2000 COMESA Cup

October 2021 COMESA Cup 2000 Zambia 28-30 October 2000 5 2 1 1 Rwanda Zimbabwe Zambia 5 11 The 2000 COMESA Cup was the first and only edition of the COMESA Cup. Rwanda defeated Zimbabwe in the final to win the title. The tournament stood in place of the 2000 COSAFA Cup and was competition to the 2000 CECAFA Cup.Morrison Neil COMESA Cup 2000 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/comesa00.html 5 October 2021 History The tournament, which was sponsored by Coca-Cola, was originally created by politicians from 22 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The creation of the competition was seen as a threat to the existence of CECAFA which could potentially be replaced by COMESA's new interest in football.East Africa: Comesa Soccer Tourney Poses 'Threat' to Cecafa https://allafrica.com/stories/200008030387.html allafrica.com 5 October 2021 It was announced in July 2000 that the tournament would take place in Lusaka, Zambia where the COMESA headquarters are located.East Africa: COMESA Football Tournament In Pipeline https://allafrica.com/stories/200007210089.html allafrica.com 5 October 2021 Qualifying Originally fourteen member associations from nations who were members of COMESA were expected to participate in a qualifying tournament from 27 August to 24 September 2000. In the end, the qualifiers were cancelled and only five teams competed in the single-elimination tournament. Participants Actual Eritrea Eritrea Kenya Kenya B Rwanda Rwanda Zambia Zambia Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Withdrew Sudan Sudan Burundi Burundi Namibia Namibia DR Congo DR Congo Malawi Malawi Ethiopia Ethiopia Madagascar Madagascar Swaziland Swaziland Mauritius Mauritius Matches The final tournament matches were originally scheduled to begin 10 October 2000 but were later pushed back to 28 October. Quarter-final 2000 10 28 y RWA ERI 1–0 Lusaka, Zambia Report Semi-finals 2000 10 29 y RWA ZAM 2–0 Lusaka, Zambia Report 2000 10 29 y ZIM Kenya Kenya B 3–0 Lusaka, Zambia Report Third place match 2000 10 30 y ZAM Kenya Kenya B 4–0 Lusaka, Zambia Report Final 2000 10 30 y RWA ZIM 1–0 Lusaka, Zambia Report References 2000 Category:Football competitions in Zambia Category:2000 in African football