2013 CECAFA Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2013 CECAFA Cup began on 7 December with the quarter-finals and ended on 12 December with the final. Matches were played at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium in Mombasa and the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi.^[1] The Moi Stadium in Kisumu was originally scheduled to host the semi-finals, but the matches were moved to the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos and the Mombasa Municipal Stadium to allow the stadium to be completely refurbished.^[2]^[3]

Format

The knockout stage involves the eight teams which advanced from the group stage: the top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams.

In this stage, teams play against each other once. The losers of the semi-finals play against each other in the third place playoff where the winners are placed third overall in the entire competition.

Of the Ksh. 8.7 million (approx. US$ 100,000) that has been allocated for prize money, the winners will receive Ksh. 5.6 million, while the runners-up will take home Ksh. 2.5 million. The third place playoff winners will receive Ksh. 600,000.^[4]

Match rules

Quarter-finals, third place playoff and final

Regulation time is 90 minutes.
If scores are still level after regulation time, there will be no extra time and a Penalty shoot-out decides the winner.
Each team is allowed to have seven named substitutes.
Each team is allowed to make a maximum of three substitutions.

Semi-finals rules

Regulation time is 90 minutes.
If scores are still level after regulation time, there will be 30 minutes of extra time and a Penalty shoot-out thereafter if scores are still level after extra time to decide the winner.
Each team is allowed to have seven named substitutes.
Each team is allowed to make a maximum of three substitutions.

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

7 December – Mombasa

Uganda	2 (2)
		10 December – Nairobi
Tanzania (pen.)	2 (3)
		Tanzania	0
7 December – Mombasa
		Kenya	1
Kenya	1
				12 December – Nairobi
Rwanda	0
				Kenya	2
8 December – Mombasa
				Sudan	0
Zambia (pen.)	0 (4)
		10 December – Mombasa
Burundi	0 (3)
		Zambia	1
8 December – Mombasa
		Sudan	2	Third place
Ethiopia	0
				12 December – Nairobi
Sudan	2
				Zambia (pen.)	1 (6)

				Tanzania	1 (5)

Fixtures

Quarter-finals

7 December 2013

14:00

Uganda	2–2	Tanzania
Sserunkuma 16' Mutumba 73'	Report	Ngasa 19', 40' Abubakar 52'
Penalties
Walusimbi Okwi Aucho Kiiza Sserunkuma	2–3	Nyoni Samatta Kiemba Idd Yondan

Mombasa Municipal Stadium, Mombasa

Referee: Hagi Wiish (Somalia)

7 December 2013