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The 1973 CECAFA Cup was the inaugural edition of the CECAFA Cup, and was held in Uganda. The CECAFA Cup is considered Africa's oldest football tournament, and involves teams from Central and Southern Africa. The matches in the 1973 tournament were played from 22 September 1973 until 29 September 1973.〔 The tournament was originally the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zanzibar,〔 running from 1929 until 1965. In 1967, this became the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup, often shortened to simply the Challenge Cup, which was competed for five years, until 1971, before the CECAFA Cup was introduced in 1973. Uganda, the hosts, won the Cup, beating Tanzania 2-1 in the final. The tournament lacked a third place play-off, so the runners up in the group stages, Kenya and Zambia, shared third place. After Uganda and Zambia drew in the group stages with the same amount of points, goals conceded and goals scored, a play-off occurred, which Uganda won. The tournament has been expanded, and the modern day tournament consists of 12 different teams (Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, and Eritrea have joined since 1973). == Participants == Six nations competed: the original four teams from the Gossage Cup, plus two more teams: * * * * * *〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1973 CECAFA Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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