CECAFA Kagame Cup returns after a two-year hiatus
AFC Leopards SC Jafari Owiti L is challenged by Gor Mahia FCs Ernest Wendo during FKF Premier League match dubbed Mashemeji Derby at Nyayo National Stadium on May 14, 2023. AFC Leopards SC won 2-1 . Photo Kelly Ayodi Sportpicha
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The annual extravaganza that features top-flight champions
from the 12 members associations, including Zanzibar, is returning after a two-year
hiatus.
According to CECAFA Executive Director John Auka Gecheo, the
tournament will act as a perfect dry runner for the CAF-Champions League.
“We are glad that this tournament will be returning after
two years to provide a brilliant preseason platform for the teams to prepare
better before the start of the 2024/2025CAF Champions League, CAF
Confederations Cup and the different Leagues back home."
Uganda's Express FC beat guest side Nyasa Big Bullets from
Malawi 1-0 in the final when the tournament was last held in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania in 2021.
Tanzanian side Simba SC has hoisted the title for a record six times, one more than compatriots Young Africans SC and Tusker FC (Kenya).
Other winners include APR FC (Rwanda), Al Merriekh (Sudan), and SC Villa (Uganda), and Kenya’s Gor Mahia FC have won it three times.
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