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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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:
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

 
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

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

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

3rd Place Playoff

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

Final

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

Winner

 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

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

Scorers

Media Coverage

  • Nile Sport
  • Modern Sport

References

  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.
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