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2011 Nile Basin Tournament

2011 Nile Basin Tournament
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Tournament details
Host country Egypt
City Cairo, Ismaillia
Dates 5–17 January
Teams 7
Venue(s) 4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Egypt
Runners-up  Uganda
Third place  DR Congo
Fourth place  Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 37 (2.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Al-Sayed Hamdy (6 Goals)
Best player Egypt Ahmed Samir Farag

The 2011 Nile Basin Tournament was an association football tournament organized by the Egyptian Football Association. The tournament was contested in January 2011.

All fixtures are listed on FIFA.com with a 'Friendly' weight status which means that results will affect the participating nations' FIFA World Rankings.

Sudan requested not to be drawn with Uganda as they have been drawn against each other in the 2011 African Championship of Nations tournament.

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.

If two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:

All times are Egypt Standard Time is at UTC+2.


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