The 2017 CECAFA Cup was the 39th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). It took place in Kenya in December 2017.
Participants The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. National teams from Libya and Zimbabwe will participate in place of Djibouti and Eritrea. Zambia were to replace to Eritrea but later pulled out of the competition. Somalia and Sudan also withdrew from the tournament in mid November. Zimbabwe withdrew in November 2017.
National TeamFIFA Ranking(November 2017) 138 145 111 (Guest) 77 120 152 142 74300N/A
Match officials The match officials, which included 8 referees and 8 assistant referees, were announced on November 17, 2017.
Referees George Gatogato (Burundi) Twagirumukiza Abdoul Karim (Rwanda) Peter Waweru (Kenya) Antony Ogwayo (Kenya) Alex Muhabi (Uganda) Nassor Mfaume (Zanzibar) Sassy Elly Ally (Tanzania) Malong Ring Akech (South Sudan)
Venues Town KakamegaKisumuMachakosStadium Bukhungu StadiumMoi StadiumKenyatta Stadium
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
4 goals
Derrick Nsibambi
3 goals
Khamis Musa Makame
2 goals
Pierre Kwizera Abubakher Sanni Abel Yalew Masoud Juma Ibrahim Juma Mohamed Issa Kassim Suleiman
1 goal
Laudit Mavugo Shassiri Nahimana Cedric Dani Urasenga Dawa Hotessa Whyvonne Isuza Ovella Ochieng Vincent Oburu Duncan Otieno Zakaria Al Harish Muhadjiri Hakizimana Atak Lual Himid Mao Mkami Milton Karisa Hood Kaweesa Nicholas Wadada Ibrahim Ahmada Mudathir Yahya
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