2000 CECAFA Cup

2000 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country Uganda
Dates 18 November – 2 December
Teams 9 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Uganda (A) (8th title)
Runners-up  Uganda (B)
Third place  Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 61 (3.05 per match)

The 2000 CECAFA Cup was the 24th edition of the football tournament, which involves teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were played in Uganda, a decision which Tanzania protested, but to no avail.[1] Tanzania were also banned from international football by FIFA, the world football governing body.[1] The matches were played from 18 November to 2 December 2000. Prior to the tournament, Djibouti withdrew due to monetary difficulties, but re-entered. Sudan and Zanzibar also withdrew, but stayed out. The reasoning behind their withdrawal was unknown.[1]

Nine teams entered the tournament, as opposed to the twelve teams competing at the previous tournament in 1999.[2] However, there were only eight different nations competing in the tournament as Uganda entered two teams: Uganda (A) and Uganda (B). Uganda (A) was in Group A, and Uganda (B) was in Group B, enabling the two the correct set-up to be able to meet each other in the final, as occurred here. Both Ugandas topped their respective groups, and progressed to the knockout stages along with Ethiopia and Rwanda. Uganda (A) beat Rwanda, and Uganda (B) beat Ethiopia to mean that "the Cranes" (Uganda [A]) and "the Lions" (Uganda (B)) would meet in the final. In the final, Uganda (A) captained by George Ssimwogerere of Express, won 2–0.[1][3] Ethiopia finished third after beating Rwanda on penalties 4–2 after the match finished 0–0.[1]

Background

The CECAFA Cup is considered Africa's oldest football tournament, and involves teams from Central and Southern Africa. The tournament was originally named the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), and Zanzibar;[4] it ran from 1929 until 1965.[5] In 1967, this became the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, often shortened to simply the Challenge Cup, which was competed for five years, until 1971, before the CECAFA Cup was introduced in 1973.[4] The 1999 champions were Rwanda (B), in 2000 they emerged from their group second, after Uganda (B), 5 points behind but 2 points ahead of the next team, Eritrea. They were then knocked out in the semi-finals against Uganda (A). The 2000 champions, Uganda, were knocked out in the 1999 semi-finals by none other than Rwanda.[2]

Participants

9 teams from 8 countries competed, three teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania), all 8 nations at this tournament had competed at the 1999 CECAFA Cup.[2]

Group stage

The group stage began on 18 November and ended on 27 November with Group A's final match between Ethiopia and Burundi. At the end of the group stage, the teams who finished bottom of their group were eliminated, along with the two teams above them (in Group A), and the team above them (in Group B), whereas the teams positioned in the top two slots in the groups progressed to the knock-out rounds. Due to there being an odd number of teams, Group A contained more matches and an additional team, with a total of 5 to Group B's 4 teams.[1]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved;
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams involved;
  3. Goals scored in games between the teams involved;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams involved;
  5. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Played in Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala.

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Uganda (A) 4 3 1 0 17 3 +14 10
 Ethiopia 4 3 1 0 9 5 +4 10
 Burundi 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 6
 Djibouti 4 0 1 3 4 15 −11 1
 Somalia 4 0 1 3 1 11 −10 1

18 November 2000
Uganda (A)  2–2  Ethiopia
Mubiru  3'
Ssemogerere  87' 		Getachew
Seman  73'

19 November 2000
Djibouti  0–0  Somalia

20 November 2000
Uganda (A)  2–1  Burundi
Kawesa  53'
Mbalangi  87' 		Banga Lewis Kubi  58'

21 November 2000
Somalia  1–2  Ethiopia
Mohammad  39' Getachew  30'
Semen  55'

23 November 2000
Djibouti  2–4  Burundi
Ahmed
Hassan Mohamad 		Banga Lewis Kubi
Irambona

23 November 2000
Uganda (A)  6–0  Somalia
Mukasa
Makokha
Mubiru
Buwembo
Kalungi v

25 November 2000
Ethiopia  4–2  Djibouti
Abubeker
Getachew
Teshome 		Moktar
Fascal

26 November 2000
Somalia  0–3  Burundi
Daoudi  63' (pen.)
Ndikumana  76'
Kimada  86'

27 November 2000
Uganda (A)  7–0  Djibouti
Mukasa
Ssemogerere  15'
Mubiru
Makokha  17'
Nsubuga

27 November 2000
Ethiopia  1–0  Burundi
Abubeker  89'

Group B

Played in the Municipal Stadium, Mbale.

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Uganda (B) 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
 Rwanda 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Eritrea 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
 Kenya 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1

19 November 2000
Uganda (B)  3–2  Rwanda

20 November 2000
Kenya  0–0  Eritrea

22 November 2000
Kenya  1–2  Rwanda
Robert Mambo  72' Nsengiyumva  32'
Uwimana  68'

23 November 2000
Uganda (B)  1–0  Eritrea
Bantu  75'

25 November 2000
Eritrea  1–1  Rwanda

26 November 2000
Kenya  0–2  Uganda (B)
Omollo  18' (o.g.)
Kizza  30'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
29 November –
  Uganda (A)  3  
  Rwanda  1  
 
2 December –
      Uganda (A)  2
    Uganda (B)  0
Third place
30 November – 2 December –
  Uganda (B)  1   Ethiopia  1 (4)
  Ethiopia  0     Rwanda  1 (2)

Semi-finals

29 November 2000
Uganda (A)  3–1  Rwanda
Mubiru  41'
Obwiny  64'
Kawesa  90' 		Sibomana  27'

30 November 2000
Uganda (B)  1–0  Ethiopia
Kidega  45'

Third place match

2 December 2000
Ethiopia  1–1
(4 – 2 pen.) 		 Rwanda
Seman  33' Mulonda  50'

Final

2 December 2000
Uganda (A)  2–0  Uganda (B)
Mubiru  76'
Kyambadde  83'
 2000 CECAFA Cup Champions 

Uganda (A)
8th title

Team statistics

Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams.[1]

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Uganda (A) 6 5 1 0 16 22 4 +18
2  Uganda (B) 5 4 0 1 12 7 4 +3
Third-place play-off
3  Ethiopia 6 3 2 1 11 10 7 +3
4  Rwanda 5 1 2 2 5 7 9 -2
Eliminated in the group stages
5  Burundi 4 2 0 2 6 8 5 +3
6  Eritrea 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 -1
7  Kenya 3 0 1 2 1 1 4 -3
8  Djibouti 4 0 1 3 1 4 15 -11
9  Somalia 4 0 1 3 1 1 11 -10
Total 10(1) 6 4(2) 6 26 28 28 0

Updated to games played on 2 December 2000. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s).
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Uganda, Nov 18 – Dec 2, 2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Rwanda, Jul 24 – Aug 7, 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Zziwa, Hassan Badru (20 December 2009). "Uganda's 8 CECAFA winning captains". The Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Korir, Patrick (25 November 2009). "The CECAFA Fact File". futaa.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. ↑ wumechili, Chuka and Akindes, Gerard (8 April 2014). Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137355812.