The 2015 Kagame Interclub Cup was the 40th edition of the
Kagame Interclub Cup
The CECAFA Club Cup is a Association football, football club tournament organised by CECAFA. It has been known as the Kagame Interclub Cup since 2002, when Rwandan President Paul Kagame began sponsoring the competition. It is contested by clubs fro ...
, which is organised by
CECAFA
The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (, , , ; officially abbreviated as CECAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in mostly East Africa and parts of Central Africa. An affiliate of the Confederation of Afr ...
. It took place in
Tanzania
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from 18 July to 2 August.
All times shown are in
East Africa Time
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(
UTC+3
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Following the ISO 8601 standard, ...
).
Broadcasting
South African sports channel
SuperSport secured official rights to broadcast all matches played at the tournament, and this year secured a contract to broadcast the cup for the next 4 years.
Participants
The following 13 clubs took part in the competition:
;Group A
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Yanga
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Gor Mahia
Gor Mahia Football Club (), commonly known as is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. They have won the Kenyan Premier League a record 21 times, and have also won the FKF President's Cup a record 11 times. It is the first and ...
* Al Khartoum SC, Al-Khartoum
* KMKM FC, KMKM
* AS Ali Sabieh Djibouti Télécom, Djibouti Télécom
;Group B
* Armée Patriotique Rwandaise F.C., A.P.R.
* Al-Ahly Shendi
* Lydia Ludic Burundi Académic FC, LLB Académic
* Elman FC, Elman
;Group C
* Kampala Capital City Authority FC, Kampala C.C.A.
* Azam F.C., Azam
* Al-Malakia FC, Al-Malakia
* Adama City F.C., Adama City
Group stage
The group stage featured thirteen teams, with 5 teams in Group A and 4 teams in Group B and C. Three teams from Group A and B and two teams from Group C advanced to the #Knockout stage, knockout stage.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, teams Single-elimination tournament, played 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.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Top scorers
References
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Kagame Interclub Cup
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International association football competitions hosted by Tanzania
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July 2015 sports events in Africa
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