2012 Kagame Interclub Cup

Broadcasting

SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all games played in the tournament. They used their SS9 (SuperSport 9) and SS9E (SuperSport 9 East) channels.

Participants

On 29 June 2012, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released. Young Africans, the winning team, received a cash prize of US$ 30,000, while the runners-up and third-placed teams, Azam and Vita Club respectively, received cash prizes US$ 20,000 and US$ 10,000 respectively. The budget of the tournament is said to be around US$ 600,000. Matches are being played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and the Azam Stadium in Chamazi.

The following 11 clubs took part in the competition: Group A

• DJI Port
• TAN Simba
• UGA U.R.A.
• COD Vita Club (invited guests) Group B
• TAN Azam
• Zanzibar Mafunzo
• KEN Tusker Group C
• RWA A.P.R.
• BDI Atlético Olympic
• SSD Wau Salaam
• TAN Young Africans

Match officials

CECAFA appointed 15 officials to participate in the tournament. ;Referees

• BDI Thierry Nkurunziza
• DJI Farah Aden
• KEN Anthony Ogwayo
• RWA Issa Kagabo
• TAN Israel Mujuni
• UGA Dennis Batte
• Zanzibar Waziri Sheha

;Assistant referees

• DJI Abdulahi Mahamoud
• KEN Elias Kuloba
• KEN Peter Sabatia
• RWA Simba Honore
• TAN Hamis Changwalu
• TAN Jesse Erasmo
• UGA Musa Balikoowa
• Zanzibar Josephat Bulali

Group stage

The group stage featured 11 teams, with 4 teams in Group A and Group C and 3 in Group B. The matchdays were 14–15, 17–18, 19, 20 and 21 July.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved;
2. Goal difference in games between the teams involved;
3. Goals scored in games between the teams involved;
4. Away goals scored in games between the teams involved;
5. Goal difference in all games;
6. Goals scored in all games;
7. Drawing of lots.

Nine CECAFA associations were represented in the group stage: Tanzania by three clubs and Burundi, Congo DR, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar.

Group A

Etekiama Ngudikama Makola

Ssekisambu Ssentongo

Sunzu

Mubiru Ssentongo

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Group B

Group C

Report 2 Ndikumana Karekezi Mugiraneza Mubumbyi

Report 2 (in Swahili) Ndikumana

Kizza Khalfan

Ciza Nsabiyumwa Nimubona Ndayisenga

Knockout stage

The knockout stage involved the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top three teams from Group A and Group C and the top two from Group B.

In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals play against each other in the third place playoff where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition and receive US$ 10,000. The winners of the final receive US$30,000 and the runners-up US$20,000.

Bracket

|23 July|UGA U.R.A.|1|RWA A.P.R.|2 |23 July|Zanzibar Mafunzo|1 (3)|TAN Young Africans|1 (5) |24 July|BDI Atlético Olympic|1|COD Vita Club|2 |24 July|TAN Azam|3|TAN Simba|1 |26 July|RWA A.P.R.|0|TAN Young Africans|1 |26 July|COD Vita Club|1|TAN Azam|2 |28 July|TAN Young Africans|2|TAN Azam|0 |28 July|RWA A.P.R.|1|COD Vita Club|2

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 23–24 July 2012.

In the first quarter-final, Uganda Revenue Authority, who had lost the 2008 final in to Tusker, faced Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, who had already beaten them 2–1 five years earlier to clinch the title in 2007. The latter won the match 2–1. Mafunzo, in the second quarter-final, were beaten 5–3 on penalties by Young Africans, who are seeking their fifth title in the competition, after the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate after 90 minutes.

Atlético Olympic, making their first appearance at the tournament as only the second Burundian club ever to participate, were edged out 2–1 in the third quarter-final by Vita Club, also competing for their first time. Azam completed a surprise upset in the fourth quarter-final over six-time champions and fellow Tanzanians Simba, beating them 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals.

Ndikumana

(90 min.) Shabaan Abdulrahim Jaku Haroub Kizza Niyonzima Idd

Makola

Report 2

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on 26 July 2012.

In the first semi-final Vita Club will be up against Azam, both of whom have performed impressively for newcomers in this year's competition, having reached the semi-finals ahead of more experienced clubs.

Armée Patriotique Rwandaise will face Young Africans for a second time in the tournament, having lost 2–0 to them in the group stage.

Ngassa

Third place playoff

The third place playoff was played on 28 July 2012, right before the final.

Mutombo

Final

The final was played on 28 July 2012, right after the third place playoff. To reach the final, in the knockout stage Azam defeated six-time champions Simba and Vita Club, while Young Africans eliminated Mafunzo and Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, whom they had already beaten in the group stage.

Azam, making their first ever appearance at the tournament, were the fifth team from Tanzania to reach the final and the fourth to reach the final with Tanzania as the hosts, the last being defending champions Young Africans in 1986. The match was also the third final in which both finalists were from Tanzania, and the second final hosted by Tanzania in which both finalists were from Tanzania.

Report 2 Bahanunzi

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Seven named substitutes.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

Top scorers

A total of 77 goals was scored by 46 different players in the entire tournament.

References

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