CECAFA Cup 2013

CECAFA Cup 2013
GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup 2013
Number of nations	12
East Africa Champion	Kenya (6th title)
venue	Kenya
Opening game	November 27, 2013
Tournament end	December 12th 2013
Games	26th
Gates	51  (⌀: 1.96 per game)
Top scorer	Salah Ibrahim (5 goals)

The CECAFA Cup 2013 , officially GOtv CECAFA Challenge Cup 2013 , was the 37th edition of the football competition for East and Central African national teams. It was held in Kenya from November 27 to December 12, 2013 . Eleven member associations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations and an invited team from the Confédération Africaine de Football took part in the tournament.

Uganda only reached the quarter-finals as defending champions, while hosts Kenya beat Sudan by winning their sixth title in the final .

Game mode

The twelve participating countries played in three groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, as did the two best thirds in the group. The winners of the subsequent semi-finals played for the title in the final, the losers for third place.

Attendees

Group A	Group B	Group C
Kenya (hosts)	Zambia (invited)	Uganda (defending champion)
Ethiopia	Tanzania	Sudan
Zanzibar	Burundi	Rwanda
South Sudan	Somalia	Eritrea

The Ivorian national soccer team was not invited due to high costs, Malawi did not accept the invitation.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kenya	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
2.	Ethiopia	3	2	1	0	005: 100	+4	07th
3.	Zanzibar	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	03
4th	South Sudan	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00

November 27, 2013 in Nairobi
Zanzibar	-	South Sudan	2: 1 (1: 0)
November 27, 2013 in Nairobi
Kenya	-	Ethiopia	0-0
November 30, 2013 in Nairobi
Ethiopia	-	Zanzibar	3: 1 (2: 0)
November 30, 2013 in Nairobi
South Sudan	-	Kenya	1: 3 (1: 2)
December 3, 2013 in Nakuru
South Sudan	-	Ethiopia	0: 2 (0: 0)
December 3, 2013 in Nakuru
Kenya	-	Zanzibar	2: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Zambia	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	07th
2.	Tanzania	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
3.	Burundi	3	1	0	2	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Somalia	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00

November 28, 2013 in Machakos
Burundi	-	Somalia	2: 0 (1: 0)
November 28, 2013 in Machakos
Tanzania	-	Zambia	1: 1 (0: 1)
December 1, 2013 in Nairobi
Somalia	-	Tanzania	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 1, 2013 in Nairobi
Zambia	-	Burundi	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 4, 2013 in Nakuru
Tanzania	-	Burundi	1: 0 (1: 0)
December 4, 2013 in Nakuru
Somalia	-	Zambia	0: 4 (0: 2)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uganda	3	3	0	0	005-000	+5	09
2.	Sudan	3	2	0	1	004: 100	+3	06th
3.	Rwanda	3	1	0	2	001: 200	−1	03
4th	Eritrea	3	0	0	3	000: 700	−7	00

November 29, 2013 in Machakos
Sudan	-	Eritrea	3: 0 (3: 0)
November 29, 2013 in Nairobi
Uganda	-	Rwanda	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 2, 2013 in Nairobi
Sudan	-	Rwanda	1: 0 (1: 0)
December 2, 2013 in Nairobi
Eritrea	-	Uganda	0: 3 (0: 3)
December 5, 2013 in Machakos
Rwanda	-	Eritrea	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 5, 2013 in Nairobi
Uganda	-	Sudan	1: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

Quarter finals

December 7, 2013 in Mombasa
Uganda	-	Tanzania	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 2), 2: 3 i. E.
December 7, 2013 in Mombasa
Kenya	-	Rwanda	1: 0 (0: 0)
December 8, 2013 in Mombasa
Zambia	-	Burundi	0: 0 n.V. (0: 0), 4: 3 i. E.
December 8, 2013 in Mombasa
Ethiopia	-	Sudan	0: 2 (0: 1)

Semifinals

December 10, 2013 in Nairobi
Tanzania	-	Kenya	0: 1 (0: 1)
December 10, 2013 in Mombasa
Zambia	-	Sudan	1: 2 a.d. (0: 0)

3rd place match

December 12, 2013 in Machakos
Tanzania	-	Zambia	1: 1 n.V. (0: 0), 5: 6 i. E.

final

December 12, 2013 in Machakos
Kenya	-	Sudan	2: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

• The tournament on www.rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CECAFA to invite Malawi, Zambia and Ivory Coast for 2013 Senior Challenge Cup , cafonline.com, accessed on December 21, 2018 (English)
2. ↑ CECAFA 2013: No Ivory Coast show , futaa.com, accessed on December 21, 2018 (English)