The 2001 CECAFA Cup was the 25th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from East and Central Africa.

[6] Uganda's 10 - 1 demolition of Djibouti was the biggest winning margin in the CECAFA Cup's history.

The tournament was originally named the Gossage Cup, contested by the four nations of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), and Zanzibar,[7] running from 1929 until 1965.

The 2001 champions, Ethiopia, were knocked out in the 2000 semifinals by Uganda (B), though beat Rwanda to achieve third place.

[4] 11 teams from 9 countries competed, four teams from the original tournament (excluding Tanganyika, which changed names and is currently called Tanzania), including all 8 nations who competed at the 2000 CECAFA Cup in addition to Tanzania and Zanzibar.

[2] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings (in descending order):