amenina wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 14:40
Mapinduzi Cup 2025
The Mapinduzi Cup is an annual football tournament hosted by Zanzibar. It usually features club football teams of Zanzibar, Tanzania mainland, and other teams from East Africa. However, this year for preparation of CHAN next month and AFCON 2027, which will be hosted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, it will feature the national teams of Zanzibar (Zanzibar Heroes), Tanzania mainland (Kilimanjaro Stars), Kenya, and Burkina Faso. Burundi and Uganda were also originally to participate but later withdrew. The four teams will play a round-robin, and the top two teams will play in the final.
amenina wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 14:40
Mapinduzi Cup 2025
The Mapinduzi Cup is an annual football tournament hosted by Zanzibar. It usually features club football teams of Zanzibar, Tanzania mainland, and other teams from East Africa. However, this year for preparation of CHAN next month and AFCON 2027, which will be hosted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, it will feature the national teams of Zanzibar (Zanzibar Heroes), Tanzania mainland (Kilimanjaro Stars), Kenya, and Burkina Faso. Burundi and Uganda were also originally to participate but later withdrew. The four teams will play a round-robin, and the top two teams will play in the final.
Mapinduzi Cup 2025
Result, 3 January
Zanzibar 1-0 Tanzania mainland
I suppose that this is a bit like the Isle of Wight defeating England or Corsica defeating France
amenina wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 14:40
Mapinduzi Cup 2025
The Mapinduzi Cup is an annual football tournament hosted by Zanzibar. It usually features club football teams of Zanzibar, Tanzania mainland, and other teams from East Africa. However, this year for preparation of CHAN next month and AFCON 2027, which will be hosted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, it will feature the national teams of Zanzibar (Zanzibar Heroes), Tanzania mainland (Kilimanjaro Stars), Kenya, and Burkina Faso. Burundi and Uganda were also originally to participate but later withdrew. The four teams will play a round-robin, and the top two teams will play in the final.
Mapinduzi Cup 2025
Result, 3 January
Zanzibar 1-0 Tanzania mainland
I suppose that this is a bit like the Isle of Wight defeating England or Corsica defeating France
Not exactly. Zanzibar population is a little under 2 million. Tanzania population is actually very close to UK population, so you could say it would be like something a little less than 1.89M beating England. Perhaps something like Birmingham (Bellingham!) and Leeds beating the rest of England.
I suppose that this is a bit like the Isle of Wight defeating England or Corsica defeating France
Not exactly. Zanzibar population is a little under 2 million. Tanzania population is actually very close to UK population, so you could say it would be like something a little less than 1.89M beating England. Perhaps something like Birmingham (Bellingham!) and Leeds beating the rest of England.
The population of the whole Tanzania is about 67 million, while Zanzibar Island is about 1.8 million. If one must go with an island in Europe as reference, the closest is probably Italy, about 59 million, and Sardinia, about 1.6 million.