Tournament details | |
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Host country | South Africa |
Dates | 25 May–8 June [1] |
Teams | 13 (from 2 sub-confederations) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Zambia (5th title) |
Runners-up | Botswana |
Third place | Zimbabwe |
Fourth place | Lesotho |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 48 (2.4 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Gabadinho Mhango Gerald Phiri Jr. Ashley Nazira (3 goals each) |
The 2019 COSAFA Cup was the 19th 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).
The tournament was originally to be hosted in Zimbabwe but they withdrew in February 2019. [2] In April 2019, Durban of South Africa was announced as the host city.
Umlazi | Stamford Hill | KwaMashu |
King Zwelithini Stadium | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Princess Magogo Stadium |
29°58′16″S30°54′00″E / 29.971°S 30.9°E | 29°49′44″S31°01′48″E / 29.829°S 31.030°E | 29°44′38″S30°58′16″E / 29.744°S 30.971°E |
Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:12,000 |
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The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Comoros | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Eswatini | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 | |
4 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew [3] |
Eswatini | 2–2 | Mauritius |
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Mamba 30' Badenhorst 73' | Report | Nazira 28', 69' |
Eswatini | 2–2 | Comoros |
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Ndzinisa 25' Badenhorst 50' | Report | Bacar 42' I. Youssouf 52' |
Comoros | 2–1 | Mauritius |
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I. Youssouf 47' I. Soulaimana 65' | Report | Nazira 53' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Malawi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Namibia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
Mozambique | 1–2 | Namibia |
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Witi 77' | Report | Kamatuka 69' Iimbondi 82' |
Malawi | 3–0 | Seychelles |
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Mhango 9' Mbulu 49' Phiri Jr. 85' | Report |
Seychelles | 0–0 | Mozambique |
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Report |
Namibia | 1–2 | Malawi |
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Hambira 16' | Report | Mhango 43' Phiri Jr. 48' (pen.) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Lesotho | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Uganda | 0 (2) | |||||||||
Lesotho | 1 | |||||||||
Botswana | 2 | |||||||||
South Africa | 2 (4) | |||||||||
Botswana | 2 (5) | |||||||||
Botswana | 0 | |||||||||
Zambia | 1 | |||||||||
Zimbabwe | 2 | |||||||||
Comoros | 0 | |||||||||
Zimbabwe | 0 (2) | |||||||||
Zambia | 0 (4) | Third place | ||||||||
Zambia | 2 (4) | |||||||||
Malawi | 2 (2) | |||||||||
Lesotho | 2 (4) | |||||||||
Zimbabwe | 2 (5) | |||||||||
Lesotho | 0–0 | Uganda |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
3–2 |
Zimbabwe | 2–0 | Comoros |
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Report |
South Africa | 2–2 | Botswana |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
Lesotho | 2–2 | Zimbabwe |
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| Report | |
Penalties | ||
4–5 |
Botswana | 0–1 | Zambia |
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Report |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Uganda | 1 (2) | |||||
South Africa | 1 (4) | |||||
South Africa | 0 (5) | |||||
Malawi | 0 (4) | |||||
Comoros | 1 | |||||
Malawi | 2 | |||||
Uganda | 1–1 | South Africa |
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Penalties | ||
2–4 |
Comoros | 1–2 | Malawi |
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