CECAFA Cup

The CECAFA-Cup , completely CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup ( German  East and Central African Championship ), is a football competition for East and Central African teams that has been held annually since 1973, with the exception of 1986, 1993, 1997 and 1998, and is organized by CECAFA becomes. In principle, its eleven member associations are eligible to participate. Teams from neighboring regions, especially southern Africa , are invited almost regularly and tournaments have already been held there in the past. With Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, three such teams have already entered the list of winners. Forerunner tournaments were from 1926 to 1966 the Gossage Cup , the oldest football tournament in Africa (sponsored by soap maker William Gossage), and from 1967 to 1971 the Challenge Cup .

In 2005 and 2006, the tournament was sponsored by Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Al Amoudi and renamed the Al Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup until 2007 .

First participations

Below are all national teams that have participated in this tournament so far and two countries that competed under a new name.

• Teams in bold became African champions when they first participated.
• Teams in italics were hosts when they first participated.
• Teams in brackets participated for the first time under a different name.

year	First time participant
1923	British East Africa	Uganda
1928 to 1944	no first-time participants
1945	Tanganyika
1946	no first-time participants
1947	Zanzibar
1948 to 1963	no first-time participants
1964	( British East Africa )	( Tanzania )
1965 to 1971	no first-time participants
1973	Zambia	Somalia
1974	no first-time participants
1975	Malawi
1976 to 1978	no first-time participants
1979	Sudan
1979 to 1980	no first-time participants
1981	Zimbabwe
1982	no first-time participants
1983	Ethiopia
1984 to 1991	no first-time participants
1992	Seychelles
1994	Djibouti	Eritrea
1995	Rwanda
1996	no first-time participants
1999	Burundi
2000 to 2009	no first-time participants
2010	Ivory Coast
2011	no first-time participants
2012	South Sudan
2013 to 2019	no first-time participants

The tournaments at a glance

Gossage Cup

year	host	final			3rd place match
		winner	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1926 details	Kenya	Kenya	1: 1/2: 1	Uganda	only two teams
1928 details	Uganda	Uganda	4-0	Kenya	only two teams
1929 details	Kenya	Uganda	5: 3	Kenya	only two teams
1930 details	Uganda	Uganda	5-0	Kenya	only two teams
1931 details	Kenya	Kenya	2: 1	Uganda	only two teams
1932 details	Uganda	Uganda	13: 1	Kenya	only two teams
1935 details	Uganda	Uganda	5: 1	Kenya	only two teams
1936 details	Kenya	Uganda	3: 1	Kenya	only two teams
1937 details	Uganda	Uganda	9: 5	Kenya	only two teams
1938 details	Kenya	Uganda	3: 1	Kenya	only two teams
1939 details	Uganda	Uganda	5: 2	Kenya	only two teams
1940 details	Kenya	Uganda	6: 3	Kenya	only two teams
1941 details	Uganda	Kenya	4: 3	Uganda	only two teams
1942 details	Kenya	Kenya	4: 3	Uganda	only two teams
1943 details	Uganda	Uganda	2: 1	Kenya	only two teams
1944 details	Kenya	Kenya	2: 1	Uganda	only two teams
1945 details	Uganda	Uganda	4: 1	Kenya	Tanganyika	only three teams
1946 details	Kenya	Kenya	2: 1	Uganda	Tanganyika	only three teams
1947 details	Tanganyika	Uganda	4: 2	Tanganyika		not carried out
1948 details	Uganda	Uganda	2: 1	Kenya		not carried out
1949 details	Zanzibar	Tanganyika	2-0	Kenya		not carried out
1951 details	Kenya	Tanganyika	2: 1	Kenya		not carried out
1952 details	Uganda	Uganda	6: 3	Kenya	Zanzibar	3: 1	Tanganyika
1953 details	Zanzibar	Kenya	6: 2	Uganda		not carried out
1954 details	Kenya	Uganda	2: 2 a.d. / 4: 1	Kenya		not carried out
1955 details	Uganda	Uganda	5: 1	Tanganyika		not carried out
1956 details	Tanganyika	Uganda	3: 2	Kenya	Zanzibar	3: 2	Tanganyika
1957 details	Zanzibar	Uganda	2: 1	Kenya	Zanzibar Tanganyika	3: 3 (3rd place shared)
1958 details	Kenya	Kenya	League system	Uganda	Tanganyika	League system	Zanzibar
1959 details	Tanganyika	Kenya	League system	Zanzibar	Tanganyika Uganda	League system (3rd place shared)
1960 details	Uganda	Kenya Uganda	League system (title shared)		Tanganyika	League system	Zanzibar
1961 details	Kenya	Kenya	League system	Tanganyika	Uganda	League system	Zanzibar
1962 details	not a host	Uganda	League system	Kenya	Tanganyika	League system	Zanzibar
1963 details	Kenya	Uganda	League system	Kenya	Tanganyika	League system	Zanzibar
1964 details	Tanzania	Tanzania	League system	Kenya	Uganda	League system	Zanzibar
1965 details	Uganda	Tanzania	League system	Kenya	Uganda	League system	Zanzibar
1966 details	Zanzibar	Kenya	League system	Uganda	Tanzania	League system	Zanzibar

Challenge Cup

year	host	Final stands
		winner	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1967 details	Kenya	Kenya	Uganda	Zanzibar	Tanzania
1968 details	Tanzania	Uganda	Kenya	Tanzania	Zanzibar
1969 details	Uganda	Uganda	Tanzania	Kenya	Zanzibar
1970 details	Zanzibar	Uganda	Tanzania	Zanzibar	Kenya
1971 details	Kenya	Kenya	Uganda	Tanzania	Zanzibar

CECAFA Cup

year	host	final			3rd place match
		winner	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1973 details	Uganda	Uganda	2: 1	Tanzania		not carried out
1974 details	Tanzania	Tanzania	1: 1, 5: 3 i. E.	Uganda		not carried out
1975 details	Zambia	Kenya	0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.	Malawi		not carried out
1976 details	Zanzibar	Uganda	2-0	Zambia		not carried out
1977 details	Somalia	Uganda	0: 0, 5: 3 i. E.	Zambia	Malawi	2: 1	Kenya
1978 details	Malawi	Malawi	3: 2	Zambia	Kenya	2-0	Uganda
1979 details	Kenya	Malawi	3: 2	Kenya	Tanzania	2: 1	Zanzibar
1980 details	Sudan	Sudan	1-0	Tanzania	Malawi	1-0	Zambia (B)
1981 details	Tanzania	Kenya	1-0	Tanzania	Zambia	1-0	Uganda
1982 details	Uganda	Kenya	1: 1, 5: 3 i. E.	Uganda	Zimbabwe	3-0	Zanzibar
1983 details	Kenya	Kenya	1-0	Zimbabwe	Uganda	2: 1	Malawi
1984 details	Uganda	Zambia	0: 0, 3: 0 i. E.	Malawi	Uganda	3: 1	Kenya
1985 details	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2-0	Kenya	Malawi	3: 1	Uganda
1987 details	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.	Zimbabwe	Uganda	2-0	Zanzibar
1988 details	Malawi	Malawi	3: 1	Zambia	Kenya	0: 0, 3: 2 i. E.	Zimbabwe
1989 details	Kenya	Uganda	3: 3, 2: 1 i. E.	Malawi	Kenya	1-0	Zambia
1990 details	Zanzibar	Uganda	2-0	Sudan	Tanzania	2: 1	Zanzibar
1991 details	Uganda	Zambia	2-0	Kenya	Uganda	3: 1	Sudan
1992 details	Tanzania	Uganda	1-0	Tanzania (B)	Zambia	4-0	Malawi
1994 details	Kenya	Tanzania	2: 2, 4: 3 i. E.	Uganda	Kenya	1-0	Eritrea
1995 details	Uganda	Zanzibar	1-0	Uganda (B)	Kenya	2: 1	Ethiopia
1996 details	Sudan	Uganda	1-0	Sudan (B)	Sudan	1: 1, 5: 4 i. E.	Kenya
1999 details	Rwanda	Rwanda (B)	3: 1	Kenya	Rwanda	0: 0, 3: 2 i. E.	Burundi
2000 details	Uganda	Uganda	2-0	Uganda (B)	Ethiopia	1: 1, 4: 2 i. E.	Rwanda
2001 details	Rwanda	Ethiopia	2: 1	Kenya	Rwanda	1: 1, 5: 3 i. E.	Rwanda (B)
2002 details	Tanzania	Kenya	3: 2	Tanzania	Rwanda	2: 1	Uganda
2003 details	Sudan	Uganda	2-0	Rwanda	Kenya	2: 1	Sudan
2004 details	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	3-0	Burundi	Sudan	2: 1	Kenya
2005 details	Rwanda	Ethiopia	1-0	Rwanda	Zanzibar	0: 0 n.v., 5: 4 i. E.	Uganda
2006 details	Ethiopia	Zambia	0: 0 a.d., 11:10 i. E. ( 1 )	Sudan	Rwanda	0: 0 n.v., 4: 2 i. E.	Uganda
2007 details	Tanzania	Sudan	2: 2 n.V., 4: 2 i. E.	Rwanda	Uganda	2-0	Burundi
2008 details	Uganda	Uganda	1-0	Kenya	Tanzania	3: 2	Burundi
2009 details	Kenya	Uganda	2-0	Rwanda	Zanzibar	1-0	Tanzania
2010 details	Tanzania	Tanzania	1-0	Ivory Coast	Uganda	4: 3	Ethiopia
2011 details	Tanzania	Uganda	2: 2 n.V., 3: 2 i. E.	Rwanda	Sudan	1-0	Tanzania
2012 details	Uganda	Uganda	2: 1	Kenya	Zanzibar	1: 1 n.V., 6: 5 i. E.	Tanzania
2013 details	Kenya	Kenya	2-0	Sudan	Zambia	1: 1 n.V., 6: 5 i. E.	Tanzania
2014	Ethiopia	Tournament canceled ( 2 )
2015 details	Ethiopia	Uganda	1-0	Rwanda	Ethiopia	1: 1 n.V., 5: 4  i. E.	Sudan
2016	Kenya	Tournament canceled ( 3 )
2017 details	Kenya	Kenya	5: 4 n.e. (1: 1; 2: 2)	Zanzibar	Uganda	2: 1 (0: 1)	Burundi
2018	Kenya	Tournament canceled ( 4 )
2019 details	Uganda	Uganda	3: 0 (1: 0)	Eritrea	Kenya	2: 1 (1: 1)	Tanzania
1 Sudan won the title despite losing to Zambia in the final as the Zambian team only competed in the tournament as a visiting team. 2 Ethiopia withdrew from the organization and none of the other participating nations wanted to step in on short notice. 3 Sudan resigned as the host due to financial difficulties, Kenya stepped in, but later also resigned. 4 Due to financial difficulties, Zanzibar resigned as the host, Kenya stepped in, but later also resigned.

Ranking list of winners

rank	country	title	Year (s)
1	/ / Uganda	40	1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019
2	/ Kenya	21st	1926, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2002, 2013, 2017
3	Tanzania	5	1964, 1965, 1974, 1994, 2010
4th	/ Ethiopia	4th	1987, 2001, 2004, 2005
5	Malawi	3	1978, 1979, 1988
	Zambia	3	1984, 1991, 2006
7th	Sudan	2	1980, 2007
	Tanganyika	2	1949, 1951
9	Rwanda	1	1999
	Zimbabwe	1	1985
	Zanzibar	1	1995

Individual evidence

1. ^ BBC Sports
2. ↑ BBC Sport: Sudan named as 2016 Cecafa Cup hosts. January 5, 2016, accessed January 25, 2016 . 
3. ^ Kenya step in to host Cecafa events. September 8, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016 . 

Web links

• Details about the East and Central African Championship on rsssf.com (English)