The group stage of the 2013 CECAFA Cup began on 27 November and ended on 5 December.
The group stage featured 11 CECAFA associations and COSAFA member Zambia as the invited association.
Group stage matches were scheduled to be held in Nairobi, Machakos and Nakuru.
[2][3] The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:
Since Kenya and Ethiopia could not be separated using the tie-breaking criteria, a coin toss was used as the drawing of lots to determine the winner of Group A.