2019 CECAFA U-20 Championship

The 2019 CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup took place from 21 September to 5 October 2019 in Uganda.[1] It was originally expected to take place in January 2019.[2]

2019 CECAFA U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryUganda
Dates21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Tanzania
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Eritrea
Fourth place Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored85 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tanzania Kelvin John (7 goals)
2010
2020

Venues

  • Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu, Uganda
  • FUFA Technical Center, Njeru, Uganda

Teams

Officials

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Eritrea3120114+75Advance to knockout stage
2 Sudan312095+45
3 Uganda312084+45
4 Djibouti3003116−150
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Sudan  4–0  Djibouti
  • Namir 24'
  • Eljamri 74'
  • Aboalqassem 78'
  • Elsiddiq 86' (pen.)
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Eric Manirakiza (Burundi)
Uganda  1–1  Eritrea
  • Bogere 37'
Report
  • Mewael 57'
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)

Eritrea  3–3  Sudan
Report
  • Namir 40'
  • Siddiq 45+1'
  • Elfaki 90+2' (pen.)
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Martin Sanya (Tanzania)
Djibouti  1–5  Uganda
  • Elmi 53'
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

Eritrea  7–0  Djibouti
Report
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Eric Manirakiza (Burundi)
Uganda  2–2  Sudan
  • Kannou 76'
  • Namir 89'
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Kenya3210112+97Advance to knockout stage
2 Tanzania3210112+97
3 Zanzibar3102211−93
4 Ethiopia3003110−90
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kenya  5–0  Zanzibar
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
Ethiopia  0–4  Tanzania
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Mahmood Shantair Ismael (Sudan)

Ethiopia  1–2  Zanzibar
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Yonas Zekarias Ghebre (Eritrea)
Tanzania  2–2  Kenya
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Dinareh Mohamed Guedi (Djibouti)

Zanzibar  0–5  Tanzania
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Mahmood Shantair Ismael (Sudan)
Kenya  4–0  Ethiopia
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Ali Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 South Sudan211063+34Advance to knockout stage
2 Burundi211054+14
3 Somalia200215−40
Source: CECAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Burundi  3–3  South Sudan
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Ali Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar)

Somalia  1–2  Burundi
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Jonesia Kabakama Rukyaa (Tanzania)

South Sudan  3–0  Somalia
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

South Sudan  0–1  Sudan
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Israel Mpaima (Kenya)
Kenya  2–1  Burundi
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Mahmood Shantair Ismael (Sudan)
Tanzania  4–2  Uganda
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)
Eritrea  5–0  Zanzibar
Report
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Dinareh Mohamed Guedi (Djibouti)

Semi-finals

Kenya  1–0  Eritrea
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
Sudan  1–2  Tanzania
Pece War Memorial Stadium, Gulu
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

3rd Place match

Eritrea  1–0  Sudan
  • Mengsteab
Report
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Alex Muhabi (Uganda)

Finals

Kenya  0–1  Tanzania
Onyango 46' (o.g.)
FUFA Technical Center, Njeru
Referee: Lemma Nigussi (Ethiopia)

Champion

 2019 CECAFA U-20 Championship champion 

Tanzania
Second title

References