2008 COSAFA Cup

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2008 COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup
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Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates19 July - 3 August
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
Third placeFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Fourth placeFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Seychelles.svg Phillip Zialor (4)
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The 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.

Contents

Due to their internal competitions calendar, Angola decided to send their under-20 national team to play in this tournament [1] [2] and South Africa will play with a "Development XI"; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA. [3]

South Africa won the tournament defeating Mozambique 2-1 in the final.

Qualifying

Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 5312043+1
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 5312032+1
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 4311182+6
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 13012210-8
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg0 - 7Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5]
Don Anacoura
Collin Laporte
Trevor Poiret
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg1 - 1Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
Tovohery Rabenandrasana
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
Mauritius  Flag of Mauritius.svg1 - 1Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Johan Marmitte 31' Gcina Mazibuko 51'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar  Flag of Madagascar.svg2 - 1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19'
Praxis Rabemananjara 68'		 Wesley Marquette 12'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
Seychelles  Flag of Seychelles.svg0 - 1Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Mfanzile Dlamini 90'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 7321051+4
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 6320121+1
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 43111220
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 0300305-5
Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0 - 3Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi Soccerball shade.svg25'
Quinton Jacobs Soccerball shade.svg53', 74'
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 350
Referee: Jean-Claude Labrosse (SEY)
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg0 - 1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
(Report) Chiukepo Msowoya Soccerball shade.svg77' [6]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 750
Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0 - 1Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
(Report) Fisher Kondowe Soccerball shade.svg62' [7]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 450
Lesotho  Flag of Lesotho.svg1 - 1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Thabane Rankara Soccerball shade.svg83' [8] (Report) Jamu Ngatjizeko Soccerball shade.svg25' [9]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 600
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)
Comoros  Flag of the Comoros.svg0 - 1Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
Moli Lesesa Soccerball shade.svg74' [10] [11]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Malawi  Flag of Malawi.svg0 - 1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi Soccerball shade.svg52' [11] [12]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 950
Referee: Kenais Marange (ZIM)

Final tournament

Angola, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana were seeded directly for the quarter-finals according to FIFA World Rankings of April 2008. This decision was made 21 May 2008 and confirmed on 7 July 2008. [13] [14] The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter-finals according to these seeds was held on 10 June 2008.

Quarter finals

Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg0 - 0 (5-4 pen.)Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Semi finals

3rd Place Match

Final

Scorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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