2000_CECAFA_Cup

2000 CECAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Uganda
Dates	18 November – 2 December
Teams	9 (from CECAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Uganda A (8th title)
Runners-up	Uganda B
Third place	Ethiopia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	61 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Mubiru; Andrew Mukasa; (5 goals each)
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2000 CECAFA Cup

International football competition

The 2000 CECAFA Cup was the 24th edition of the football tournament, which involves teams from Southern and Central Africa. The matches were played in Uganda, a decision which Tanzania protested, but to no avail.^[1] Tanzania were also banned from international football by FIFA, the world football governing body.^[1] The matches were played from 18 November to 2 December 2000. Prior to the tournament, Djibouti withdrew due to monetary difficulties, but re-entered. Sudan and Zanzibar also withdrew, but stayed out. The reasoning behind their withdrawal was unknown.^[1]

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Nine teams entered the tournament, as opposed to the twelve teams competing at the previous tournament in 1999.^[2] However, there were only eight different nations competing in the tournament as Uganda entered two teams: Uganda (A) and Uganda (B). Uganda (A) was in Group A, and Uganda (B) was in Group B, enabling the two to potentially meet each other in the final, as occurred here. Both Ugandas topped their respective groups, and progressed to the knockout stages along with Ethiopia and Rwanda. Uganda (A) beat Rwanda, and Uganda (B) beat Ethiopia to mean that "the Cranes" (Uganda A) and "the Lions" (Uganda B) would meet in the final. In the final, Uganda (A) captained by George Ssimwogerere of Express, won 2–0.^[1]^[3] Ethiopia finished third after beating Rwanda on penalties 4–2 after the match finished 0–0.^[1]

Group stage

The group stage began on 18 November and ended on 27 November with Group A's final match between Ethiopia and Burundi. At the end of the group stage, the teams who finished bottom of their group were eliminated, along with the two teams above them (in Group A), and the team above them (in Group B), whereas the teams positioned in the top two slots in the groups progressed to the knock-out rounds. Due to there being an odd number of teams, Group A contained more matches and an additional team, with a total of 5 to Group B's 4 teams.^[1]

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):^{[citation needed]}

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.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uganda A	4	3	1	0	17	3	+14	10
Ethiopia	4	3	1	0	9	5	+4	10
Burundi	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
Somalia	4	0	1	3	1	11	−10	1
Djibouti	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uganda B	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Rwanda	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Eritrea	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Kenya	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Semi-finals		Final

29 November – Kampala

Uganda A	3
		2 December – Kampala
Rwanda	1
		Uganda A	2
30 November – Kampala
		Uganda B	0
Uganda B	1

Ethiopia	0
		Third place

		2 December – Kampala

		Ethiopia (pen.)	1 (4)

		Rwanda	1 (2)

Ethiopia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Rwanda
Seman 33'		Mulonda 50'
Penalties
	4–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Uganda A	6	5	1	0	22	4	+18	16
2	Uganda B	5	4	0	1	7	4	+3	12
3	Ethiopia	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
4	Rwanda	5	1	2	2	7	9	−2	5

5	Burundi	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6	Eliminated in the group stages
6	Eritrea	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
7	Kenya	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
8	Somalia	4	0	1	3	1	11	−10	1
9	Djibouti	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1

2000_CECAFA_Cup

2000 CECAFA Cup

Background

Participants

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Team statistics

References

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