Musonye says participation of outside countries boosts enthusiasm as Tusker cup fixtures revealed

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Musonye says participation of outside countries boosts enthusiasm as Tusker cup fixtures revealed

November 12, 2012 - Written by Warar - Edited byWarar

The council of east and central Africa football Associations (CECAFA) has issued the fixtures of its Tusker challenge cup 2012 to be hosted at Namboole stadium in Kampala. Twelve countries including guest Malawi have already confirmed their participation in the Africa’s oldest regional event.

Earlier the CECAFA secretary General Nicholas Musonye told the media that Djibouti will miss the competition this year and in place of it the gust Malawi will take part in the competition.

Somalia war-devastated country who is suffering from one of the world’s most notorious civil wars and terrorism for the past two decades who accordion to CECAFA secretary General Nicholas Musonye never missed a single international, continental or regional competition became the first country to show up for the competition as the Ocean stars commenced their training sessions in Kampala last Saturday.

CECAFA secretary General Nicholas Musonye praised the participation of outside countries in the CECAFA tournaments. “The participation of countries outside the CECAFA region boosts football enthusiasm and even sweetens our tournaments “Secretary General Nicholas Musonye told the CECAFA Media.

The 12 participating countries are divided into three groups. The hosts Uganda are in Group A with Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan, while Somalia is in group B with Sudan, Tanzania and Burundi. As well Rwanda is in group C with guest Malawi, Zanzibar and Eritrea.

Find the fixtures below.

(QUALIFICATION: GROUP 1^st and 2nd, GROUP B 1^st and 2^nd, GROUP C 1^st and 2^nd PLUS TWO BEST QUALIFIERS FROM ALL GROUPS QUALIFY TO QUARTER FINALS)

DATE	NO.	TEAMS	GROUP	VENUE	TIME
Sat. 24^th Nov. 2012	1	Ethiopia vs S.Sudan	A	Namboole	3pm
Sat. 24^th Nov. 2012	2	Uganda vs Kenya	A	Namboole	6pm
Sun 25^th Nov. 2012	3	Burundi vs Somalia	B	Namboole	4pm
Sun 25^th Nov. 2012	4	Tanzania vs Sudan	B	Namboole	6pm
Mon 26^th Nov. 2012	5	Zanzibar vs Eritrea	C	Namboole	4pm
Mon 26^th Nov. 2012	6	Rwanda vs Malawi	C	Namboole	6pm
Tue 27^th Nov. 2012	7	S.Sudan vs Kenya	A	Namboole	4pm
Tue 27^th Nov. 2012	8	Uganda vs Ethiopia	A	Namboole	6pm
Wed 28^th Nov. 2012	9	Somali vs Sudan	B	Namboole	4pm
Wed 28^th Nov. 2012	10	Tanzania vs Burundi	B	Namboole	6pm
Thur 29^th Nov. 2012	11	Malawi vs Eritrea	C	Namboole	4pm
Thur 29^th Nov. 2012	12	Rwanda vs Zanzibar	C	Namboole	6pm
Fri 30^th Nov. 2012	13	Kenya Vs Ethiopia	A	Namboole	4pm
Fri 30^th Nov. 2012	14	S. Sudan vs Uganda	A	Namboole	6pm
Sat 1^st Dec. 2012	15	Sudan vs Burundi	B	Namboole	2pm
Sat 1^st Dec. 2012	16	Somalia vs Tanzania	B	Nakivubo	2pm
Sat 1^st Dec. 2012	17	Malawi vs Zanzibar	C	Nakivubo	4pm
Sat 1^st Dec. 2012	18	Eritrea vs Rwanda	C	Namboole	4pm
Sun 2^nd Dec. 2012		REST DAY
		QUARTER FINALS
Mon3^rd Dec. 2012	19	C1 vs B2		Namboole	4pm
Mon 3^rd Dec. 2012	20	A1 vs Best Q2		Namboole	7pm
Tue 4^th Dec. 2012 Tue 4^th Dec. 2012	21 22	B1 Vs Best Q1 A2 Vs C2		Namboole Namboole	4pm 7pm
Wed 5^th Dec. 2012		REST DAY
		SEMI FINALS
Thur 6^th Dec. 2012	23	Winner 19 vs Winner 20		Namboole	4pm
Thur 6^th Dec. 2012	24	Winner 21 vs Winner 22		Namboole	7pm
Fri 7^th Dec. 2012		REST DAY
Sat 8^th Dec. 2012		Finals and third place
Sat 8^th Dec. 2012	25 26	Loser 23 vs loser 24 Winner 23 vs Winner 24		Namboole Namboole	4pm 6pm

Musonye says participation of outside countries boosts enthusiasm as Tusker cup fixtures revealed

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