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Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 19 July - 3 August |
Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 39 (1.95 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.
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.
Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 66' | Phinda Dlamini 42' |
Mauritius ![]() | 0 - 7 | ![]() |
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Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5] Don Anacoura Collin Laporte Trevor Poiret |
Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana |
Mauritius ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Johan Marmitte 31' | Gcina Mazibuko 51' |
Madagascar ![]() | 2 - 1 | ![]() |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19' Praxis Rabemananjara 68' | Wesley Marquette 12' |
Seychelles ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Mfanzile Dlamini 90' |
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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![]() | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Lazarus Kaimbi ![]() Quinton Jacobs ![]() |
Lesotho ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Chiukepo Msowoya ![]() |
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Fisher Kondowe ![]() |
Lesotho ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Thabane Rankara ![]() | (Report) | Jamu Ngatjizeko ![]() |
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Moli Lesesa ![]() |
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.
Botswana ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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Momed Hagi 18' Nito 90'+ |
Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 2 | ![]() |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 28' | Tico-Tico 18' Momed Hagi 62' |
South Africa ![]() | 2 - 1 | ![]() |
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Marchelino Fransch 18', 60' | Gerson Txuma 90+3' |
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