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	5	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Tanzania	4	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2
Zambia	3	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1
Uganda	0	3	0	0	3	5	10	-5

Kenya  v  Tanzania

November 3, 1979

Kenya	0 – 0	Tanzania

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Uganda  v  Zambia

November 4, 1979

Uganda	1 – 2	Zambia

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Zambia  v  Tanzania

November 6, 1979

Zambia	2 – 2	Tanzania

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Kenya  v  Uganda

November 7, 1979

Kenya	3 – 1	Uganda

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Tanzania  v  Uganda

November 9, 1979

Tanzania	5 – 3	Uganda

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Kenya  v  Zambia

November 10, 1979

Kenya	3 – 1	Zambia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Malawi	4	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Zanzibar	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4
Sudan	1	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4

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

Malawi  v  Zanzibar

November 4, 1979

Malawi	4 – 0	Zanzibar

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Malawi  v  Sudan

November 7, 1979

Malawi	4 – 0	Sudan

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Zanzibar  v  Sudan

November 4, 1979

Zanzibar	1 – 1	Sudan

Semifinals

Malawi  v  Tanzania

November 13, 1979

Malawi	1 – 1	Tanzania

Malawi  v  Tanzania

November 14, 1979

Malawi	4 – 0 (Replay)	Tanzania

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Kenya  v  Zanzibar

November 14, 1979

Kenya	2 – 0	Zanzibar

Third place match

Tanzania  v  Zanzibar

November 16, 1979

Tanzania	2 – 1	Zanzibar

Final

Malawi  v  Kenya

November 17, 1979

Malawi	3 – 2	Kenya

References

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