2003 CECAFA Cup

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2003 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySudan
Dates30 November – 10 December
Teams8 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (9th title)
Runners-upFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Third placeFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored28 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Sudan.svg Haitham Elrasheed
Flag of Kenya.svg James Omondi
(3 goals each)
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The 2003 CECAFA Cup was the 27th edition of the CECAFA Cup, which involves teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were played in Sudan, from 30 November to 10 December. Burundi, Djibouti and Somalia withdrew before the draw of the groups for the tournament, complaining of financial difficulties. [1] [2] Just before the tournament, Ethiopia withdrew, and Tanzania also withdrew after the tournament started. [3] Tanzania originally withdrew on the 27 November 2003, after their government did not pay for travel arrangements to Sudan. [1] A day later though, on the 28 November, Tanzanian business magnate Azim Dewji produced cash to pay for airplane tickets, but the connecting flight from Nairobi, Kenya, to Khartoum, Sudan, were all full. [1] Yahya Mata, chairman of the interim committee of the Football Association of Tanzania (abbreviated to FAT), stated that "We have pulled out of the tournament, after failure to secure connecting flights from Nairobi to Khartoum", the second withdrawal within four days prompted ridicule. [1] In July 2003, Tanzania had been fined $5,000 USD, and forced to pay $11,313 USD to Sudan for the team not showing up for their final qualification match for the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, who then cited financial difficulties, and were estimated to be in $100,000 USD of debt. [4]

Contents

Including Tanzania, there were eight teams who competed at the tournament, compared to ten in the previous competition. [5] A team withdrew from each group, Tanzania from group A and Ethiopia from group B before any matches were played, meaning that only three teams competed in each group, and only three matches were played in each group. Hosts Sudan won both of their group stage matches, and Rwanda also emerged from group A on goal difference. Kenya progressed from group B with a win and a draw, as did Uganda. Uganda and Rwanda beat Sudan and Kenya respectively, both on penalties. Kenya won the third place play-off, followed by Uganda beating Rwanda in the final to win the tournament.

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, [6] running from 1929 until 1965. [7] 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. [6] The 2002 champions were Kenya, and they duly won their group in 2003, but were knocked out in the quarter-finals against Rwanda on penalties. The 2003 champions, Uganda, finished fourth in the 2002 competition. [5]

Participants

8 teams competed, three teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania).

Group stages

The group stage began on 30 November and ended on 4 December with both Group A and Group B's final matches. The matches were partaken every other day, and the groups played on the same days: the 30 November, the 2 December, and the 4 December. At the end of the group stage, the two teams who finished bottom of their group were eliminated, whereas the teams positioned in the top two slots in the groups progressed to the knock-out rounds. The group stage competitors were diminished by the withdrawal of both Tanzania and Ethiopia, one team from each group. [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):

  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

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 220070+76
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 201125−31
Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg  Zanzibar 201126−41
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (W)00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
(W) Withdrew
Zanzibar  Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg0–4Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Elrasheed Soccerball shade.svg10', 45'
Galag Soccerball shade.svg50'
Sinnar Soccerball shade.svg90' (pen.)
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg2–2Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg  Zanzibar
Karekezi Soccerball shade.svg40' (pen.) Juma Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)
Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg3–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Elrasheed Soccerball shade.svg11'
Jebril Soccerball shade.svg60'
Onsa Soccerball shade.svg87'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 211043+14
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 211032+14
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 200235−20
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia (W)00000000
Source: [ citation needed ]
(W) Withdrew
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg2–1Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
Kabagambe Soccerball shade.svg43'
Kabeta Soccerball shade.svg60'		 Shinash Soccerball shade.svg70'
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg3–2Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
Omondi Soccerball shade.svg27'
Mathenge Soccerball shade.svg91'
Mulama Soccerball shade.svg93'		 Goitom Soccerball shade.svg30', 48'
Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg1–1Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Obua Soccerball shade.svg47' Sunguti Soccerball shade.svg93'

Knockout stages

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 8 – Khartoum
 
 
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 0 (3)
 
December 10 – Khartoum
 
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (pen.)0 (4)
 
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2
 
December 8 – Khartoum
 
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 0
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1 (3)
 
 
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (pen.)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
December 10 – Khartoum
 
 
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2
 
 
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1

Semi-finals

Sudan  Flag of Sudan.svg0–0Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Penalties
3−4
Khartoum
Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg1–1Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Omondi Soccerball shade.svg44' Lomani Soccerball shade.svg30'
Penalties
3−4
Khartoum

Third-place match

Kenya  Flag of Kenya.svg2–1Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Sunguti Soccerball shade.svg24'
Omondi Soccerball shade.svg35'		 Muhamoud Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
Khartoum

Final

Uganda  Flag of Uganda.svg2–0Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Lubega Soccerball shade.svg48'
Obua Soccerball shade.svg54'
Khartoum
 2003 CECAFA Cup champions 
Flag of Uganda.svg
Uganda
9th 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.TeamPldWDLPtsGFGAGD
1Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 4220852+3
2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 4022238−5
08Third-place play-off
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4220875+2
4Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 4211782+6
08Eliminated in the group stages
5Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg  Zanzibar 2011126−4
6Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2002035−2
=7Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 00000000
=7Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 00000000
Total10(1)64(2)62628280

Updated to games played on 10 December 2003. 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.

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