2013 CECAFA Cup

The 2013 CECAFA Cup (known as the GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 37th edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). The tournament was held in Kenya from 27 November to 12 December.

2013 CECAFA Cup
GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host countryKenya
Dates27 November–12 December
Teams12 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Kenya (6th title)
Runners-up Sudan
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Tanzania
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored51 (1.96 per match)
Top scorer(s) Salah Ibrahim
(5 goals)

Contested by twelve national teams, the tournament had Zambia invited as a guest nation to fill in for Djibouti, who failed to participate for a second consecutive year. This followed the tournament's recent tradition of inviting other African nations to take part once a CECAFA nation pulled out; Malawi were invited to take part in the previous edition held in Uganda,[2] while they and Zimbabwe took part in 2011 after Eritrea withdrew from the competition.[3][4]

Hosts Kenya ran out 2–0 winners in the final against three-time champions Sudan, with a brace from Allan Wanga securing the Harambee Stars their sixth title after losing to previous hosts Uganda at the same stage the previous year.[5][6] The third place playoff was won by guests Zambia, who beat Tanzania 6–5 on penalties after playing out to a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.[7]

Background and sponsorship

On 25 November 2012, it was announced that Kenya was chosen to host the tournament after bids were placed by the host nation as well as Rwanda.[8] However, their hosting of the tournament was not confirmed until a congress meeting for the Confederation of African Football held in Marrakesh, Morocco on 11 March 2013, after it was announced that the Football Kenya Federation had met all the requirements for hosting the tournaments with support from the Kenyan government.[9] The capital city Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Machakos and Nakuru were identified as host cities for the tournament.[10]

On 21 November 2013, CECAFA announced that GOtv would be the title sponsors of the tournament, having committed Ksh. 11.25 million towards the organisation of the event and a further Ksh. 45 million towards the broadcasting of all 26 matches. Other companies that were sponsoring the tournament were Coca-Cola, who committed Ksh. 6.5 million, and UAP Insurance, who committed Ksh. 5.5 million.[1][11][12]

Of Ksh. 8.7 million (approx. US$ 100,000) that was allocated for prize money, the winners were to receive Ksh. 5.6 million, while the runners-up were to take home Ksh. 2.5 million. The third place playoff winners were to receive Ksh. 600,000.[12]

Participants

The draw for teams to participate in the tournament was held during the tournament's launch on 15 November 2013.[13][14][15] Alongside the 12 member nations of CECAFA, Ivory Coast, Malawi and Zambia were initially mooted as invitees for the tournament.[16] However, CECAFA decided against inviting the Ivory Coast, with Secretary-General Nicholas Musonye saying that flying in Les Éléphants and keeping them in the country would cost the organisers over US$ 25,000.[17] The Football Association of Malawi decided not to enter a team for the tournament due to a lack of funds.[18]

The following teams were confirmed to participate in the tournament:[14][15]

Match officials

The following 18 officials were appointed by CECAFA to participate in the tournament.[19][20][21]

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage
Main article: 2013 CECAFA Cup group stage

The group stage began on 27 November and ended on 5 December. The matchdays were 27–29 November, 30 November–2 December and 3–5 December. If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):

Group A

Since Kenya and Ethiopia had the same statistics at the end of the group stage, a coin toss was used as the drawing of lots to determine the winner of Group A.[22]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Ethiopia 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Zanzibar 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
 South Sudan 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source:
27 November 2013
Zanzibar 2–1 South SudanNyayo National Stadium
Kenya 0–0 EthiopiaNyayo National Stadium
30 November 2013
Ethiopia 3–1 ZanzibarNyayo National Stadium
South Sudan 1–3 KenyaNyayo National Stadium
3 December 2013
South Sudan 0–2 EthiopiaAfraha Stadium
Kenya 2–0 ZanzibarAfraha Stadium

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zambia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Tanzania 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
 Burundi 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
 Somalia 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source:
28 November 2013
Burundi 2–0 SomaliaKenyatta Stadium
Tanzania 1–1 ZambiaKenyatta Stadium
1 December 2013
Somalia 0–1 TanzaniaNyayo National Stadium
Zambia 1–0 BurundiNyayo National Stadium
4 December 2013
Tanzania 1–0 BurundiAfraha Stadium
Somalia 0–4 ZambiaAfraha Stadium

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uganda 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Sudan 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
 Rwanda 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
 Eritrea 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source:
29 November 2013
Sudan 3–0 EritreaKenyatta Stadium
Uganda 1–0 RwandaNyayo National Stadium
2 December 2013
Sudan 1–0 RwandaNairobi City Stadium
Eritrea 0–3 UgandaNairobi City Stadium
5 December 2013
Rwanda 1–0 EritreaKenyatta Stadium
Uganda 1–0 SudanNyayo National Stadium

Third place qualification

In addition to the group stage winners and runners-up, the two best third-placed teams will be ranked at the end of the group stage to determine who will qualify for the knockout stage.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Burundi 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
 Rwanda 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
 Zanzibar 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2013 CECAFA Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage began on 7 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 12 December with the final. In this stage, teams played against each other once, with the losers of the semi-finals playing against each other in a third place playoff.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
7 December
 
 
 Uganda2 (2)
 
10 December
 
 Tanzania (pen.)2 (3)
 
 Tanzania0
 
7 December
 
 Kenya1
 
 Kenya1
 
12 December
 
 Rwanda0
 
 Kenya2
 
8 December
 
 Sudan0
 
 Zambia (pen.)0 (4)
 
10 December
 
 Burundi0 (3)
 
 Zambia1
 
8 December
 
 Sudan2 Third place
 
 Ethiopia0
 
12 December
 
 Sudan2
 
 Tanzania1 (5)
 
 
 Zambia (pen.)1 (6)
 

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 7–8 December.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Uganda  2–2 (2–3 p)  Tanzania
Kenya  1–0  Rwanda
Zambia  0–0 (4–3 p)  Burundi
Ethiopia  0–2  Sudan

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 10 December.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Tanzania  0–1  Kenya
Zambia  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Sudan

Third place playoff
12 December 2013 Tanzania 1–1
(5–6 p)		 ZambiaMadaraka Estate, Nairobi
14:00 UTC+3 Samatta  65' Report Kampamba  52' Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium
Referee: Kheirala Murtaz (Sudan)
Penalties
Samatta
Nyoni
Abubakar
Kiemba
Chanongo
Singano
Ngasa
Yondan 		Katongo
Kampamba
Zulu
Chama
Situmbeko
Kabwe
Mtonga
Chongo

Final
Main article: 2013 CECAFA Cup Final
12 December 2013 Kenya 2–0 SudanMadaraka Estate, Nairobi
18:00 UTC+3 Wanga  35', 69'
Omar  38'
Opiyo  86'
Kiongera  90+4'		 Report Kamal  44' Stadium: Nyayo National Stadium
Referee: Hagi Wiish (Somalia)


 2013 CECAFA Cup Champions 

Kenya
6th title

Goalscorers
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final rankings
Main article: 2013 CECAFA Cup statistics

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

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Kenya 6 5 1 0 16 9 1 +8
2  Sudan 6 4 0 2 12 8 4 +4
3  Zambia 6 2 3 1 9 8 4 +4
4  Tanzania 6 2 3 1 9 6 5 +1
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Uganda 4 3 1 0 10 7 2 +5
6  Ethiopia 4 2 1 1 7 5 3 +2
7  Burundi 4 1 1 2 4 2 2 0
8  Rwanda 4 1 0 3 3 1 3 -2
Eliminated in the group stage
9  Zanzibar 3 1 0 2 3 3 6 -3
10  South Sudan 3 0 0 3 0 2 7 -5
=11  Eritrea 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 -7
=11  Somalia 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 -7
Total 26(1) 21 5(2) 20 73 49 49 0

Updated to games played on 12 December 2013. 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.

See also

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