1973 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Cup 1973 Uganda 22–29 September 6 CECAFA Uganda 1 Tanzania 8 28 1974 The 1973 CECAFA Cup was the inaugural edition of the CECAFA Cup, and was held in Uganda. 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, Tanzania, and Zanzibar, running from 1929 until 1965.https://books.google.com/books?id=SnqEAwAAQBAJ&dq=1973+cecafa+cup&pg=PA71 Identity and Nation in African Football: Fans, Community and Clubs Onwumechili, Chuka Akindes, Gerard 8 April 2014 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. Uganda, the hosts, won the Cup, beating Tanzania 2–1 in the final. The tournament lacked a third-place play-off, so the runners-up in the group stages, Kenya and Zambia, shared third place.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 2014-06-05 dead After Uganda and Zambia drew in the group stages with the same number of points, goals conceded and goals scored, a play-off occurred, which Uganda won. The tournament has been expanded, and the modern-day tournament consists of 12 different teams (Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, and Eritrea have joined since 1973).http://www.futaa.com/football/article/cecafa-stars-cranes-land-different-groups CECAFA: Stars', Cranes land different groups futaa.com 15 November 2013 1 June 2014 Mathu, Wilson https://web.archive.org/web/20131128131047/http://www.futaa.com/football/article/cecafa-stars-cranes-land-different-groups 2013-11-28 dead Participants Six nations competed: the original four teams from the Gossage Cup, plus two more teams: 22em Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Zambia 1964 Zambia B Zanzibar 1964a Group stages The group stage began on 22 September and ended on 28 September with Group A's play-off. The matchdays alternated between group A and group B throughout the week, finishing with the group A play-off. After the end of the scheduled matches in group A, Uganda and Zanzibar were level on the traditional deciders listed below, so to decide which team qualified for the final a play-off was arranged, won by Uganda. 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 Group winners advance to the final Second-placed teams come third place in the tournament Team eliminated Group A main WDL Q 2 UGA UGA ZAM ZAM 1964 Zambia B SOM SOM 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 7 2 0 0 2 2 12 #ccffcc Q #ccccff 3P #ffcccc ELM complete 22 September 1973 UGA 6–1 SOM 24 September 1973 ZAM 1964 Zambia B 6–1 SOM 26 September 1973 UGA 1–1 ZAM 1964 Zambia B Group A play-off 28 September 1973 UGA 2–1 ZAM 1964 Zambia B Group B main WDL Q 2 TAN TAN KEN KEN ZAN ZAN 1964a 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 #ccffcc A #ccccff 3P #ffcccc ELM complete 23 September 1973 KEN 2–0 ZAN 1964a Ouma 25 September 1973 TAN 1–0 ZAN 1964a 27 September 1973 TAN 2–1 KEN Final 29 September 1973 UGA 2–1 TANhttps://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Uganda, 1973 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1 June 2014http://wildstat.com/p/114/ch/AFR_CECAFAC_1973_F CECAFA Cup 1973 Wildstat 1 June 2014 fb 1973 CECAFA Cup champions UGA 1st Final rankings Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the group stage, except for the top four teams. main WDL Result y 2 UGA UGA TAN TAN ZAM =3 ZAM 1964 KEN =3 KEN ZAN ZAN 1964a SOM SOM 4 1 0 11 4 H 1 1 1 8 4 1 1 1 8 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 2 2 12 #FFD700 Champion 1ST #C0C0C0 2nd place 2ND #CD7F32 3rd place Second placed in group stages 3RD 3RD inherit Eliminated in the group stages 4TH 4TH Host nation 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a defeat. 29 September 1973 References 1973 Category:1973 in African men's international football Category:1973 in Ugandan sport 1973