The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) have this Wednesday conducted the 2011 Senior Challenge Cup draws with Uganda Cranes placed in Group B against Burundi, Zanzibar and Somalia.
Hosts Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Djibouti are in Group ‘A’. Group ‘C’ has Sudan, Kenya, Eritrea and Malawi. Cecafa General Secretary, Nicholas Musonye said they had the intentions to invite Ivory Coast and Zambia as guest teams but were blocked by the CAF rules.
“Cecafa had intended to invite Zambia and Ivory Coast but because of the CAF regulations forbidding teams that qualified for CAN to take part in any competition after the draws had been done made us withdraw their invitation and instead invited Malawi” said Musonye shortly after the draws. Malawi was formerly a member of the regional body.
The detailed fixtures will be released by the end of the week. The tournament flags off on November 25, just a day after the elections of the new Cecafa executive.
FUFA President, Lawrence Mulindwa said the Cranes team will undergo residential training shortly after return from the LG Cup tournament in Morocco.
Sports analysts have branded group ‘C’ as the group of death and predicted a tough fight among Kenya, Sudan and Malawi.
Eritrea will be a surprise package when they qualify from this group.
