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)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Mubiru Andrew Mukasa (5 goals each)
← 1999 2001 →

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. Tanzania were also banned from international football by FIFA, the world football governing body. 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.

Nine teams entered the tournament, as opposed to the twelve teams competing at the previous tournament in 1999. 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 to potentially 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. Ethiopia finished third after beating Rwanda on penalties 4–2 after the match finished 0–0.

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; it ran from 1929 until 1965. 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. 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.

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.

• Burundi
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Uganda A
• Uganda B

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.

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
Somalia	4	0	1	3	1	11	−10	1
Djibouti	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1

Source:

18 November 2000

Uganda A	2–2	Ethiopia
Mubiru File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Ssemogerere File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Getachew File:Soccerball shade.svg Seman File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

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19 November 2000

Djibouti	0–0	Somalia

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20 November 2000

Uganda A	2–1	Burundi
Kawesa File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Mbalangi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		Banga Lewis Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

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21 November 2000

Somalia	1–2	Ethiopia
Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'		Getachew File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Semen File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

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23 November 2000

Djibouti	2–4	Burundi
Ahmed File:Soccerball shade.svg Hassan Mohamad File:Soccerball shade.svg		Banga Lewis Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Irambona File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg

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23 November 2000

Uganda A	6–0	Somalia
Mukasa File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Makokha File:Soccerball shade.svg Mubiru File:Soccerball shade.svg Buwembo File:Soccerball shade.svg Kalungi File:Soccerball shade.svg

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25 November 2000

Ethiopia	4–2	Djibouti
Abubeker File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Getachew File:Soccerball shade.svg Teshome File:Soccerball shade.svg		Moktar File:Soccerball shade.svg Fascal File:Soccerball shade.svg

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26 November 2000

Somalia	0–3	Burundi
		Daoudi File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (pen.) Ndikumana File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Kimada File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'

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27 November 2000

Uganda A	7–0	Djibouti
Mukasa File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?', 63' Ssemogerere File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Mubiru File:Soccerball shade.svg Makokha File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Nsubuga File:Soccerball shade.svg

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27 November 2000

Ethiopia	1–0	Burundi
Abubeker File:Soccerball shade.svg 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

Source:

19 November 2000

Uganda B	3–2	Rwanda
Bantu File:Soccerball shade.svg ? File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg		Nsengiyumva File:Soccerball shade.svg ? File:Soccerball shade.svg

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20 November 2000

Kenya	0–0	Eritrea

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22 November 2000

Kenya	1–2	Rwanda
Robert Mambo File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		Nsengiyumva File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Uwimana File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'

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23 November 2000

Uganda B	1–0	Eritrea
Bantu File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

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25 November 2000

Eritrea	1–1	Rwanda
F. Abreha File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'		Bagumaho File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'

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26 November 2000

Kenya	0–2	Uganda B
		Omollo File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' (o.g.) Kizza File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

29 November 2000

Uganda A	3–1	Rwanda
Mubiru File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Obwiny File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Kawesa File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Sibomana File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

30 November 2000

Uganda B	1–0	Ethiopia
Kidega File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Third place match

2 December 2000

Ethiopia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rwanda
Seman File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'		Mulonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Penalties
	4–2

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

Final

2 December 2000

Uganda A	2–0	Uganda B
Mubiru File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Kyambadde File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala

2000 CECAFA Cup champions
File:Flag of Uganda.svg 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Uganda A	6	5	1	0	22	4	+18	16
2	Uganda B	5	4	0	1	7	4	+3	12
3	Ethiopia	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
4	Rwanda	5	1	2	2	7	9	−2	5
5	Burundi	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6	Eliminated in the group stages
6	Eritrea	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
7	Kenya	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
8	Somalia	4	0	1	3	1	11	−10	1
9	Djibouti	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1

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