1979 CECAFA Cup

1979 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country Kenya
Dates November 3–17
Teams 7 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Malawi (2nd title)
Runners-up  Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 49 (3.5 per match)

The 1979 CECAFA Cup was the 7th edition of 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). The tournament was held in Kenya from November 3 to November 17 and saw seven teams competing in the competition. It was held in Kenya, and was won by Malawi.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kenya 5321062+4
 Tanzania 4312075+2
 Zambia 3311156-1
 Uganda 03003510-5

November 3, 1979
Kenya  0 – 0  Tanzania

November 4, 1979
Uganda  1 – 2  Zambia

November 6, 1979
Zambia  2 – 2  Tanzania

November 7, 1979
Kenya  3 – 1  Uganda

November 9, 1979
Tanzania  5 – 3  Uganda

November 10, 1979
Kenya  3 – 1  Zambia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malawi 4220080+8
 Zanzibar 1201115-4
 Sudan 1201115-4

It is unclear why Zanzibar was placed the second over Sudan; probably by drawing lot

November 4, 1979
Malawi  4 – 0  Zanzibar

November 7, 1979
Malawi  4 – 0  Sudan

November 4, 1979
Zanzibar  1 – 1  Sudan

Semifinals

November 13, 1979
Malawi  1 – 1  Tanzania

November 14, 1979
Malawi  4 – 0
(Replay)
 Tanzania

November 14, 1979
Kenya  2 – 0  Zanzibar

Third place match

November 16, 1979
Tanzania  2 – 1  Zanzibar

Final

November 17, 1979
Malawi  3 – 2  Kenya

References

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