CAMFOOT 2008 - Africa military football tournament, Uganda

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Algerian Army football team to vie for CAMFOOT Cup in Uganda

December 3, 2008 -- Algeria will participate in the African Military Football Cup starting Wednesday (December 3rd) in Kampala. Algeria joins South Africa, Gambia and defending champions Cameroon in Group B for the 2-week competition.

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Algeria humiliates South Africa at military football tournament

Kampala, Uganda, December 5, 2008 -- The Algerian military soccer team on Thursday humiliated their South African counterparts with a 5-1 defeat in the ongoing Africa military football tournament in Kampala.

The match was played at Nakivubo war memorial stadium in the city centre while at another match played at Mandela national stadium east of Kampala city Cameroon was held to one all draw by the Gambia.

The tournament is organized and hosted by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces and eight teams are participating.

On Friday Kenya will face Guinea which succumbed to a 3-1 defeat to the Ugandan side on the opening day on Wednesday.

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Cameroon beats Algeria 1-0 in Military games soccer match

Nakivubo, Uganda, December 6, 2008 -- Cameroon military soccer team Saturday beat Algeria 1-0 to raise its hope of grabbing one of the African slots at the world military games soccer being held in Brazil in 2011.

Playing in group B of the current African Military games soccer tournament at Uganda's war memorial stadium in Nakivubo, Cameroon secured four points (having drawn 1-1 with Gambia in their first match) to top the group.

Algeria who beat South Africa 4-1 in their opening game are second on the table with three points.

Earlier on Friday, Kenya qualified for the semi finals after beating Guinea 4-2 in their first game of the three-team Group A.

On Sunday, hosts Uganda will take on Kenya while South Africa will facing Gambia in Group B.

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Kenya sails to CAMFOOT semi-finals

Nakivubo, Uganda, December 7, 2008 -- After beating Guinea 4 - 2 two days ago and holding hosts Uganda to goalless draw Sunday, Kenya's army side, Ulinzi FC qualified for the semi-finals of the 7th Championship of Africa Military Football (CAMFOOT).

Ulinzi now waits till Tuesday to know who they will meet for the semi-finals from Group B led by Cameroon, followed by Algeria, Gambia third and South Africa at the bottom.

If Ulinzi qualifies for the finals, the Kenyan army outfit will automatically grab one of the three slots to represent Africa in the military World Cup due 2011 in Brazil.

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Cameroon set to retain CAMFOOT title, Gambia bows out

Kampala, Uganda, December 9, 2008 -- On Tuesday defending champions Cameroon blanked South Africa’s largely teenage army team 3–0 to top Group B of the ongoing African Military Games football tournament being played in Uganda.

South Africa bowed out as bottom placed in Group B with one point secured Sunday after their 2-2 draw with Gambia.

PANA reports that the draw was the best result the youngest side of the tournament with an average age of 21 had secured.

Cameroon will be facing hard fighters Kenya military soccer side, Ulinzi FC, in the second semi-finals Thursday.

Ulinzi are the runners-up in Group A after securing four points with hosts Simba FC that recorded a superior goals aggregate.

Yet unbeaten, Cameroon topped Group B with seven points after a goalless draw with Gambia and nipping Algeria 1–0, showing clear intentions of retaining the title.

Meanwhile, Gambia which has not won or lost a match in the tournament became effectively eliminated after their 2-2 draw with Algeria.

Despite putting a tough fight in all their three Group B qualifiers, Gambia lacked the ability to contain all their opponents, often suffering defensive mix-ups that allowed their opponents to level up, ending with just three points.

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Algerian Army footballers advance to CAMFOOT semis

December 10, 2008 -- Algeria's military team eliminated Gambia from the 7th African Military Football Championship (CAMFOOT) after drawing 2-2 on Tuesday (December 9th) in Uganda, Algeria will face hosts Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) in the semis on Thursday, while defending champions Cameroon will clash with Kenya. Eight teams are participating in the 2-week tournament in Kampala. The winner will represent Africa at the 2010 World Military Cup tournament in Brazil.

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Results

Uganda 0 - Algeria 2

Cameroon 2 - Kenya 0

Third place play-off (Friday 12th December)

Uganda v Kenya

Final (Saturday 13th December)

Algeria v Cameroon