Rwanda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
| Eritrea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| Djibouti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
* Uganda won group on better head-to-head record against Rwanda.

## Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Zanzibar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| Sudan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |

## Knock-out stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 17 – Dar es Salaam | December 17 – Dar es Salaam | | | |
| Sudan | 2 | | | |
| Sudan | 2 | December 19 – Dar es Salaam | December 19 – Dar es Salaam | | |
| Tanzania | 1 | December 19 – Dar es Salaam | December 19 – Dar es Salaam | |
| Tanzania | 1 | Sudan | 2 | |
| December 17 – Dar es Salaam | December 17 – Dar es Salaam | | Sudan | 2 | |
| December 17 – Dar es Salaam | December 17 – Dar es Salaam | Burundi | 1 | |
| Burundi | 2 | Burundi | 1 | |
| Burundi | 2 | | | | December 22 – Dar es Salaam | December 22 – Dar es Salaam |
| Eritrea | 1 | | | | December 22 – Dar es Salaam | December 22 – Dar es Salaam |
| Eritrea | 1 | | | | Sudan (pen.) | 2 (4) |
| December 18 – Dar es Salaam | December 18 – Dar es Salaam | | | | | Sudan (pen.) | 2 (4) |
| December 18 – Dar es Salaam | December 18 – Dar es Salaam | | | | Rwanda | 2 (2) |
| Uganda (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | Rwanda | 2 (2) |
| Uganda (pen.) | 1 (4) | December 20 – Dar es Salaam | December 20 – Dar es Salaam | | | |
| Kenya | 1 (2) | December 20 – Dar es Salaam | December 20 – Dar es Salaam | | | |
| Kenya | 1 (2) | Uganda | 0 | | | |
| December 18 – Dar es Salaam | December 18 – Dar es Salaam | | Uganda | 0 | | | |
| December 18 – Dar es Salaam | December 18 – Dar es Salaam | Rwanda (a.e.t.) | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Zanzibar | 0 (4) | Rwanda (a.e.t.) | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Zanzibar | 0 (4) | | | | December 22 – Dar es Salaam | December 22 – Dar es Salaam |
| Rwanda (pen.) | 0 (5) | | | | December 22 – Dar es Salaam | December 22 – Dar es Salaam |
| Rwanda (pen.) | 0 (5) | | | | Burundi | 0 |
| | | | | | Uganda | 2 |

### Final

* CECAFA Cup 2007 winners
* Sudan Third title

## Top goalscorers

| Nation | Player name | Goals Scored |
| Sudan | Abdelhamid Amari | 6 |
| Rwanda | Labama Bokota | 4 |
| Uganda | Hamis Kitagenda | 3 |
| Eritrea | Berhane Aregaye | 3 |
| Kenya | Allan Wanga | 3 |
| Rwanda | Olivier Karekezi | 2 |
| Uganda | Ronald Maganga | 2 |
| Tanzania | Danny Mrwanda | 2 |
| Burundi | Claude Nahimana | 2 |
| Rwanda | Haruna Niyonzima | 2 |
| Eritrea | Elmon Temekribon | 2 |
| Uganda | Danny Wagaluka | 2 |