2006 CECAFA Cup

July 2014 April 2026 CECAFA Cup 2006 Ethiopia 25 November – 10 December 11 2 Sudan 2 Zambia Rwanda Uganda 23 48 UGA Geoffrey Sserunkuma (3 goals) 2005 2007 The 2006 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup,https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6185986.stm Mixed fortunes for Malawi, Zambia BBC Sport 27 November 2006 30 June 2014 sometimes called the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup due to being sponsored by Ethiopian millionaire Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, was the 30th edition of the international football tournament, which involved teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were all played in Addis Ababa from 25 November to 10 December.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Ethiopia, November–December 2006 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 30 June 2014 It was competed between the same teams as the previous tournament, except for Eritrea, who did not enter due to their long-running clash with Ethiopia regarding borders, and Kenya, the five-time champions, were serving a ban which was issued on 18 October 2006, which was then an indefinite from international football by the decree of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ('International Federation of Association Football'), or FIFA; this after Kenya "regularly violated or ignored" "Fifa's statutes, regulations and decisions".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6083796.stm Fifa suspends Kenya BBC 25 October 2006 2 July 2014 Malawi and Zambia joined the tournament after being invited, and competed as guest teams as they were from the federation Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), whereas the rest of the teams were from the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). The reasoning behind their invitation was that it would "boost the competitiveness of this year's tournament".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6180608.stm Ethiopia chase third Cecafa Cup BBC 24 November 2006 2 July 2014 The defending champions, Ethiopia, were knocked out in the quarter-finals after coming second in their group, and Sudan claimed their second title despite being beaten by Zambia, as Zambia were guests. Background The CECAFA Cup is considered Africa's oldest football tournament, and involves teams from Central and Southern Africa. The matches in the 1973 tournament were played from 22 September 1973 until 29 September 1973. The tournament was originally the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), and Zanzibar,http://www.futaa.com/football/article/the-cecafa-fact-file The CECAFA Fact File futaa.com 25 November 2009 1 June 2014 Korir, Patrick https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051957/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/the-cecafa-fact-file 5 June 2014 dead dmy-all running from 1929 until 1965.https://books.google.com/books?id=SnqEAwAAQBAJ&q=1973+cecafa+cup&pg=PA71 Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs Onwumechili, Chuka Akindes, Gerard 8 April 2014 Springer 9781137355812 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. Ethiopia were the defending champions, having won the 2005 tournament in Rwanda, after finishing second in their group, and going on to beat Zanzibar and Rwanda in the final. The 2006 champions Sudan failed, however, to emerge from the 2005 group stages.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Rwanda, November–December 2005 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2 July 2014 Participants 11 teams competed, four teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania). 22em Burundi Djibouti Ethiopia 1996 Malawi Rwanda Sudan Somalia Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zanzibar Group stages The group stage began on 25 November and ended on 3 December with Group C's final matches between Rwanda against Sudan, and Uganda against Somalia. Groups A and C contained four teams, but as there were only 11 partaking teams, group B contained only the three teams of Burundi, Zambia, and Zanzibar. At the end of the group stage, the team who finished bottom of their group was eliminated, whereas the teams who finished in positions other than last in the group progressed to the knock-out rounds. 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): Number of points obtained in games between the teams involved; Goal difference in games between the teams involved; Goals scored in games between the teams involved; Away goals scored in games between the teams involved; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. Key to colours in group tables Teams advanced to the knock out stages Team eliminated (removed after group stage complete) Group A main WDL Group A Q n TAN TAN ETH ETH 1996 MWI MWI DJI DJI 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 10 #ccffcc A A A complete 25 November 2006 ETH 1996 1–2 TAN Assefa 24 Maftah 40Admin 60 Addis Ababa Stadium Report 26 November 2006 DJI 0–3 MWI Wadabwa 6Mkandawire 52Munthali 82 Addis Ababa Stadium Report 28 November 2006 TAN 2–1 MWI Mrwanda 5Admin 90+ Wadabwa 15 Addis Ababa Stadium Report 28 November 2006 ETH 1996 4–0 DJI Mebratu 26 pen.Tesfaye 46Demeke 56 pen.Wroku 63 Addis Ababa Stadium 1 December 2006 ETH 1996 1–0 MWI Mebratu 42 Addis Ababa Stadium 1 December 2006 TAN 3–0 DJI Ngassa 8Sued 45+Tegete 58 Addis Ababa Stadium Group B main WDL Group B Q n BDI BDI ZAM ZAM ZAN ZAN 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 1 0 4 #ccffcc A A complete 26 November 2006 BDI 3–2 ZAM Ndizeye 8Nzohabonayo 17Ndikumana 46 Kalaba 67Dube Phiri 88 Addis Ababa Stadium Report 29 November 2006 BDI 0–0 ZAN Addis Ababa Stadium 2 December 2006 ZAM 4–0 ZAN Phiri 34 36Katongo 68Kalaba 74 Addis Ababa Stadium Group C main WDL Group C Q n UGA UGA SUD SUD RWA RWA SOM SOM 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 8 #ccffcc A A A complete 27 November 2006 SOM 0–3 RWA Kayihuwa 16Ujenza 87Nionzima 87 Addis Ababa Stadium 27 November 2006 UGA 2–1 SUD Sserunkuma 77Masaba 87 pen. Ahmed 45 Addis Ababa Stadium 30 November 2006 RWA 0–1 UGA Sserunkuma 60 Addis Ababa Stadium 30 November 2006 SUD 3–0 SOM Natali 15 78Zakaria 68 Addis Ababa Stadium 3 December 2006 RWA 0–0 SUD Addis Ababa Stadium 3 December 2006 UGA 2–0 SOM Wangaluka 11Kadogo 17 Addis Ababa Stadium Knock-out stages 170 5 December – Addis Ababa TAN 1 RWA 2 5 December – Addis Ababa ETH 1996 0 ZAM 1 6 December – Addis Ababa UGA (pen.) 0 (4) MWI 0 (2) 6 December – Addis Ababa BDI 0 SUD 1 8 December – Addis Ababa RWA 0 ZAM 1 8 December – Addis Ababa UGA 2 (5) SUD (pen.) 2 (6) 10 December – Addis Ababa ZAM (pen.) 0 (11) SUD 0 (10) 10 December – Addis Ababa RWA (pen.) 0 (4) UGA 0 (2) Quarter-finals The second quarter-final match, which was held on 6 December between Ethiopia and Zambia, was subject of an emergency meeting between Ugandan chair Dennis Obua, Ethiopian Ashebir W'Giorgis, Sundanian Ahmed Maazal, and the match commissioner who hailed from Zanzibar, Ali Ferej. At the meeting on the same day as the match, it was adjudged that the referee, Rwandan Issa Kagabi, had blown the final whistle to end the game too soon. Zambia stated that they would not partake in any rematch with Ethiopia, and in a similar fashion, the CECAFA secretary general Nicholas Musonye, absent from the meeting, cast aside the idea of a replay and called the makers of the decision "old farts", and delivered the ultimatum that if any replay went ahead, he would cancel the entirety of the tournament. After this, the Ethiopian Football Association did not seek a replay, and left the tournament after their loss. 5 December 2006 TAN 1–2 RWA Uzamukunda 26 Ujenza 41Witkenge 55 pen. Addis Ababa Stadium Report 5 December 2006 ETH 1996 0–1 ZAM Sakuwaha 87 Addis Ababa Stadium Report 6 December 2006 UGA 0–0 yes MWI Masaba Wangaluka Bangoole Malinga Sserunkuma 4–2 Chavula Munthali Namwera Kafoteka Addis Ababa Stadium 6 December 2006 BDI 0–1 yes SUD Lado 94 pen. Addis Ababa Stadium Semi-finals 8 December 2006 RWA 0–1 ZAM Lwipa 24 Addis Ababa Stadium 8 December 2006 UGA 2–2 yes SUD Kayizzi 16Sserunkuma 22 Galag 1Yousif 63 5–6 Addis Ababa Stadium Third place play-off The third place play-off was between Rwanda and Uganda. Rwanda were the 2005 runners up, and in that tournament beat Uganda in the semi-finals, in 2006 they beat Uganda 4–2 on penalties to clinch third-place in the tournament. 10 December 2006 RWA 0–0 UGA 4–2 Addis Ababa Stadium Final The final between Zambia and Sudan finished 0–0 after extra time, but Zambia won on penalties. Although Zambia won the final, the trophy was awarded to Sudan, who Zambia beat in the final. This was as Zambia were only a guest team, from the COSAFA federation, therefore the trophy was awarded to the highest finishing CECAFA federation team: Sudan. 10 December 2006 ZAM 0–0 yes SUD 11–10 Addis Ababa Stadium fb 2006 CECAFA Cup champions SUD 2nd Team statistics Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams. yes yes yes 75% yes SUD 1 2 3 1 7 4 #FFD700 yes yes ZAM n/a 3 1 1 8 3 #C0C0C0 |- |colspan="14"|08Third-place play-off |- yes RWA 3 2 2 2 5 3 #CD7F32 yes UGA 4 3 3 0 7 3 |- |colspan="14"|08Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- yes TAN 5 3 0 1 8 4 yes ETH 1996 6 2 0 2 6 3 yes BDI 7 1 1 1 3 3 yes MWI 8 1 1 2 4 3 |- |colspan="14"|08Eliminated in the group stages |- yes ZAN 9 0 1 1 0 4 yes SOM 10 0 0 3 0 8 yes DJI 11 0 0 3 0 10 yes yes yes 17 12 17 48 48 22 December 2006 References Category:CECAFA Cup CECAFA Category:2006 in Ethiopian sport Category:International association football competitions hosted by Ethiopia Category:November 2006 in Ethiopia Category:December 2006 in Ethiopia Category:Football competitions in Addis Ababa Category:2000s in Addis Ababa