2003 CECAFA Cup

CECAFA Cup 2003 Sudan 30 November – 10 December 8 CECAFA Uganda 9 Rwanda Kenya 10 28 SUD Haitham ElrasheedKEN James Omondi(3 goals each) 2002 2004 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. Just before the tournament, Ethiopia withdrew, and Tanzania also withdrew after the tournament started.East and Central African Championship (CECAFA) RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Tanzania originally withdrew on the 27 November 2003, after their government did not pay for travel arrangements to Sudan.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3253412.stm Tanzania withdraw again BBC 1 December 2003 14 July 2014 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. 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. 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3178648.stm Caf sanctions Tanzania BBC 9 October 2003 14 July 2014 Including Tanzania, there were eight teams who competed at the tournament, compared to ten in the previous competition. 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,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 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. 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Tanzania, Nov-Dec, 2002 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 4 July 2014 Participants 8 teams competed, three teams from the original tournament competed (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania). 22em Ethiopia 1996 Eritrea Kenya Rwanda Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zanzibar 1964ahttps://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastcentrafr.html Sudan, Nov-Dec, 2003 The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 4 July 2014 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. 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. Group A main WDL Q n SUD SUD RWA RWA ZAN ZAN 1964a TAN TAN 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 6 W Withdrew #ccffcc A A black1 WD complete 30 November 2003 ZAN 1964a 0–4 SUD Elrasheed 10 45Galag 50Sinnar 90 pen. Khartum 2 December 2003 RWA 2–2 ZAN 1964a Karekezi 40 (pen.) 56 Ally 55 (pen.) 65 Khartum 4 December 2003 SUD 3–0 RWA Elrasheed 11 Jebril 60 Onsa 87 Khartum Group B main WDL Q n KEN KEN UGA UGA ERI ERI ETH ETH 1996 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 5 W Withdrew #ccffcc A A black1 WD complete 30 November 2003 UGA 2–1 ERI Kabagambe 43Kabeta 60 Shinash 70 Kassala 2 December 2003 KEN 3–2 ERI Omondi 27 Mathenge 91Mulama 93 Goitom 30 48 Kassala 4 December 2003 UGA 1–1 KEN Obua 47 Sunguti 93 Kassala Knockout stages December 8 – Khartoum SUD 0 (3) UGA (pen.) 0 (4) December 8 – Khartoum KEN 1 (3) RWA (pen.) 1 (4) December 10 – Khartoum UGA 2 RWA 0 December 10 – Khartoum KEN 2 SUD 1 Semi-finals 8 December 2003 SUD 0–0 UGA 3−4 Khartoum 8 December 2003 KEN 1–1 RWA 3−4 Omondi 44 Lomani 30 Khartoum Third-place match 10 December 2003 KEN 2–1 SUD Sunguti 24 Omondi 35 Muhamoud 30 pen. Khartoum Final 10 December 2003 UGA 2–0 RWA Lubega 48 Obua 54 Khartoum fb 2003 CECAFA Cup champions UGA 9th 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 UGA 1 2 2 0 5 2 #FFD700 yes yes RWA 2 0 2 2 3 8 #C0C0C0 |- |colspan="14"|08Third-place play-off |- yes KEN 3 2 2 0 7 5 #CD7F32 yes SUD 4 2 1 1 8 2 |- |colspan="14"|08Eliminated in the group stages |- yes ZAN 1964a 5 0 1 1 2 6 yes ERI 6 0 0 2 3 5 yes ETH 1996 =7 0 0 0 0 0 yes TAN =7 0 0 0 0 0 |- yes yes yes 6 8 6 28 28 10 December 2003 References expanded Category:CECAFA Cup Category:November 2003 sports events in Africa Category:December 2003 sports events in Africa CECAFA Category:Sport in Khartoum Category:2003 in Sudanese sport Category:International association football competitions hosted by Sudan