2011 Nile Basin Tournament

The 2011 Nile Basin Tournament was an association football tournament organized by the Egyptian Football Association. The tournament was contested in January 2011.[1]

2011 Nile Basin Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo, Ismaillia
Dates5–17 January
Teams7
Venue(s)4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
Runners-up Uganda
Third place DR Congo
Fourth place Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Al-Sayed Hamdy (6 Goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Ahmed Samir Farag

All fixtures are listed on FIFA.com with a 'Friendly' weight status which means that results will affect the participating nations' FIFA World Rankings.

Participants edit

 
A map of Africa showing the qualified nations.

Sudan requested not to be drawn with Uganda as they have been drawn against each other in the 2011 African Championship of Nations tournament.[2]

Matches edit

Teams finishing in 1st and 2nd position will qualify for semi-final stage whilst team that finishes in 3rd position will qualify for 5th place play-off.

Group stage edit

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals
Groups third advance to the fifth-place match

Tie-breaking criteria edit

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:[3]

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fair play points system taking into account the number of yellow and red cards;
  7. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
  Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Tanzania 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
  Burundi 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: [citation needed]

All times are Egypt Standard Time is at UTC+2.

Uganda  3 – 1  Burundi
Kaweesa   34'
Ssemakula   55'
Kasule   89'
report Habarugira   38'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

Egypt  5 – 1  Tanzania
Hamdy   5', 57'
Aboutrika   12'
Haroub   24' (o.g.)
Ali   78'
report Gumbo   82'
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)

Tanzania  1 – 1  Burundi
Shadrack Nsajigwa   75' (pen.) report Tambwe Hamisi   50'
Referee: Ojwang Osano (Kenya)

Egypt  1 – 0  Uganda
Gedo   90+3' report
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga (Congo DR)

Uganda  1 – 1  Tanzania
Y. Mugalu   65' report A. Machupa   24'
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)

Egypt  3 – 0  Burundi
Gedo   2'
Ali   11'
Hamdy   80'
report
Referee: Ojwang Osano (Kenya)

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  DR Congo 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
  Kenya 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
  Sudan 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Kenya  1 – 0  Sudan
Collins Okoth   17' (pen.) report
Referee: Onesimo Ndayisenga (Burundi)

DR Congo  1 – 0  Kenya
Lofo Bongeli   27' (pen.) report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

Sudan  1 – 2DR Congo  
Muhannad Tahir   71' report Matondo Salakiaku   36'
Lofo Bongeli   90' (pen.)
Referee: Orden Mbaga (Tanzania)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 
  Egypt5
 
17 January 2011 - Cairo
 
  Kenya1
 
  Egypt3
 
14 January 2011 - Cairo
 
  Uganda1
 
  DR Congo0
 
 
  Uganda1
 
Third place
 
 
17 January 2011 - Cairo
 
 
  DR Congo1
 
 
  Kenya0

Semi-final edit

DR Congo  0 - 1  Uganda
report Habeb Kofoma   23'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

Egypt  5 - 1  Kenya
Ahmad Belal   13', 69', 90'
Hamdy   21'
Gomaa   25'
report Omondi   67'
Referee: Onesimo Ndayisenga (Burundi)

5th Place Playoff edit

Tanzania  0 - 2  Sudan
report Haitham Mustafa   52'
Ala'a Eldin Yousif   61'
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

3rd Place Playoff edit

DR Congo  1 - 0  Kenya
Kasongo   31' report
Referee: Mohamed Hussein El Fadil (Sudan)

Final edit

Egypt  3 - 1  Uganda
Hamdy   38', 70'
Gedo   81'
report Ceaser Okhuti   84' (pen.)
Referee: Musungayi Mpunga (Congo DR)

Winner edit

 Nile Basin Tournament
2011 winner 
 
Egypt

First title


2nd Place 3rd Place
  Uganda   DR Congo


4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 7th Place
  Kenya   Sudan   Tanzania   Burundi

Prize money edit

Final
position
Money awarded
to team
1 $150,000
2 $120,000
3 $100,000
4 $60,000
5 $50,000
6 $50,000
7 $50,000

Awards edit

Scorers edit

Media Coverage edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Egypt to face Tanzania in friendly tournament opener". filgoal.com. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Egypt and Zambia in Nile Basin tournament opener". CAFonline.com. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010, art. 72, p. 29" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

External links edit