The 2010 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup (known as the CECAFA Tusker Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 34th edition of the competition. The host of the tournament is Tanzania.
Participants
(invitee) Côte d'Ivoire are not competing with their national team, but instead are competing with their local-based team in preparation for the 2011 African Nations Championship. Therefore, their matches will not count towards the FIFA ranking.
(invitee)
(hosts) Tanzania's team does not include players from the islands of Unguja and Pemba, who compete separately as Zanzibar at the CECAFA Cup. (holders) (invitee)
Information Eritrea and Djibouti were left out due to missing the deadline for the draw.http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/sports/201011/101016.php
The winner team will receive $30,000 USD, the runner up will receive $20,000 USD and third place will receive $10,000 USD. There will also be prizes for the best team, best goalkeeper and top scorer among others.
In the event that one of the invited teams wins the tournament, a replica trophy will be handed over and the prize money.
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) agreed to sponsor the tournament. They paid $450,000 USD.
All the games will be played in Dar es Salaam to allow easy TV coverage by Super Sport.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
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
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Goalscorers 5 goals Felix Sunzu
4 goals Kipre Tchetche Umed Ukuri Emmanuel Okwi
3 goals Shimelis Bekele Nurdin Bakari
2 goals
Fred Ajwang Davi Banda Victor Nyirenda Shadrack Nsajigwa Henry Kisekka Ahmed Ali Salum
1 goal
Jean-Paul Habarugira Claude Nahimana Kipre Bolou Zoumana Kone Fabrice Kouadio Tesfaye Alebachew Abebaw Butako John Baraza Henry Kabichi Daddy Birori Peter Kagabo John Boko Henry Shindika Simeon Masaba Sula Matovu Tony Mawejje Andrew Mwesigwa Mike Sserumaga Venecious Mapande Kennedy Mudenda Allan Mukuka Aggrey Morris Mcha Khamis
References
External links Official Site