"Tournament" played between three selected clubs in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to "determine" the Sudanese entrants in the African club tournaments while the Sudanese league is suspended due to the ongoing civil war in the country. [Jun 25] Hilal Om 7-1 Hay al-Wadi [Jun 27] Hay al-Wadi 0-1 Merreikh Om [Jun 30] Hilal Om awd Merreikh Om [awarded 2-0; Merreikh withdrew following a row over broadcasting rights] Final Table: 1.Al-Hilal (Omdurman) 2 2 0 0 9- 1 6 2.Al-Merreikh (Omdurman) 2 1 0 1 1- 2 3 3.Hay Al-Wadi (Nyala) 2 0 0 2 1- 8 0 -.Tuti (Khartoum) originally announced as participants but withdrew NB: in spite of the rather peculiar nature of this tournament and its farcical ending (Merreikh were on the pitch for the final match but its directors forbade the team to play), on Jul 8 CAF accepted the entry of the above three clubs for its club tournaments 2024/25 (Al-Hilal and Al-Merreikh are to enter the CAF Champions League, Hay Al-Wadi the CAF Confederation Cup). NB: Mauritania have agreed to Al-Hilal and Al-Merreikh entering its top level league for the 2024/25 season, subject to approval by CAF, after an earlier tentative of both clubs to enter the Tanzania league was not approved by the Tanzanian FA.
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