Sunday, November 24, 2013
The teams that are scheduled to take part in the Cecafa Senior
Challenge Cup tournament which is set to kick off on Wednesday have
started arriving in the country with Somalia being the first to be
booked in.
The team, popularly known as the Ocean Stars arrived in Nairobi at
1300hrs in a contingent of 25 involving players and team officials.
The defending champions Uganda are expected in the country on Sunday
24 November as confirmed in a communiqué by the Football Kenya
Federation (FKF). Five other nations; Eritrea, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan
and their neighbours South Sudan are as well scheduled to jet in on
Sunday.
Former African champions Zambia who will be making an appearance in
the tournament as a guest team are expected to show up on Monday25
November then Ethiopia will arrive a day before the tournament starts,
on Tuesday 26 November.
It is not yet clear when Zanzibar and Tanzania will be arriving.
In the draw done earlier, hosts Kenya will take to the field against Ethiopia in the first game of the tournament.
Groups
Group A: Kenya, Ethiopia, Zanzibar, South Sudan
Group B: Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, Somalia
Group C: Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, Eritrea