CECAFA Challenge Cup: Ethiopia in Group C with Kenya, Uganda & Malawi

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Draws for the 2010 CECAFA Challenge Cup were made here and Ethiopia is drawn in Group C , the “Group of Death” with Kenya and Uganda.

Zambia has been drawn in Group A with hosts Tanzania, Somalia and Burundi and Group B comprises of Rwanda, Sudan, Zanzibar and the Ivory Coast.

The 2010 CECAFA Challenge Cup will be held in Tanzania/Zanzibar from November 27 to December 12.

The opening day schedule indicates that hosts Taifa Stars of Tanzania will take on Chipolopolo of Zambia, with Burundi facing Somalia later on that day.

Ethiopia’s first opponent will be defending champions Uganda Cranes, on November 29, 2010.

This year’s Challenge Cup will be played in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza and is said to be sponsored by Serengeti Breweries, which has pumped in a staggering $450,000.