2001 CECAFA Cup

The 2001 CECAFA Cup was the 25th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa. The matches were played in Rwanda, who had last hosted the competition two years before, in 1999.[1] All the matches at the tournament were played from 8 December 2001, when Rwanda beat Somalia, until the 22 December 2001, when both the final and third place play-off were hosted. Prior to the tournament, Sudan withdrew their participation, and as such were suspended from all CECAFA tournaments in the future on an indefinite basis.[2] However, the suspension was lifted in time for the 2002 CECAFA Cup.[3]

2001 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countryRwanda
Dates8 – 22 December
Teams11 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Ethiopia (2nd title)
Runners-up Kenya
Third place Rwanda (A)
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored69 (3 per match)

Eleven teams entered the tournament, two more than had competed at the previous edition.[4] There were, however, only ten countries competing at the 2001 Cup, as the hosts, Rwanda, entered Rwanda (A) and Rwanda (B). The last time Rwanda had hosted the tournament, in 1999, they had similarly entered two teams: Rwanda (A) finished third, beating Burundi in the third place play-off, and Rwanda (B) won the competition, beating Kenya 3 - 1 in the final.[1] There were similar fortunes at the 2001 CECAFA Cup for Rwanda, as both teams qualified from their groups in second place, the tournament's set-up meaning that the two Rwandan sides could compete in the final against each other if they progressed thus far, as both Ugandan sides did at the 2000 tournament.[4] Although Tanzania and Uganda were both beaten in the quarter-finals by Rwanda in 2001, in the semifinals both Rwanda sides lost to Ethiopia, and Kenya, the side Rwanda (A) had beaten in 1999 to clinch the title. The two Rwanda sides therefore met in the third place play-off in 2001, and after it finished 1 - 1 after normal time, Rwanda (A) won 5 - 3 in a penalty shoot out. The two teams in the final, Kenya and Ethiopia, both won their groups (group A and group C respectively). 2001 was a good year for Ethiopia, not only did they beat Kenya 2 - 1 in the CECAFA Cup final, but their under-20 team qualified for the Argentinian-held 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, this was the first time Ethiopia had qualified for the event.[5] When they did reach the final, Ethiopia had never lost a CECAFA Cup final having played one prior to the occasion, but to this day Ethiopia still have not lost when they have reached the final, an event which has occurred four times.[6] Uganda's 10 - 1 demolition of Djibouti was the biggest winning margin in the CECAFA Cup's history.[6]

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,[7] running from 1929 until 1965.[8] 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.[7] The 2000 champions were Uganda (A), in 2001 Uganda scraped through their group in the third and final qualifying position; they were 3 points behind Burundi and 6 behind Tanzzania, but they were then knocked out in the quarter-finals against Rwanda (A). The 2001 champions, Ethiopia, were knocked out in the 2000 semifinals by Uganda (B), though beat Rwanda to achieve third place.[4]

Participants

11 teams from 9 countries competed, four teams from the original tournament (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania), including all 8 nations who competed at the 2000 CECAFA Cup in addition to Tanzania and Zanzibar.[4]

Group stage

The group stage began on 8 December and ended on 15 December with Group A's final match between Rwanda (A) and Kenya, and Group C's final match between Rwanda (B) and Ethiopia. At the end of the group stage, the teams who finished bottom of their group were eliminated, along with the team which finished in third and received the worst number of points contrasted with the other teams finishing third in the other groups. Owing to there being an odd number of teams, Group C contained one less team, with a total of three, and therefore a reduced schedule, hosting only three matches to Group A and B's six.[2]

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):

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Rwanda (A) 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Eritrea 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
 Somalia 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
Source:
Rwanda (A) 3 - 0 Somalia
Hassan Milli  5'  60'
Olivier Karekezi  70'
Kenya 2 - 1 Eritrea
Tom Juma  75'
Maurice Sunguti 85'		 Yidnekachew Shimangus  38'
Kenya 3 - 0 Somalia
Robert Mambo  34'  45'
Titus Mulama  47'
Rwanda (A) 1 - 0 Eritrea
Theoneste Mshimiyamana  62'
Somalia 0 - 0 Eritrea
Rwanda (A) 0 - 0 Kenya

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Tanzania 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 Burundi 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 Uganda 3 1 0 2 10 4 +6 3
 Djibouti 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source:
Uganda 10 - 1 Djibouti
Alex Isabirye  24', 36', 55'
Sam Nadduli  26'
Henry Kabeta  57'
Meddie Nsubuga  68'
George Otika  75'
Odawa  80'
Nesitore  90'
Noah Kasule  90'		 Mohammed Said
Tanzania 2 - 1 Burundi
Yusuf Macho  24'
Jumanne Tondolawere  30'		 Banga Lewis Kubi  56'
Burundi 3 - 1 Djibouti
Banga Lewis Kubi  40'
Sambia Karimbi  65'  75'		 Hared Robleh  57'
Tanzania 1 - 0 Uganda
Maulidi 56'
Djibouti 1 - 4 Tanzania
Abdullahi Ismael  75' Kasonso  7'
Emmanuel Gabriel  49'
Nicholaus Nyagawa  52'
John Mwansasu  67'
Uganda 0 - 2 Burundi
Banga Lewis Kubi  7'  12'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ethiopia 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5 4
 Rwanda (B) 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
 Zanzibar 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
Source:
Rwanda (B) 3 - 0 Zanzibar
Ethiopia 5 - 0 Zanzibar
Yelma  55'
Afework  80'
Abay Yordanos  60'
Fekadu
Mulu Bayou		 Report
Rwanda (B) 1 - 1 Ethiopia
Jimmy Gatete  52' Report Mulu Bayou  35'

Knock-out stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
December 17 -
 
 
 Kenya1
 
December 20 -
 
 Eritrea0
 
 Kenya3
 
December 17 -
 
 Rwanda (B)1
 
 Tanzania1
 
December 22 -
 
 Rwanda (B)2
 
 Ethiopia2
 
December 18 -
 
 Kenya1
 
 Rwanda (A)3
 
December 20 -
 
 Uganda2
 
 Ethiopia1
 
December 18 -
 
 Rwanda (A)0 Third place
 
 Ethiopia2 (5)
 
December 22 -
 
 Burundi2 (4)
 
 Rwanda (A)1 (5)
 
 
 Rwanda (B)1 (3)
 

Quarter-finals
Kenya 1 - 0 Eritrea
Robert Aguda  89'
Tanzania 1 - 2 Rwanda (B)
Yusuf Macho  5' Witakenge  1'
Kombi  56'
Rwanda (A) 3 - 2 Uganda
Eric Mshimiyamana  27'  65'
Theoneste Muhayimana  29'		 Alex Isabirye  25'  47'
Ethiopia 2 - 2 (5 – 4 pen.) Burundi
Abay Yordanos  30'
Mulu Bayou  65'		 Report Jumanne Karimbi  82'
Banga Lewis Kubi  87'

Semifinals
Kenya 3 - 1 Rwanda (B)
Maurice Sunguti  8'  71'
Bonaventure Maruti  56'		 Billy Mbusa  16'
Ethiopia 1 - 0 Rwanda (A)
Mulu Bayou  7' Report

Third place play-off
Rwanda (A) 1 - 1 (5 – 3 pen.) Rwanda (B)

Final
Ethiopia 2 - 1 Kenya
Abay Yordanos  8'
Shenko Mamoalem  37'		 Report Titus Mulama  67' (pen.)
 CECAFA Cup 2001 Winners 

Ethiopia
Second title

Team statistics

Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams.[2]

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Ethiopia 5 3 2 0 11 11 4 +7
2  Kenya 6 4 1 1 13 10 4 +6
08Third-place play-off
3  Rwanda (A) 6 3 2 1 11 8 4 +4
4  Rwanda (B) 5 2 2 1 8 8 6 +2
08Eliminated in the knock-out stages
5  Tanzania 4 3 0 1 9 8 4 +4
6  Burundi 4 2 1 1 7 8 5 +3
7  Uganda 4 1 0 3 3 12 7 +5
8  Eritrea 4 0 1 3 1 1 4 -3
08Eliminated in the group stages
9  Somalia 3 0 1 2 1 0 6 -6
10  Zanzibar 2 0 0 2 0 0 8 -8
11  Djibouti 3 0 0 3 0 3 17 -14
Total 10(1) 6 4(2) 6 26 28 28 0

Updated to games played on 22 December 2001. Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(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
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  3. "Tanzania, Nov-Dec, 2002". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. "Uganda, Nov 18-Dec 2, 2000". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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