TANZANIA 1-2 ZIMBABWE

KENYA were eliminated from the 2011 Cecafa Tusker Challenge Cup, following a dismal performance and 1-0 defeat by Sudan at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Sudan, on the blink of being sent home before the match, played tactfully and the jaded Kenyans had no answer.

Tanzania Mainland were also outplayed by guest team Zimbabwe who won 2-1 in the second match of the afternoon, but the home team, defending champions at the 12-team tournament, managed to qualify for the quarter finals as the second of two best runners-up sides from the three pools.

Zanzibar, who awaited the results of the final day to know their fate, were in the quarters as the best runners-up team.

The quarter finals pairings are:

Monday: Burundi v Sudan; Rwanda v Zanzibar

Tuesday: Zimbabwe v Uganda; Malawi v Tanzania Mainland

Kenya 0 Sudan 1

Kenya put up a gloomily poor performance losing 0-1 in their last Group ‘C’ against Sudan on Saturday. Later in the afternoon, Harambee Stars hoped they squeak into the quarter-finals if Tanzania Mainland beat Zimbabwe 2-0 in the last Group ‘A’ match.

If that happened, with Kenya and Zimbabwe on three points each, Harambee Stars with a -1 goal difference would have edged Zimbabwe [-2] as the second of the qualified third placed teams.

However, Zimbabwe trashed this computation early in the match when Daniel Ngoma scored in the first minute to give Zimbabwe a 1-0 lead. Then Said Maulid scored in his own goal to give the Zimbabweans a 2-0.

At that point, Kenya still held on to hopes if Zimbabwe went on to thrash Tanzania by a 4-0 margin. But it was the hosts who fought to pull back a goal through Mwinyi Kazimoto who converted an 85th minute penalty, shutting out the Harambee Stars.

In the encounter with Kenya, Sudan’s Bashir Koko rose unmarked in the six-yard box to head in powerfully in the 26th minute from a right flank corner.

There was earlier talk of disciplinary problems in the Kenya camp that ended with Jamal Mohammed and Paul Were being left out of selection altogether.

Also, since coming to the tournament, the Kenyans seemed unmotivated, murmurs indicating that Football Kenya Federation [FKF] had not paid player wages since they assembled in Nairobi preparing for the Challenge Cup.

The FKF chief executive officer, Lordvick Aduda, was in Dar es Salaam during the early stages of the tournament before leaving for Nairobi, promising that he would return with money for the players.

The FKF official left behind with the team, vice-chairman Sammy Shollei, is known to have made several frantic calls to Nairobi, reminding the aficionado there the need to live up to their promise or else morale among coach Francis Kimanzi’s team would continue to plummet.

TEAMS:-

KENYA - 1. Duncan Ochieng’: 5. Pascal Ochieng’ (captain), Yusuf Juma, 8. James Mulinge, 8. Brian Mandela, 13. Collins Okoth (12. Stephen Ochola, 79’), 7. Titus Mulama, 16. Humphrey Ochieng’ Mieno (10. Kevin Kimani, 45’), 9. Bob Mugalia, 20. Victor Ochieng’, 17. Stephen Waruru (14. James Situma, 64’)

Reserves not used - 18. Jackton Odhiambo, Gk; 19. Jockins Atudo, 3. Dennis Odhiambo

Coach - Francis Kimanzi [Kenya]

SUDAN - 16. Ilmoiz Maghoub (captain): 17. Muawia Bashir Koko, 14. Mageldin Abdalla, 9. Saif Eldin Ali, 5. Gulam Ali Kugour (18. Abuelgasim Saeed, 47’), 15. Khalifa Ahmed Bakhit, 7. Ramadan Agab, 20. Abdelrahman Ishag (6. Musaab Omer Maaz, 65’), 19. Amir Kamal Suliman, 13. Nazar Hamid Nassir, 12. Mohamed Musa (10. Mohamed Tahir Osman, 75’)

Reserves not used - 1. Rahaeldin Mohamed, Gk; 3. Amir Rabei Abdelnabi, 8. Mohamed Shaik Eldin, 4. Mohamed Ahmed Bashir

Scorer - 17. Muawia Bashir Koko (25’)

Coach - Mubarak Suliman

[Sudan]

Referee - Wiish Yabarow [Somalia]

Assistant ref - Equeh Yacin Hassan [Djibouti]

Asst ref - Hamis Changwalu [Tanzania]

Reserve ref - Eric Gasinzigwa [Burundi]

Match commissioner - Soulayman Hassan Waberi [Djibouti]

b>Tanzania 1 Zimbabwe 2

TEAMS:-

TANZANIA - 1. Juma Kaseja Juma (captain); 17. Godfrey Taitta, 3. Juma Jabu, 4. Juma Nyoso, 20. Shomari Kapombe (12. Erasto Nyoni, 29), 13. Ibrahim Mwaipopo, 7. Maulid Said (5. Nurdin Bakari, 57’), 6. Mwinyi Kazimoto, 9. Thomas Ulimwengu (14. Hussein Javu, 55’), 8. Mrisho Ngassa, 16. Ramadhani Chombo

Reserves not used - 18. Shaban Kado, Gk; 19. Shaban Nditti, 11. Musa “Mgossi” Hassan, 2. Haruna Moshi,

Scorer – 6. Mwinyi Kazimoto (87’, penalty)

Coach - Charles Boniface Mkwassa [Tanzania]

ZIMBABWE - 16. George Chigona: 2. Daniel Veremu (captain), 3.Qadir Amini, 5. Rahman Kutsanzira, 6. Eric Mudzingwa, 8. Timire Mamvura, 10. Donald Ngoma, 11. Benjamin Marere, 17. Charles Sibanda, 18. Joel Ngodzo, 7. Tapiwa Kumbuyani

Reserves not used - Ariel Sibanda, Gk; 4. James Jam, 9. Leonard Fiyado, 12. Tinashe Masika, 13. Thokozo Tshuma, 14. Cliff Sekeye, 19. Honest Moyo

Scorers - 10. Donald Ngoma (1’), 13. Ibrahim Mwaipopo (11’, own goa)

Coach - Norman Mapeza [Zimbabwe]

Referee - Davies Omweno [Kenya]

Assistant ref - Mark Ssonko [Uganda]

Asst ref - David Sagero [Kenya]

Reserve ref - Ronnie Kalema [Uganda]

Match commissioner - Tesfaye Gebryesus [Eritrea]

2011 CECAFA TUSKER CHALLENGE CUP

Dar es Salaam, November 25-December 10

Defending champions: Tanzania Mainland

GROUP ‘A’:

Tanzania Mainland

Rwanda

Zimbabwe

Djibouti

Results:

Tanzania Mainland 0-1 Rwanda

Zimbabwe 2-0 Djibouti

Rwanda 2-0 Zimbabwe

Djibouti 0-3 Tanzania

Rwanda 5-2 Djibouti

Tanzania 1-2 Zimbabwe

GROUP ’B’:

Uganda

Burundi

Zanzibar

Somalia

Burundi 4-1 Somalia

Uganda 2-1 Zanzibar

Zanzibar 0-0 Burundi

Somalia 0-4 Uganda

Somalia 0-3 Zanzibar

Burundi 1-0 Uganda

GROUP ‘C’

Sudan

Malawi

Kenya

Ethiopia

Results:

Sudan 1-1 Ethiopia

Kenya 0-2 Malawi

Ethiopia 0-2 Kenya

Malawi 0-0 Sudan

Ethiopia 1-1 Malawi

Kenya 0-1 Sudan

RESULTS & FIXTURES:

Friday, November 25:

1. 2.00pm: Burundi 4-1 Somalia, Gp ‘B’

2. 4.00pm: Uganda 2-1 Zanzibar, Gp ‘B’

Saturday, Nov 26:

3. 4.00pm: Tanzania 0-1 Rwanda, Gp ‘A’

Sunday, Nov 27:

4. 2.00pm: Zimbabwe 2-0 Djibouti, Gp ‘A’

5. 4.00pm: Zanzibar 0-0 Burundi, Gp ‘B’

Monday, Nov 28:

6. 2.00pm: Sudan 1-1 Ethiopia, Gp ‘C’

7. 4.00pm: Kenya 0-2 Malawi, Gp ‘C’

8. 4.00pm: Somalia 0-4 Uganda, Gp ‘B’ [Azam FC Stadium, Chamazi]

Tuesday, Nov 29:

9. 2.00pm: Rwanda 2-0 Zimbabwe, Gp ‘A’

10. 4.00pm: Djibouti 0-3 Tanzania, Gp ‘A’

Wednesday, No 30:

11. 2.00pm: Ethiopia 0-2 Kenya, Gp ‘C’

12. 4.00pm: Malawi 0-0 Sudan, Gp ‘C’

Thursday, December 1:

13. 2.00pm: Somalia 0-3 Zanzibar, Gp ‘B’

14. 4.00pm: Burundi 1-0 Uganda, Gp ‘B’

Fri, Dec 2:

15. 2.00pm: Rwanda 5-2 v Djibouti, Gp ‘A’

16. 4.00pm: Ethiopia 1-1 Malawi, Gp ‘C’

Sat, Dec 3:

17. 2.00pm: Kenya 0-1 Sudan, Gp ‘C’

18. 4.00pm: Tanzania 1-2 Zimbabwe, Gp ‘A’

Sun, Dec 4: R E S T D A Y

QUARTER FINALS

Mon Dec 5:

19. Burundi v Sudan

20. Rwanda v Zanzibar

Tue, Dec 6:

21. Zimbabwe v Uganda

22. Malawi v Tanzania Mainland

Wed, Dec 7: R E S T D A Y

SEMI FINALS

Thur, Dec 8:

23. Winner 19 v Winner 20

24. Winner 21 v Winner 22

Fri, Dec 9: R E S T D A Y

Sat, Dec 10:

BRONZE MEDAL:

Loser 23 v Loser 24

FINAL:

Winner 23 v Winner 24