In Summary
- The tournament will take place in Tanzania
- This will be the first competitive test for Gorm Mahis’s new coach
- The teams participating will be twelve down from sixteen
2023/2024 FKF Premier League Champions or Mahia have been drawn into a competitive group for the 2024 CECAFA Kagame Cup.
The tournament will take place in Tanzania, between Tuesday, July 9 July 21 2024.
The mathes will be taking place at the Azam Complex in Chamazi and the newly constructed KMC Stadium in Kinondoni, both located in Dar es Salaam.
The competition will feature twelve teams divided into three groups of four.
The top team from each group, along with the best runner-up, will progress to the semi-finals
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Gor Mahia In Group B
Gor Mahia who haven’t won the Kagane Cup Trophy in a long time hope to lift the trophy this time
The Green Army find themselves in Group B alongside Zambian Super League champions Red Arrows, Sudanese champions Al Hilal, and Djiboutian side Djibouti Telkom FC.
This will be the first competitive test for the newly appointed Gor Mahia Coach
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Kagame Cup Teams Reduced
The tournament initially planned to have sixteen teams but the number was reduced to 12
“although we had initially planned to have 16 teams we have been forced to reduce the number and also change the dates because of some challenges .But we believe this tournament will give our teams in the zone a good platform to prepare well ahead of the 2024/2025 CAF Champions league and CAF Confederation Cup” Said the CECAFA Executive Director John Auka Gecheo
The Twelve Teams
Group A
Coastal Union FC (Tanzania), Al Wadi FC (Sudan), JKU SC (Zanzibar) Dekedaha FC (Somalia)
Group B
Al Hilal (Sudan),Gor Mahia FC (Kenya), Red Arrows FC (Zambia), Djibouti Telkom FC (Djibouti)
Group C
SC Villa (Uganda), APR FC (Rwanda), Singida Black Stars FC (Tanzania), El Merreikh Bentiu (South Sudan)
