APR open title defence against Yanga

Cecafa/Kagame Cup Fixtures July 12Simba       v  TuskerVital’O       v  Benadir July 13Miembeni    v  Awassa CityAPR           v  Yanga July 14SID           v  DendenRayon        v  URA July 15Tusker       v  Vital’OBenadir      v  Simba July 16APR           v  Awassa CityMiembeni    v  Yanga July 17URA          v  DendenRayon       v  SID July 18Tusker      v  BenadirSimba       v  Vital’O July 19APR          v  MiembeniAwassa     v  Yanga July 20SID          v   URADenden     v   Rayon

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Cecafa/Kagame Cup

Fixtures

July 12
Simba       v  Tusker
Vital’O       v  Benadir

July 13
Miembeni    v  Awassa City
APR           v  Yanga

July 14
SID           v  Denden
Rayon        v  URA

July 15
Tusker       v  Vital’O
Benadir      v  Simba

July 16
APR           v  Awassa City
Miembeni    v  Yanga

July 17
URA          v  Denden
Rayon       v  SID

July 18
Tusker      v  Benadir
Simba       v  Vital’O

July 19
APR          v  Miembeni
Awassa     v  Yanga

July 20
SID          v   URA
Denden     v   Rayon

Nine-time national league champions and Kagame Cup defending champions, APR open their title defence against Tanzanian giants Yanga Africans on July 13 at Dar es Salaam stadium.

According to the fixtures released yesterday by Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye, Rwanda’s representatives APR and Rayon Sport face crucial opening matches in their respective groups.

The two-week-long tournament will be played at Tanzania’s new main stadium in Dar es Salaam.

The opening match of this year’s championship will between Burundi’s Vital’O against Somalia’s Benadir Telecom and that match will followed by Simba (Tanzania) against Kenya’s Tusker in group A on July 12.

The other group C fixture scheduled for July 13 will be the clash between Zanzibar’s Miembeni and Ethiopia’s Awassa City.

In group B, Djibouti’s SID will open their campaign with Eritrea’s Denden while last year’s losing finalists URA will take on Rwanda’s Rayon Sport on July 14.

The knockout phase will wind up on July 20 with group B fixtures. URA will face SID while Rayon Sport will face Denden.

The quarter-finals are set for July 22-23 with the semi finals due on July 24-25 while the two-week long tournament will climax on July 26.

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