2001 CECAFA Cup

2001 CECAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Rwanda
Dates	8–22 December
Teams	11 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Ethiopia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kenya
Third place	Rwanda A
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	69 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alex Isabirye (5 goals)
← 2000 2002 →

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. 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. However, the suspension was lifted in time for the 2002 CECAFA Cup.

Eleven teams entered the tournament, two more than had competed at the previous edition. 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. 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. 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. 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. Uganda's 10 - 1 demolition of Djibouti was the biggest winning margin in the CECAFA Cup's history.

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, running 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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Key to colours in group tables
Top two teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stages
Top two third placed teams qualify for the knock-out stages
Team eliminated

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:

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8 December 2001

Rwanda A	3–0	Somalia
Milli File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 60' Karekezi File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

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10 December 2001

Kenya	2–1	Eritrea
Juma File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Sunguti File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'		Shimangus File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

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12 December 2001

Kenya	3–0	Somalia
Mambo File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 45' Mulama File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'

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12 December 2001

Rwanda A	1–0	Eritrea
Muhayimana File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'

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14 December 2001

Somalia	0–0	Eritrea

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15 December 2001

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	3	+7	3
Djibouti	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Source:

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9 December 2001

Uganda	10–1	Djibouti
Isabirye File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 36', 55' Nadduli File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Kabeta File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Nsubuga File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Otika File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Kabanda File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Kizito File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Kasule File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Said File:Soccerball shade.svg

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9 December 2001

Tanzania	2–1	Burundi
Macho File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Tondolawere File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'		Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

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11 December 2001

Burundi	3–1	Djibouti
Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Karimbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 75'		Robleh File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

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11 December 2001

Tanzania	1–0	Uganda
Maulidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

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13 December 2001

Djibouti	1–4	Tanzania
Ismael File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		Kasonso File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Gabriel File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Nyagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Mwansasu File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

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14 December 2001

Uganda	0–2	Burundi
		Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 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:

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10 December 2001

Rwanda B	3–0	Zanzibar

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13 December 2001

Ethiopia	5–0	Zanzibar
Tadesse File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Afework File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Yordanos File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Fekadu File:Soccerball shade.svg Bayou File:Soccerball shade.svg	Report

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15 December 2001

Rwanda B	1–1	Ethiopia
Gatete File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report	Bayou File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'

Knock-out stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	December 17
	Kenya	1
					December 20
	Eritrea	0
					Kenya	3
	December 17
					Rwanda B	1
	Tanzania	1
									December 22
	Rwanda B	2
									Ethiopia	2
	December 18
									Kenya	1
	Rwanda A	3
					December 20
	Uganda	2
					Ethiopia	1
	December 18
					Rwanda A	0			Third place
	Ethiopia (pen.)	2 (5)
									December 22
	Burundi	2 (4)
									Rwanda A (pen.)	1 (5)
									Rwanda B	1 (3)

Quarter-finals

17 December 2001

Kenya	1–0	Eritrea
Aguda File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'

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17 December 2001

Tanzania	1–2	Rwanda B
Macho File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'		Witakenge File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Kombi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

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18 December 2001

Rwanda A	3–2	Uganda
Mshimiyamana File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', 65' Muhayimana File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'		Isabirye File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 47'

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18 December 2001

Ethiopia	2–2	Burundi
Yordanos File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Bayou File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Karimbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Kubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'
Penalties
	5–4

Semifinals

20 December 2001

Kenya	3–1	Rwanda B
Sunguti File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 71' Maruti File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'		Mbusa File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'

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20 December 2001

Ethiopia	1–0	Rwanda A
Bayou File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'	Report

Third place play-off

22 December 2001

Rwanda A	1–1	Rwanda B
Penalties
	5–3

Final

22 December 2001

Ethiopia	2–1	Kenya
Yordanos File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Mamoalem File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Report	Mulama File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (pen.)

CECAFA Cup 2001 winners
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg 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.

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.