Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 25 June–9 July 2017 |
Teams | 14 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Zimbabwe (5th title) |
Runners-up | Zambia |
Third place | Tanzania |
Fourth place | Lesotho |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 53 (2.3 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ovidy Karuru (6 goals) |
The 2017 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup South Africa 2017 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). It was held in South Africa from 25 June to 9 July. [1]
14 teams compete.
8 teams compete in the group stage:
The teams are drawn into 2 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the quarter-finals.
6 teams receive a bye to the quarter-finals:
The remainder of the tournament is straight knockout, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third place playoff and a final to decide the winners of the COSAFA Cup.
The four losing quarter-finalists compete for the Plate.
Moruleng | Phokeng | |
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Moruleng Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace | |
25°09′24″S27°10′32″E / 25.1566°S 27.1755°E | 25°34′43″S27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 44,300 |
The draw was announced on 18 May 2017. [3]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
2 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Malawi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
Angola | 0–0 | Tanzania |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 7 | Qualification to Quarter-finals |
2 | Madagascar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | Mozambique | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Mozambique | 0–4 | Zimbabwe |
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Madagascar | 2–0 | Seychelles |
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Zimbabwe | 0–0 | Madagascar |
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Seychelles | 1–2 | Mozambique |
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Mozambique | 1–4 | Madagascar |
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Zimbabwe | 6–0 | Seychelles |
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 July | ||||||||||
Botswana | 1 | |||||||||
5 July | ||||||||||
Zambia | 2 | |||||||||
Zambia | 4 | |||||||||
2 July | ||||||||||
Tanzania | 2 | |||||||||
South Africa | 0 | |||||||||
9 July | ||||||||||
Tanzania | 1 | |||||||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
1 July | ||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 3 | |||||||||
Namibia | 0 (4) | |||||||||
5 July | ||||||||||
Lesotho | 0 (5) | |||||||||
Lesotho | 3 | |||||||||
2 July | ||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
Swaziland | 1 | |||||||||
7 July | ||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 2 | |||||||||
Tanzania | 0 (4) | |||||||||
Lesotho | 0 (2) | |||||||||
Botswana | 1–2 | Zambia |
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South Africa | 0–1 | Tanzania |
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Swaziland | 1–2 | Zimbabwe |
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Zambia | 4–2 | Tanzania |
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The losing quarter-finalists will qualify for this round.
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
4 July | ||||||
Botswana | 0 | |||||
7 July | ||||||
South Africa | 2 | |||||
South Africa | 1 | |||||
4 July | ||||||
Namibia | 0 | |||||
Namibia | 1 | |||||
Swaziland | 0 | |||||
Botswana | 0–2 | South Africa |
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South Africa | 1–0 | Namibia |
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Mokate 36' | Report |
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