2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship
# 2009 CECAFA U-17 Championship

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

* Burundi
* Djibouti
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Malawi
* Kenya
* Rwanda
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Uganda
* Zanzibar
* Egypt (invited)
* Nigeria (invited)
* ↑ Djibouti withdrew from tournament
* ↑ Sudan was banished from the tournament for fielding sixteen over-age players.
* ↑ Egypt withdrew from the tournament and was not replaced by another team
* ↑ Nigeria withdrew from tournament and were replaced by Malawi

## Officials

List of officials :

| Nationality | Referee(s) | Assistant referee(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Burundi | — | Hakizimana Jean Marie |
| Djibouti | Hassan Ali Mohamed | — |
| Eritrea | Luleseged Ghebremichael | Muhamed Hugush |
| Ethiopia | — | Tilahun Fekadu Muhamed Sultan |
| Kenya | Thomas Onyango | Elias Wamalwa |
| Rwanda | Issa Kagabo | — |
| Somalia | — | Olad Arab Bashir |
| Sudan | Mohamed Hussein El-Nigomi Ahmed Rassaz Librato | Medany Mustafa Saeed Salih Khalafala Abdel Aziz Ahmad Ali Waleed |
| Tanzania | Israel Mujuni | Erasmo Jesse |
| Uganda | Dennis Batte | — |
| Zanzibar | — | Josephat Bulali |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sudan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tanzania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Malawi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uganda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zanzibar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Burundi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Eritrea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |

## 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-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | | | |
| Tanzania | 1 | | | |
| Tanzania | 1 | 28 October | 28 October | | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 28 October | 28 October | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | Tanzania | 1 (3) | |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | | Tanzania | 1 (3) | |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | Uganda | 1 (5) | |
| Uganda | 2 | Uganda | 1 (5) | |
| Uganda | 2 | | | | 6 September | 6 September |
| Malawi | 0 | | | | 6 September | 6 September |
| Malawi | 0 | | | | Uganda | 2 |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | | | | | Uganda | 2 |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | | | | Eritrea | 0 |
| Zanzibar | 1 | | | | Eritrea | 0 |
| Zanzibar | 1 | 29 October | 29 October | | | |
| Eritrea | 3 | 29 October | 29 October | | | |
| Eritrea | 3 | Eritrea | 2 | | | |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | | Eritrea | 2 | | | |
| Khartoum | Khartoum | Sudan | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Burundi | 0 | Sudan | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Sudan | 1 | | | | | |
| Sudan | 1 | | | | Tanzania | 2 |
| | | | | | Sudan | 0 |
