The 2013 CECAFA Cup (known as the

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CECAFA Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the annual

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, an international football competition consisting of the national teams of member nations of the

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(CECAFA). The tournament was held in

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from 27 November to 12 December. Contested by twelve national teams, the tournament had

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invited as a guest nation to fill in for

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, who failed to participate for a second consecutive year. This followed the tournament's recent tradition of inviting other African nations to take part once a CECAFA nation pulled out;

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were invited to take part in the previous edition held in

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, while they and

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took part in

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after

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withdrew from the competition. Hosts

ran out 2–0 winners in the

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against three-time champions

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, with a brace from

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securing the ''Harambee Stars'' their sixth title after losing to previous hosts

at the same stage the previous year. The

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was won by guests Zambia, who beat

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6–5 on penalties after playing out to a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes.

Background and sponsorship

On 25 November 2012, it was announced that Kenya was chosen to host the tournament after bids were placed by the host nation as well as

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. However, their hosting of the tournament was not confirmed until a congress meeting for the

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held in

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on 11 March 2013, after it was announced that the

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had met all the requirements for hosting the tournaments with support from the Kenyan government. The capital city

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and

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were identified as host cities for the tournament. On 21 November 2013, CECAFA announced that

would be the title sponsors of the tournament, having committed KSh.11.25 million/= towards the organisation of the event and a further Ksh. 45 million towards the broadcasting of all 26 matches. Other companies that were sponsoring the tournament were

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, who committed KSh.6.5 million/=, and UAP Insurance, who committed KSh.5.5 million/=. Of KSh.8.7 million/= (approx.

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100,000) that was allocated for prize money, the winners were to receive KSh.5.6 million/=, while the runners-up were to take home KSh.2.5 million/=. The

winners were to receive KSh.600,000/=.

Participants

The draw for teams to participate in the tournament was held during the tournament's launch on 15 November 2013. Alongside the 12 member nations of CECAFA,

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and

were initially mooted as invitees for the tournament. However, CECAFA decided against inviting the Ivory Coast, with Secretary-General Nicholas Musonye saying that flying in ''Les Éléphants'' and keeping them in the country would cost the organisers over

25,000. The

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decided not to enter a team for the tournament due to a lack of funds. The following teams were confirmed to participate in the tournament: * * * * * * * * * * * (invitee) *

Match officials

The following 18 officials were appointed by

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to participate in the tournament. ;Referees *

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* Luleseghed Ghebremichael * Anthony Ogwayo * Davies Omweno *

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Group stage

The group stage began on 27 November and ended on 5 December. The matchdays were 27–29 November, 30 November–2 December and 3–5 December. If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were 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

Since

and

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had the same statistics at the end of the group stage, a coin toss was used as the drawing of lots to determine the winner of Group A.

Group B

Group C

Third place qualification

Knockout stage

The knockout stage began on 7 December with the

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and ended on 12 December with the

. In this stage, teams played against each other once, with the losers of the

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playing against each other in a

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals were played on 7–8 December.

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 10 December.

Third place playoff

Final

Goalscorers

Final rankings

Teams are ranked using the same tie-breaking criteria as in the

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, except for the top four teams. , - , colspan="14", Eliminated in the quarter-finals , - , - , colspan="14", Eliminated in the group stage , -

References

External links

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