2012 Kagame Interclub Cup

The 2012 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 37th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It began on 14 July and ended on 28 July 2012. Tanzania hosted the tournament for their eleventh time since it officially began in 1974, when they were also hosts. The tournament made Wau Salaam the first South Sudanese club to take part in an international club tournament.[1]

2012 Kagame Interclub Cup
CECAFA Club Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTanzania
Dates14–28 July 2012
Teams11 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions Young Africans (5th title)
Runners-up Azam
Third place Vita Club
Fourth place A.P.R.
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored77 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s) Said Bahanunzi
(7 goals)

Defending champions Young Africans picked up their fifth title of the competition after beating fellow Tanzanians Azam in the final.

Broadcasting

SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all games played in the tournament. They used their SS9 (SuperSport 9) and SS9E (SuperSport 9 East) channels.[2]

Participants

On 29 June 2012, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released.[3][4][5] Young Africans, the winning team, received a cash prize of US$ 30,000, while the runners-up and third-placed teams, Azam and Vita Club respectively, received cash prizes US$ 20,000 and US$ 10,000 respectively.[6] The budget of the tournament is said to be around US$ 600,000.[7] Matches are being played at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and the Azam Stadium in Chamazi.[8]

The following 11 clubs took part in the competition:

Match officials

CECAFA appointed 15 officials to participate in the tournament.[9]

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

The group stage featured 11 teams, with 4 teams in Group A and Group C and 3 in Group B. The matchdays were 14–15, 17–18, 19, 20 and 21 July.[5][10][11][12]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are 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.

Nine CECAFA associations were represented in the group stage: Tanzania by three clubs and Burundi, Congo DR, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Zanzibar.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
U.R.A. 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
Vita Club 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
Simba 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
Port 3 0 0 3 1 13 12 0
Source:

Vita Club 7–0 Port
Rogombe  21'
Etekiama  24', 30', 74', 84' (pen.)
Ngudikama  34'
Makola  69'
Report
Azam Stadium
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

Simba 0–2 U.R.A.
Report Ali  12', 90+2'

Vita Club 1–3 U.R.A.
Mutombo  60' Report Bagala  66'
Ssekisambu  79'
Ssentongo  89'

Port 0–3 Simba
Report Juma  62', 73'
Sunzu  65' (pen.)

Port 1–3 U.R.A.
Agbor  70' Report Nsumba  24'
Mubiru  39'
Ssentongo  57'

Simba 1–1 Vita Club
Moshi Report 1
Report 2
Etekiama  34'
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Azam 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
Mafunzo 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
Tusker 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Azam, Mafunzo and Tusker are all tied on points as shown above, but Azam and Mafunzo are ranked ahead of Tusker because of having more goals scored in the group, and Azam is ranked higher than Mafunzo because, since all of their criteria is the same, the first letter on their team name (A) is higher in the alphabet.

Azam 1–1 Mafunzo
Bocco  27' Report Hassan  46'
Azam Stadium
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Mafunzo 0–0 Tusker
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Azam 0–0 Tusker
Report

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Atlético Olympic 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7
Young Africans 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
A.P.R. 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
Wau Salaam 3 0 0 3 1 19 18 0
Source:

A.P.R. 7–0 Wau Salaam
Saint-Preux  15' (pen.), 53'
Ndikumana  24'
Karekezi  40'
Mugiraneza  48', 77'
Mubumbyi  57'
Report 1
Report 2
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Young Africans 0–2 Atlético Olympic
Report 1
Report 2 (in Swahili)
Kavumbagu  82'
Ndikumana  90'

Atlético Olympic 0–0 A.P.R.
Report

Wau Salaam 1–7 Young Africans
Ulama  90+2' Report Bahanunzi  12', 17'
Kizza  18', 27', 30', 35'
Khalfan  72'

Atlético Olympic 5–0 Wau Salaam
Gateretse  2'
Ciza  38'
Nsabiyumwa  48'
Nimubona  55'
Ndayisenga  57'
Report

Young Africans 2–0 A.P.R.
Bahanunzi  23', 68' Report

Knockout stage

The knockout stage involved the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top three teams from Group A and Group C and the top two from Group B.

In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals play against each other in the third place playoff where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition and receive US$ 10,000. The winners of the final receive US$30,000 and the runners-up US$20,000.[6]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July
 
 
U.R.A.1
 
26 July
 
A.P.R.2
 
A.P.R.0
 
23 July
 
Young Africans1
 
Mafunzo1 (3)
 
28 July
 
Young Africans1 (5)
 
Young Africans2
 
24 July
 
Azam0
 
Atlético Olympic1
 
26 July
 
Vita Club2
 
Vita Club1
 
24 July
 
Azam2 Third place
 
Azam3
 
28 July
 
Simba1
 
A.P.R.1
 
 
Vita Club2
 

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 23–24 July 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Uganda Revenue Authority 1–2 Armée Patriotique Rwandaise
Mafunzo 1–1 (3–5 p) Young Africans
Atlético Olympic 1–2 Association Sportive Vita Club
Azam 3–1 Simba

In the first quarter-final, Uganda Revenue Authority, who had lost the 2008 final in to Tusker, faced Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, who had already beaten them 2–1 five years earlier to clinch the title in 2007. The latter won the match 2–1. Mafunzo, in the second quarter-final, were beaten 5–3 on penalties by Young Africans, who are seeking their fifth title in the competition, after the match ended in a 1–1 stalemate after 90 minutes.

Atlético Olympic, making their first appearance at the tournament as only the second Burundian club ever to participate, were edged out 2–1 in the third quarter-final by Vita Club, also competing for their first time. Azam completed a surprise upset in the fourth quarter-final over six-time champions and fellow Tanzanians Simba, beating them 3–1 to advance to the semi-finals.

U.R.A. 1–2 A.P.R.
Ssentongo  57' Report Iranzi  10'
Ndikumana  34'

Mafunzo 1–1
(90 min.)
Young Africans
Mbanga  34' Report Bahanunzi  46'
Penalties
Shebe
Shabaan
Abdulrahim
Jaku
3–5 Bahanunzi
Haroub
Kizza
Niyonzima
Idd
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Atlético Olympic 1–2 Vita Club
Kwizera  47' Report Etekiama  6'
Makola  90'

Azam 3–1 Simba
Bocco  17', 46', 73' Report 1
Report 2
Kapombe  53'

Semi-finals

The semi-finals will be played on 26 July 2012.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Association Sportive Vita Club 1–2 Azam
Armée Patriotique Rwandaise 0–1 Young Africans

In the first semi-final Vita Club will be up against Azam, both of whom have performed impressively for newcomers in this year's competition, having reached the semi-finals ahead of more experienced clubs.

Armée Patriotique Rwandaise will face Young Africans for a second time in the tournament, having lost 2–0 to them in the group stage.

Vita Club 1–2 Azam
Mfongang  35' Report Bocco  68'
Ngassa  88'

A.P.R. 0–1 Young Africans
Report Kizza  90+10'
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Third place playoff

The third place playoff was played on 28 July 2012, right before the final.

A.P.R. 1–2 Vita Club
Mugiraneza  89' Report Mapanda  19'
Mutombo  69'
Referee: Anthony Ogwayo (Kenya)

Final

The final was played on 28 July 2012, right after the third place playoff. To reach the final, in the knockout stage Azam defeated six-time champions Simba and Vita Club, while Young Africans eliminated Mafunzo and Armée Patriotique Rwandaise, whom they had already beaten in the group stage.

Azam, making their first ever appearance at the tournament, were the fifth team from Tanzania to reach the final and the fourth to reach the final with Tanzania as the hosts, the last being defending champions Young Africans in 1986. The match was also the third final in which both finalists were from Tanzania, and the second final hosted by Tanzania in which both finalists were from Tanzania.

Young Africans 2–0 Azam
Kizza  44'
Bahanunzi  90+3'
Report 1
Report 2
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Young Africans
Azam

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Top scorers

A total of 77 goals was scored by 46 different players in the entire tournament.

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Said Bahanunzi Young Africans7
2 Tady Etekiama Association Sportive Vita Club6
Hamis Kizza Young Africans
4 John Bocco Azam5
5 Jean-Baptiste Mugiraneza Armée Patriotique Rwandaise3
Robert Ssentongo Uganda Revenue Authority
7 Selemani Ndikumana Armée Patriotique Rwandaise2
Leonel Saint-Preux
Basilua Makola Association Sportive Vita Club
Kazadi Mutombo
Abdalla Juma Simba
Feni Ali Uganda Revenue Authority
13 Jean-Claude Iranzi Armée Patriotique Rwandaise1
Olivier Karekezi
Barnabe Mubumbyi
Ayuk Roland Agbor Association Sportive du Port
Magola Mapanda Association Sportive Vita Club
Alfred Mfongang
Emmanuel Ngudikama
Romaric Rogombé
Hussein Ciza Atlético Olympic
Divin Gateretse
Didier Kavumbagu
Pierre Kwizera
Kevin Ndayisenga
Olivier Ndikumana
Emery Nimubona
Frederick Nsabiyumwa
Mrisho Ngassa Azam
Mohamed Abdulrahim Mafunzo
Ali Juma Hassan
Juma Jaku
Ally Othman Mbanga
Salum Said Shebe
Shomari Kapombe Simba
Haruna Moshi
Felix Sunzu
Sula Bagala Uganda Revenue Authority
Samuel Mubiru
Augustine Nsumba
Erias Ssekisambu
Khamis Deshama Ulama Wau Salaam
Nadir Haroub Young Africans
Athuman Idd
Nizar Khalfan
Haruna Niyonzima

See also

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