2008 COSAFA Cup

The 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.

2008 COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates19 July - 3 August
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (3rd title)
Runners-up Mozambique
Third place Zambia
Fourth place Madagascar
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored39 (1.95 per match)
Top scorer(s) Phillip Zialor (4)

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Madagascar 5312043+1
 Swaziland 5312032+1
 Seychelles 4311182+6
 Mauritius 13012210-8


Mauritius 0 - 7 Seychelles
Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5]
Don Anacoura
Collin Laporte
Trevor Poiret
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Madagascar 1 - 1 Seychelles
Tovohery Rabenandrasana
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Mauritius 1 - 1 Swaziland
Johan Marmitte 31' Gcina Mazibuko 51'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Madagascar 2 - 1 Mauritius
Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19'
Praxis Rabemananjara 68'
Wesley Marquette 12'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Seychelles 0 - 1 Swaziland
Mfanzile Dlamini 90'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Namibia 7321051+4
 Malawi 6320121+1
 Lesotho 43111220
 Comoros 0300305-5

Comoros 0 - 3 Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi  25'
Quinton Jacobs  53', 74'
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 350
Referee: Jean-Claude Labrosse (SEY)

Lesotho 0 - 1 Malawi
(Report) Chiukepo Msowoya  77' [6]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 750

Comoros 0 - 1 Malawi
(Report) Fisher Kondowe  62'[7]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 450

Lesotho 1 - 1 Namibia
Thabane Rankara  83'[8] (Report) Jamu Ngatjizeko  25'[9]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Attendance: 600

Comoros 0 - 1 Lesotho
Moli Lesesa  74'[10][11]
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Malawi 0 - 1 Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi  52' [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 May 21, 2008 and confirmed on July 7, 2008.[13][14] The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter finals according to these seeds was held on June 10, 2008.

Quarter finals



Botswana 0 - 2 Mozambique
Momed Hagi 18'
Nito 90'+
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

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

Semi finals

Madagascar 1 - 2 Mozambique
Praxis Rabemananjara 28' Tico-Tico 18'
Momed Hagi 62'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

South Africa 1 - 0 Zambia
Lefa Tsutsulupa 14'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

3rd Place Match

Madagascar 0 - 2 Zambia
Emmanuel Mayuka 56'
Francis Kombe 78'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

Final

South Africa 2 - 1 Mozambique
Marchelino Fransch 18', 60' Gerson Txuma 90+3'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

Scorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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