Castle Lager Cup
Organising body | Tanzania Football Association |
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Founded | 2000 |
Abolished | 2003 |
Region | East Africa |
Number of teams | 4 |
Last champions | ![]() (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (1 title each) |
The Castle Lager Cup (East Africa)[1][dead link] was a football tournament that featured national teams from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, along with a guest team in each of the three editions played between 2000-2002.[2][dead link]
History
[edit]The four-nation tournament was aimed at promoting East African football and was organized by the Tanzania Football Association. South African Breweries (SAB) sponsored the first three editions and did not renew it thereafter.[3][dead link]
The inaugural tournament was held in Nairobi in 2000, with Uganda emerging as the winners. Tanzania won the 2001 edition as hosts. Kenya, the runners-up in both 2000 and 2001, won the third edition[4][dead link] held in Tanzania once again in 2002 after seeing off Uganda 3-2 on post match penalties after a 1-1 draw.
References
[edit]- ^ New Vision, 10 Aug 2002 Castle Plan
- ^ New Vision, 29 Oct 2002 Castle Cup a Success Story
- ^ New Vision, 19 Jun 2003 Castle Lager Cup scrapped
- ^ BBC, 27 Oct 2002 Kenya take Castle Cup