The 2019 CECAFA Cup was the 40th 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 Uganda in December 2019.
Participants The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament. The national team of the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced to participate in place of Rwanda. Ethiopia, DR Congo and South Sudan all withdrew from the tournament in December 2019. The reason was the financial shortages of each respective federation which prevented them from meeting the $20,000 entry requirement.
National TeamFIFA Ranking(November 2019) 151 184 205 111 196 128 134 77300N/A
Match officials
Referees Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar) Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi) Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya) Ali Sabilla (Uganda) Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia) Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti) Tsegay Teklu Mogos (Eritrea) Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)
Assistant Referees Ferdinand Chacha (Tanzania) Nagi Subahi Ahmed (Sudan) Joshua Achilla (Kenya) Musa Balikoowa (Uganda) Bashir Sheikh Suleiman (Somalia) Liban Abdirazack Ahmed (Djibouti) Eyobel Michael Ghebru (Eritrea)
Venue Kampala Lugogo StadiumCapacity: 3000
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers 3 goals
Hassan Abdallah Oscar Musa Wamalwa Bright Anukani
2 goals
Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh Robel Kidane Abel Okbay Ali Sulieman Kizza Mustafa Fahad Bayo Allan Okello
1 goal
Landry Ndikumana Cedric Rurasenga Haroun Mohamed Michael Habte Kenneth Muguna Omar Mohamed Mohamed Abbas Namir Muntasir Osman Gadiel Kamagi Ditram Nchimbi Nicholas Kazozi Muzamir Mutyaba Ben Ocen Joakim Ojera Makame Khamis
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