2017 CECAFA Cup

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 Team	FIFA Ranking (November 2017)
Burundi	138
Ethiopia	145
Kenya	111
Libya (Guest)	77
Rwanda	120
South Sudan	152
Tanzania	142
Uganda	74
Zanzibar	300N/A

Match officials

The match officials, which included 8 referees and 8 assistant referees, were announced on November 17, 2017.

Referees

Burundi George Gatogato (Burundi)
Rwanda Twagirumukiza Abdoul Karim (Rwanda)
Kenya Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Kenya Antony Ogwayo (Kenya)
Uganda Alex Muhabi (Uganda)
Zanzibar Nassor Mfaume (Zanzibar)
Tanzania Sassy Elly Ally (Tanzania)
South Sudan Malong Ring Akech (South Sudan)

Venues

Town	Kakamega	Kisumu	Machakos
Stadium	Bukhungu Stadium	Moi Stadium	Kenyatta Stadium

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kenya (H)	4	2	2	0	3	0	+3	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zanzibar	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
3	Libya	4	1	3	0	1	0	+1	6
4	Rwanda	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4
5	Tanzania	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Kenya	2–0	Rwanda
Juma 27' Otieno 39'

Libya	0–0	Tanzania

Zanzibar	3–1	Rwanda
Yahya 35' Issa 54' Suleiman 87'		Hakizimana 47'

Kenya	0–0	Libya

Tanzania	1–2	Zanzibar
Mkami 29'		Suleiman 67' Ahmada 79'

Rwanda	0–0	Libya

Rwanda	2–1	Tanzania
Nshuti 18' Biramahire 66'		Lyanga 30'

Kenya	0–0	Zanzibar

Libya	1–0	Zanzibar
Al Harish 25'

Kenya	1–0	Tanzania
Oburu 20'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uganda	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burundi	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
3	Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	South Sudan	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Uganda	0–0	Burundi

South Sudan	0–3	Ethiopia
		Yalew 24', 50' Sanni 57'

Burundi	4–1	Ethiopia
Kwizera 30' Urasenga 55' Mavugo 69' Nahimana 79'		Hotessa 45+2'

Uganda	5–1	South Sudan
Karisa 8' Kaweesa 11' Nsibambi 31', 58' Wadada 86'		Atak Lual 27'

Ethiopia	1–1	Uganda
Sanni 23'		Nsibambi 87'

South Sudan	0–0	Burundi

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

14 December

Kenya Kenya (a.e.t.)	1
17 December
Burundi Burundi	0
Kenya Kenya (pen.)	2 (3)
15 December
	Zanzibar Zanzibar	2 (2)
Uganda Uganda	1

Zanzibar Zanzibar	2
Third place match

17 December

Burundi Burundi	1

Uganda Uganda	2

Semi-finals

Kenya	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Burundi
Isuza 97'

Uganda	1–2	Zanzibar
Nsibambi 29'		Makame 23' Issa 58' (pen.)

Third place match

Burundi	1–2	Uganda
Kwizera 24'		Juma 49', 76'

Final

Kenya	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Zanzibar
Ochieng 6' Juma 97'		Makame 89', 100'
Penalties
Atudo Otieno Onguso Onyango	3–2	Saleh Haidar Salum Yahya

Goalscorers

4 goals

Uganda Derrick Nsibambi

3 goals

Zanzibar Khamis Musa Makame

2 goals

1 goal