1962 Ugandan Independence Tournament

Association football event celebrating Uganda's independence December 2019 The Ugandan Independence Tournament was an association football event taking place in 1962 to celebrate Ugandan Independence held at the Nakivubo Stadium in Kampala. Three visiting teams played each other for the right to face Uganda in the final. Kenya was invited to replace Egypt which was unable to participate due to its domestic schedule; as a result, the eventual teams were Ghana, Kenya and an 'all-star' representative team from the English Isthmian League.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Uganda Independence Tournament 1962 RSSSF 2019-06-19 The competition took the format of a formal group stage and final and also featured exhibition matches between both teams within the formal competition and other international teams, taking place from 29 September to 18 October 1962. Tournament The three challenging teams took part in a group stage from 29 September to 7 October in a round-robin format, in which they each played 2 games. The winner of this competition then proceeded through to the final against Uganda on 10 October. Group stage In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, with one point awarded for a draw. Ghana won their first game against Kenya 6–3, before drawing with Isthmian League to secure first place and move on to the final of the competition.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Uganda Independence Tournament 1962 RSSSF 2019-06-19 +TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDGhana3211085 +3England Isthmian League22020550KEN colonial1201169 -3 29 September 1962 Ghana KEN colonial Group stage 6 3 Wilberforce Mfum Edward Acquah Mohammadu Salisu Baba Yara Edward Aggrey-Fynn http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Joe Kadenge Norman Curtis Nakivubo Stadium Kampala, Uganda N/A D. K. Nkata 4 October 1962 KEN colonial England Isthmian League Group stage 3 3 Ali Sungura <br/ > Norman Curtis http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Len Worley 5 <br/ > Eric Nottage 10 12 Nakivubo Stadium Kampala, Uganda N/A Not Recorded 7 October 1962 Ghana England Isthmian League Group stage 2 2 Edward Acquah 20 <br/ > Edward Aggrey-Fynn 90 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Jim Lewis 15 <br/ > Eddie Reynolds 40 Nakivubo Stadium Kampala, Uganda N/A Not Recorded Final Ghana won the group stage and moved onto the final on 10 October 1962, where they subsequently beat Uganda, winning 4–1 at the Nakivubo Stadium. 10 October 1962 Uganda Ghana Final 1 4 Jimmy Kirunda 88 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Wilberforce Mfum 30 33 <br/ > Mohammadu Salisu 60 <br/ > Edward Acquah 70 Nakivubo Stadium Kampala, Uganda N/A Winners Tour The winners of the competition, Ghana, were to go on a short tour following the competition featuring friendlies in away games against Kenya, and the then national football teams of the prior states of Tanganyika and Nyasaland. They won all three games, playing each at the respective teams national stadiums. 12 October 1962 KEN colonial Ghana Winners Tour 0 4 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Edward Acquah 18 48 79 <br/ >Mohammadu Salisu 60 Nairobi City Stadium Nairobi, Kenya N/A 15 October 1962 Nyasaland Ghana Winners Tour 0 12 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Wilberforce Mfum <br/ > Edward Acquah <br/ > Edward Aggrey-Fynn <br/ > Gyau Nyasaland National Stadium Blantyre, Malawi N/A 18 October 1962 Tanganyika Ghana Winners Tour 2 6 Unknown http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Unknown Tanganyika National Stadium Dar es Salaam, Tanzania N/A Friendlies A friendly was played between Uganda and Isthmian League on 8 October, which ended in a 1–1 draw. This was the Isthmian's third game in 4 days and two of their players were replaced by members of the Kenyan team due to injury. 8 October 1962 Uganda Isthmian League Friendly 1 1 Jimmy Kirunda 44 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uga-ind62.html Norman Field 85 Nakivubo Stadium Kampala, Uganda N/A Top Scorers +PosScorerGoals1Ghana Edward Acquah42=Ghana Wilberforce Mfum32=Kenya Norman Curtis3 References Category:1962 in Uganda Category:Football in Uganda