Tourney Name: | Kagame Interclub Cup |
Year: | 2014 |
Other Titles: | CECAFA Club Cup |
Dates: | 8–24 August |
Country: | Rwanda |
Num Teams: | 14 |
Associations: | 11 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champion Other: | Al-Merrikh |
Count: | 3 |
Second Other: | A.P.R. |
Third Other: | Police |
Fourth Other: | Kampala C.C.A. |
Matches: | 34 |
Goals: | 128 |
Top Scorer: | Brian Umony (6 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2013 |
Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2014 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 39th edition of the Kagame Interclub Cup, which is organised by CECAFA. It is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda from 8–24 August.[1] [2] Rwanda is hosting the tournament for the fourth time since its inception in 1974.
All times shown are in Central Africa Time (UTC+2).
South African sports channel SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all matches played at the tournament.[3]
On 11 July 2014, the draw for clubs to participate in the tournament was released at the Amahoro Stadium, one of the two host venues.[4] Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the sponsor of the tournament, committed a total of US$60,000 for prize money, while an additional US$15,000 was committed to the organisation of the event.[5] Yanga was scheduled as the Tanzanian representative but was removed by CECAFA because the club decided to field a second string side in the tournament which is against the tournament regulation and were replaced by Azam.[6] Just like the reigning Burundi champion Flambeau de l'Est who was replaced by Atlético Olympic and the Ethiopian side Ethiopian Coffee who was replaced by Adama City.[7]
The following 14 clubs took part in the competition:
The group stage featured fourteen teams, with 5 teams in Group A and B and 4 team in Group C. Three teams from Group A and B and two teams from Group C advanced to the knockout stage.
The group stage began on 8 August and is scheduled to conclude on 17 August.
In the knockout stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals played against each other in a third place playoff where the winner was placed third overall in the entire competition.[8]
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Rank | Name | Team | Opponent(s) | Own goals |
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1 | Benadir | Vital'O | 1 | |
KMKM | Atlabara | |||
Atlabara | KMKM |