Tanzania: Mapinduzi Cup Groups, Fixture Released

ZANZIBAR Football Association (ZFA) has revealed the groups and fixture of the annual Mapinduzi Cup, which will kick off from December 30th, this year, to January 13th, next year.

The tournament is part of the celebrations to mark the 54th anniversary of Zanzibar Revolution to climax on January 12th, next year. Zanzibar Revolution anniversary celebrations every year involves various activities including football tournament dubbed as 'Mapinduzi Cup,' which involves local and international teams which are invited by the ZFA.

According to the fixture released by ZFA, the over two week long tournament will involve ten teams from Zanzibar, Tanzania Mainland and one guest team from Uganda. The tournament has been divided into two groups with each group comprising five teams.

Group A comprise the tournament's defending champions Azam FC and first runner up Simba, Jamhuri, Taifa Jang'ombe and URA from Uganda. It is considered as a group of 'death'.

According to the fixture, Azam and Simba will launch their campaigns by facing Jamhuri and Uganda's URA respectively in their first challenge in match day three of the group stage on January 2.

Azam and Simba will face each other on January 6 in a match which will be a repeat of proviso edition's final, in which Azam won 1-0. Group B has Mainland champions Young Africans, JKU, Mlandege, Zimamoto and Shaba.