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Cecafa U20: Kenya to battle Burundi as Tanzania land Uganda in quarter-finals

Kenya's Rising Stars will face Burundi in the Cecafa U20 quarter-finals set to be played on September 29 in Njeru, Jinja.

The junior stars progressed in second place in Group B after winning the first match 5-0 against Zanzibar before drawing 2-2 with arch-rivals Tanzania in Matchday 2.

They wound up their group assignments with another big win, with a 4-0 scoreline against Ethiopia.

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Tanzania will progress to the quarter-finals as Group B winners thanks to the fair play rule where they had fewer cards accumulated than Kenya.

Zanzibar will face Eritrea in their first knockout phase after finishing third despite losing 5-0 to their Tanzanian counterparts in the last group match.