The 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship was the 2nd edition of the CECAFA U-17 Championship organized bt CECAFA (Council of East and Central Africa Football Association. The second edition of the CEFAFA U-17 Championship, all games were originally to be played in Nairobi, Kenya but have since been moved to Sudan. due to financial reasons, the Sudanese FA and El Merreikh Investment Group have agreed to sponsor the tournament.

The cup is also referred to as the Bashir Cup and the Hassan el Bashir Cup by East African media due to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's involvement.

There is a possibility that a third group will be based at Kessala.

Participants

Officials

List of officials
NationalityReferee(s)Assistant referee(s)
Burundi BurundiHakizimana Jean Marie
Djibouti DjiboutiHassan Ali Mohamed
Eritrea EritreaLuleseged GhebremichaelMuhamed Hugush
Ethiopia EthiopiaTilahun Fekadu Muhamed Sultan
Kenya KenyaThomas OnyangoElias Wamalwa
Rwanda RwandaIssa Kagabo
Somalia SomaliaOlad Arab Bashir
Sudan SudanMohamed Hussein El-Nigomi Ahmed Rassaz LibratoMedany Mustafa Saeed Salih Khalafala Abdel Aziz Ahmad Ali Waleed
Tanzania TanzaniaIsrael MujuniErasmo Jesse
Uganda UgandaDennis Batte
Zanzibar ZanzibarJosephat Bulali

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Sudan Sudan321051+47Advance to knockout stage
2Tanzania Tanzania32014406
3Malawi Malawi31114404
4Somalia Somalia300315−40
Tanzania2–0Somalia
Somalia0–1Sudan
Malawi1–2Tanzania
Sudan3–0Tanzania
Somalia1–2Malawi
Sudan1–1Malawi

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Uganda Uganda320182+66Advance to knockout stage
2Zanzibar Zanzibar320142+26
3Ethiopia Ethiopia320124−26
4Kenya Kenya300328−60
Zanzibar1–0Uganda
Kenya0–1Ethiopia
Uganda4–1Kenya
Zanzibar0–1Ethiopia
Kenya1–3Zanzibar
Ethiopia0–4Uganda

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Burundi Burundi20203302Advance to knockout stage
2Eritrea Eritrea20202202
3Rwanda Rwanda20201102
Eritrea2–2Burundi
Rwanda0–0Eritrea
Burundi1–1Rwanda

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Khartoum
Tanzania1
28 October
Ethiopia0
Tanzania1 (3)
Khartoum
Uganda1 (5)
Uganda2
6 September
Malawi0
Uganda2
Khartoum
Eritrea0
Zanzibar1
29 October
Eritrea3
Eritrea2
Khartoum
Sudan1Third place play-off
Burundi0
Sudan1
Tanzania2
Sudan0

Quarter-finals

Tanzania1–0Ethiopia
Sifuni Tuzo score the only goal
Uganda2–0Malawi
Zanzibar1–3Eritrea
Burundi0–1Sudan

Semi-finals

Tanzania1–1Uganda
Penalties
3–5
Eritrea2–0Sudan

Third place play-off

Tanzania2–0Sudan

Final

Uganda2–0Eritrea