Somalia arrives first for Cecafa tourney - SuperSport - Football
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
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