2008 COSAFA Cup
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 | South Africa (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Mozambique |
Third place | Zambia |
Fourth place | Madagascar |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 39 (1.95 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Phillip Zialor (4) |
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.
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 |
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Madagascar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Swaziland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
Seychelles | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
Mauritius | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
- Madagascar through to quarter finals after a coin toss win.[4]
Madagascar | 1 - 1 | Swaziland |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 66' | Phinda Dlamini 42' |
Witbank, South Africa
Mauritius | 0 - 7 | Seychelles |
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Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5] |
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar | 1 - 1 | Seychelles |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana |
Witbank, South Africa
Mauritius | 1 - 1 | Swaziland |
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Johan Marmitte 31' | Gcina Mazibuko 51' |
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar | 2 - 1 | Mauritius |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19' Praxis Rabemananjara 68' |
Wesley Marquette 12' |
Witbank, South Africa
Seychelles | 0 - 1 | Swaziland |
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Mfanzile Dlamini 90' |
Witbank, South Africa
Group B[]
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Namibia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
Malawi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Lesotho | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Comoros | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
Comoros | 0 - 3 | Namibia |
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(Report) | Lazarus Kaimbi 25' Quinton Jacobs 53', 74' |
Lesotho | 0 - 1 | Malawi |
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(Report) | Chiukepo Msowoya 77' [6] |
Secunda, South Africa
Comoros | 0 - 1 | Malawi |
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(Report) | Fisher Kondowe 62'[7] |
Secunda, South Africa
Comoros | 0 - 1 | Lesotho |
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Moli Lesesa 74'[10][11] |
Secunda, South Africa
Malawi | 0 - 1 | Namibia |
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(Report) | Lazarus Kaimbi 52' [11][12] |
Secunda, South Africa
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[]
Angola U-20s | 0 - 1 | Madagascar |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 22'[15] |
Witbank, South Africa
South Africa | 1 - 0 | Namibia |
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Rooi Mahamutsa 6' |
Witbank, South Africa
Botswana | 0 - 2 | Mozambique |
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Momed Hagi 18' Nito 90'+ |
Semi finals[]
Madagascar | 1 - 2 | Mozambique |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 28' | Tico-Tico 18' Momed Hagi 62' |
South Africa | 1 - 0 | Zambia |
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Lefa Tsutsulupa 14' |
3rd Place Match[]
Madagascar | 0 - 2 | Zambia |
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Emmanuel Mayuka 56' 78' |
Final[]
South Africa | 2 - 1 | Mozambique |
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18', 60' | 90+3' |
Scorers[]
- 4 goals
- Phillip Zialor
- Praxis Rabemananjara
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Moli Lesesa
- Thabane Rankara
- Fisher Kondowe
- Chiukepo Msowoya
- Johan Marmitte
- Wesley Marquette
- Tico-Tico
- Nito
- Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko
- Rooi Mahamutsa
- Lefa Tsutsulupa
- Phinda Dlamini
- Gcina Mazibuko
- Mfanzile Dlamini
- Emmanuel Mayuka
References[]
- ^ allAfrica.com: Angola/South Africa: Under 20 Team Travel to South Africa for Cosafa Cup (Page 1 of 1)
- ^ "Questão de calendário está na base do envio dos sub-20". Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "When 'Fifa' beats 'Fair Play'…". Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ Seychelles NATION
- ^ Malawi breaking news - Malawi hit Lesotho in Cosafa opener
- ^ "MTNfootball.com - Malawi On Course To Meet Hosts". Archived from the original on 2008-11-16. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ African Press Agency - Item[permanent dead link]
- ^ allAfrica.com: Namibia/Lesotho: Warriors In A Draw (Page 1 of 1)
- ^ "Kick Off - South Africa". Archived from the original on 2008-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ a b BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
- ^ "Namibia beat Malawi". Namibia Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
- ^ "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ JORNAL DE ANGOLA online - Notícias de Angola para o Mundo
External links[]
- 2008 in African football
- COSAFA Cup
- 2008–09 in South African soccer
- International association football competitions hosted by South Africa