2011 CECAFA Cup

Participants

• (invitees)
• (invitees)

The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) General Secretary Nicholas Musonye said that over 10 football associations applied to play as a guest team in the tournament. Out of all the applicants, the final shortlist was trimmed to four; Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, South Africa and Zambia. However the Confederation of African Football (CAF) stated that Côte d'Ivoire and Zambia were not eligible to play in the competition as they had qualified for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Teams are not able to compete in another competition within a two-month period of the Africa Cup of Nations.

The invitation was eventually extended to Malawi. However, it was then reported that they withdrew, citing financial constraints and lack of preparation time due to the late invitation. Zimbabwe had then been invited to replace them but the Malawian government told the Football Association of Malawi to reconsider their participation in the tournament as they along with CECAFA will shoulder their expenses.

Eritrea were initially scheduled to participate but withdrew due to lack of funds and were replaced with Namibia. It was suggested by some media outlets that Eritrean authorities were mindful of players attempting to seek political asylum whilst in Tanzania. Namibia eventually turned down the invitation, stating that it would disrupt the Namibia Premier League schedule. They were replaced by Zimbabwe.

Squads

Group stage

All times are East Africa Time (EAT) – UTC+3

Group A

Amini

Kazimoto
Rashid

Mugiraneza
Karekezi

Maulid

Group B

Papy
Amissi
Ndayisenga

Sserumaga

Okwi

Omar
Morris

Group C

Kamwendo

P. Ochieng

Ranking of third-placed teams

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third-placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

Musa

Kagere

Semi-finals

Karekezi

Okwi
Isinde

Third place play-off

Final

Okwi Niyonzima
Mugiraneza
Gasana
Kagabo Oloya Kavuma Kizza Mwesigwa

Awards

The following were the awards of the tournament:

;Individual awards

• Best coach: Milutin Sredojević (Rwanda)
• Best goalkeeper: Elmoiz Mahgoug (Sudan)
• Best player: Haruna Niyonzima (Rwanda)
• Best referee: Wiish Yabarow (Somalia)
• Top scorers: Olivier Karekezi (Rwanda), Meddie Kagere (Rwanda), Emmanuel Okwi (Uganda)

;Prize Money

• Champions: Uganda – $30,000
• Runner-up: Rwanda – $20,000
• Third place: Sudan – $10,000

Goalscorers

;5 goals

• RWA Meddie Kagere
• RWA Olivier Karekezi
• UGA Emmanuel Okwi

;2 goals

• BDI Cédric Amissi
• DJI Ahmed Hassan Daoud
• RWA Jean-Baptiste Mugiraneza
• TAN Mwinyi Kazimoto
• UGA Isaac Isinde
• UGA Dan Wagaluka
• ZIM Donald Ngoma

;1 goal

• BDI Floribert Ndayisaba
• BDI Fuadi Ndayisenga
• BDI Faty Papy
• ETH Adane Girma
• ETH Getaneh Kebede
• KEN Bob Mugalia
• KEN Pascal Ochieng
• MWI John Banda
• MWI Henry Kabichi
• MWI Joseph Kamwendo
• RWA Labama Bokota
• RWA Jean-Claude Iranzi
• SOM Khalid Ali
• SUD Ramadan Agab
• SUD Mohamed Shaikh Eldin
• SUD Mowaia Fadasi
• SUD Mohammed Musa
• SUD Amir Rabea
• SUD Muhannad El Tahir
• TAN Nurdin Bakari
• TAN Mrisho Ngassa
• TAN Yusuf Rashid
• TAN Thomas Ulimwengu
• UGA Hamis Kizza
• UGA Andrew Mwesigwa
• UGA Mike Sserumaga
• Zanzibar Ali Badru Ali
• Zanzibar Abdulrahaman Mohammed
• Zanzibar Aggrey Morris
• Zanzibar Hamad Omar
• Zanzibar Kassim Suleiman Selembe
• ZIM Qadr Amini

;Own goal

• TAN Said Maulid (playing against Zimbabwe)
• UGA Robert Odongkara (playing against Burundi)

Notes

References

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