2015 CECAFA Cup

The 2015 CECAFA Cup is the 38th 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 Ethiopia from 21 November to 5 December 2015.

The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted in Rwanda. However, in June 2015, it was announced that Ethiopia replaced Rwanda as host due to Rwanda's preparation to host the 2016 African Nations Championship.

Participants
The following teams were confirmed to be participating in the tournament:


 * Notes
 * Eritrea national football team refused to participate due to the country's political tensions with hosts Ethiopia.
 * A draw containing Zambia was released to the press on 9 November 2015 but appeared to be inaccurate due to Malawi's inclusion.

Match officials

 * Referees


 * Assistant referees

Group stage
The draw result was announced by CECAFA on 11 November 2015. If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were 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.

Ranking of third-placed teams
The two best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Goalscorers

 * 5 goals
 * Athar El Tahir


 * 3 goals
 * 🇷🇼 Jacques Tuyisenge
 * John Bocco
 * 🇺🇬 Farouk Miya


 * 2 goals


 * 🇰🇪 Jacob Keli
 * 🇰🇪 Michael Olunga
 * 🇲🇼 Chiukepo Msowoya
 * 🇸🇸 Bruno Martinez
 * Elias Maguli
 * Simon Msuva
 * 🇺🇬 Caesar Okhuti
 * Suleiman Kassim


 * 1 goal


 * 🇧🇮 Amissi Tambwe
 * 🇧🇮 Didier Kavumbagu
 * 🇪🇹 Behailu Girma
 * 🇪🇹 Mohammed Nasser
 * 🇪🇹 Gatoch Panom
 * 🇲🇼 John Banda
 * 🇲🇼 Gerald Phiri, Jr.
 * 🇲🇼 Dalitso Sayilesi
 * 🇷🇼 Yussufu Habimana
 * 🇷🇼 Hegman Ngomirakiza
 * 🇸🇸 Dominic Abuyo
 * 🇸🇸 James Moga
 * Faris Abdalla
 * Walaa Eldin Musa
 * Said Juma
 * 🇺🇬 Frank Kalanda
 * 🇺🇬 Erisa Ssekisambu
 * Khamis Mcha Khamis


 * Own goal
 * Salim Mbonde (playing against Ethiopia)

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