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2021 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Port Elizabeth
Dates	6–18 July
Teams	11
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (5th title)
Runners-up	Senegal
Third place	Eswatini
Fourth place	Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	53 (2.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sepana Letsoalo; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Siyethemba Sithebe
Best goalkeeper	Veli Mothwa; (5 Clean Sheets)
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The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th 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 took place on 6–18 July 2021.^[2]

Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019.^[3]

Participating nations

National team	FIFA Ranking (27 May 2021)^[4]	Best Performance
Eswatini	154	Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
Madagascar (withdrew)	100	Third Place (2015)
Zimbabwe	107	Champions (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
Comoros (withdrew)^[5]	131	Group stage
Lesotho	146	Runner-Up (2000)
Senegal (Invited guest)	22	Debut
Botswana	150	Runner-Up (2016, 2019)
Malawi	115	Runner-Up (2002, 2003)
Zambia	87	Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)
Mozambique	117	Runner-Up (2008, 2015)
Namibia	111	Champions (2015)
South Africa	75	Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016)

Venue

Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium		Wolfson Stadium
Capacity: 42,486		Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.^[6]

Grouping line

Group A	Group B
South Africa Eswatini Zambia Botswana Lesotho	Senegal Mozambique Namibia Malawi Zimbabwe

Match officials

Referees

Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)
Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles)
Akhona Makalima (South Africa)
Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)
Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)
Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)
Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Assistant Referees

Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)
Brighton Nyika (Zimbabwe)
Petros Mzi Mbingo (Eswatini)
Moses Singeve (Namibia)
Lucky Kegakologetswe (Botswana)
Siza Dlangamandla (Lesotho)
Joseph Nyauti (Malawi)
Ivanildo Meirelles Lopes (Angola)

Group stages

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3)

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

All matches will be held at Port Elizabeth
Time listed are UTC+2:00

Key to colour in group tables
	Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Semi-finals
3	Zambia	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Botswana	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	4
5	Lesotho	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

6 July 2021

14:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	3–1	Lesotho
J. Figuaredo 30' F. Badenhorst 42' K. Khethukulhe 57' M. Mabelesa 66' F. Mamba 45' 78'	Report	J. Thabantso 7' T. Khutlang 45+4' T. Bereng 72'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

6 July 2021

17:00 UTC+2

South Africa	1–0	Botswana
K. Malinga 6' R. Reuck 8'	Report	G. Mohutsiwa 45+1'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

8 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Zambia	1–2	Lesotho
K. Chongo 1' J. Shonga 2' B. Sakala 6'	Report	L. Fothoane 20' B. Makepe 37' S. Motebang 70', 88'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

8 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	1–0	Eswatini
S. Mkhulise 42' T. Sibanyoni 59' 88'	Report	F. Mamba 26' F. Badenhorst 26' 45+1'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)

10 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	0–4	Botswana
N. Masoabi 37' L. Mphuthi 45+3' N. Lerotholi 47'	Report	T. Setsile 18' T. Orebonye 28', 45+4' (pen.), 69' G. Mohutsiwa 48' T. Kgamanyane 73'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

10 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

Zambia	0–1	Eswatini
K. Chongo 19' Z. Chilongoshi 61' D. Chanda 65' K. Kampamba 68' S. Silwimba 86'	Report	M. Mabelesa 51' S. Gomedze 53' S. Mathabela 56' S. Magagula 57' L. Mkhona 76' F. Mamba 84'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

13 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

Botswana	1–2	Zambia
B. Sakala 4' S. Phiri 5' T. Kgamanyane 62'	Report	J. Shonga 21', 83' (pen.) T. Orebonye 47' M. Johnson 67'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

13 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	4–0	Lesotho
S. Letsoalo 5', 44', 57' S. Mkhulise 20' N. Njcobo 74' M. Mphahele 89'	Report	L. Fothoane 40' B. Makepe 56' M. Nkoto 67' T. Toloane 73'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

14 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

South Africa	0–0	Zambia
Dube 90'	Report	Chanda 56'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

14 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	1–1	Botswana
Ndzinisa 19' Mkhonta 34' Figuareido 69' Gamedze 71'	Report	Kgamanyane 45+1', 65' Mohutsiwa 89'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Semi-finals
2	Mozambique	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7	Semi-finals
3	Namibia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
4	Malawi	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	0–0	Zimbabwe
A. Nhantumbo 52' F. Simbine 65' C. Mathe 79' H. Salas 84'	Report	Q. Amini 27' D. Murimba 72' P. Musaka 82'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles)

7 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

Senegal	1–2	Namibia
A. Diène 17' 67' A. Diop 26' D. Mendy 71'	Report	M. Papama 13' E. Kambindu 50' D. Fredericks 88'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)

9 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Malawi	2–2	Zimbabwe
K. Muyaba 27' S. Kuwali 50' M. Sulumba 66' C. Chirwa 76'	Report	R. Hachiro 45+1' B. Sarupinda 62' A. Mbeba 72' P. Musaka 79'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)

9 July 2021

15:00 UTC+2

Senegal	1–0	Mozambique
El-Hadji Kane 15' P. Djitte 63' Sane 82' Mohamed Ba 86'	Report

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

11 July 2021

14:00 UTC+2

Namibia	2–0	Zimbabwe
D. Fredricks 10' I. Kamberipa 52' Q. Amini 70' (o.g.) A. Iimbondi 76' E. Kambindu 86'	Report	S. Nyahwa 81' Malvin Enos Mkolo 85'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

11 July 2021

17:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	2–0	Malawi
. Muze 53' V. Vitinho 55' (pen.) 60' Shafiquille 65' F. Simbine 68' E. Siluane 89'	Report	C. Chirwa 14' S. Kuwali 22'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

13 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Senegal	2–1	Zimbabwe
A. Ndoye 44' M. Ba 88'	Report	Q. Amini 3' (pen.) S. Nyahwa 58'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

13 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Malawi	1–1	Namibia
M. Mhone 73'	Report	N. Theophilus 49' W. Stephanus 50' L. Horaeb 50' I. Heita 88' E. Kambindu 53'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Akhona Makalima (South Africa)

14 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Mozambique	1–0	Namibia
Simbine 28' Pelembe 71' Cândinho 73' Melito 80'	Report	Kambindu 9' Gebhardt 15' Fredericks 45+1'

Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

14 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Senegal	2–1	Malawi
Diop 11', 90+1' Ndoye 63' Gueye 76'	Report	Muyaba 35' Sanudi 43'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Bostswana)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

16 July – Port Elizabeth

Senegal (p)	2 (3)
		18 July – Port Elizabeth
Eswatini	2 (0)
		Senegal	0 (4)
16 July – Port Elizabeth
		South Africa (p)	0 (5)
South Africa	3

Mozambique	0
		Third place match

		18 July– Port Elizabeth

		Eswatini (p)	1 (4)

		Mozambique	1 (2)

Semi-finals

16 July 2021

14:00 UTC+2

Senegal	2–2	Eswatini
P. Djitte 58' M. Ndiaye 71' E. Kane 80'	Report	S. Magagula 11' S. Matse 15' S. Ndzinisa 20' F. Mamba 63' 67'
Penalties
E. Kane A. Dien M. Ba	3–0	S. Gamedze S. Ndzinisa N. Mamba

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

16 July 2021

17:00 UTC+2

South Africa	3–0	Mozambique
N. Ngcobo 24' 62' S. Sithebe 39' M. Maart 59' S. Letsoalo 73' (pen.)	Report	F. Macaime 33' S. Shaquille 45+1' D. Muzé 58' J. Pelembe 79' N. Ernesto 86'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

Third place match

18 July 2021

12:00 UTC+2

Eswatini	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mozambique
S. Magagula 42' K. Mkhontfo 89'	Report	C. Mathe 4' S. Nangy 14' D. Muzé 15' M. Thauzene 39'
Penalties
P. Dlamini L. Mkhonta S. Mkhwanazi S. Mathabela	4–2	J. Mapangane S. Nangy S. Malico A. Alifa

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Final

18 July 2021

15:30 UTC+2

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
	Report
Penalties
E. Kane A. Diene F. Fall D. Mendy M. Ba P. N'diaye	4–5	L. Maboe S. Sithebe E. Brooks S. Ngobeni V. Mothwa N. Mobbie

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.

4 goals

Sepana Letsoalo

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qadr Amini (against Namibia)

References

^ "COSAFA nations in friendly action over the weekend". COSAFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "20th COSOFA Cup 2021". International Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "Zambia crowned 2019 COSOFA Cup". Cosofa.com. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ Comoros withdrawal forces change to 2021 COSAFA Cup fixtures. COSAFA, July 3, 2021.
^ "Draw for historic 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

External links

Official site

[1] "COSAFA nations in friendly action over the weekend". COSAFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[2] "20th COSOFA Cup 2021". International Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[3] "Zambia crowned 2019 COSOFA Cup". Cosofa.com. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[4] FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[5] Comoros withdrawal forces change to 2021 COSAFA Cup fixtures. COSAFA, July 3, 2021.

[6] "Draw for historic 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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+The '''2021 COSAFA Cup''' was the 20th 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 took place on 6–18 July 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/africa/cosafa-cup/2020/group-stage/r54562/|title=20th COSOFA Cup 2021|work=International Soccerway|access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
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+The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Draw for historic 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup |url=https://www.cosafa.com/draw-for-historic-20th-edition-of-the-cosafa-cup-set-for-thursday/// |publisher=COSAFA |accessdate=17 June 2021 |date=17 June 2021}}</ref>
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 |2 goals=
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Sabelo Ndzinisa]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Sabelo Ndzinisa]]
 *{{flagicon|LES}} [[Sera Motebang]]
 *{{flagicon|MWI}} [[Khuda Ike Muyaba]]
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 *{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Abu Bakry Diop]]
 |1 goal=
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Felix Badenhorst]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Felix Badenhorst]]
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Sandile Gomedze]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Sandile Gomedze]]
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Fanelo Mamba]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Fanelo Mamba]]
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Sifiso Matse]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Sifiso Matse]]
-*{{flagicon|ESW}} [[Khethukulhe Mkhontfo]]
+*{{flagicon|SWZ}} [[Khethukulhe Mkhontfo]]
 *{{flagicon|LES}} [[Tumelo Khutlang]]
 *{{flagicon|MWI}} [[Schumacher Kuwali]]
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+{{COSAFA championships}}
+{{2020–21 in African football (CAF)}}
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v t e COSAFA championships
Men	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Women	2002 2006 2008 2011 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Men U20	1983 1985 1986 1988 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2024
Women U20	2019 2024
Men U17	1994 2001 2002 2007 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024
Women U17	2019 2020 2021 2022 2024

v t e 2020–21 in African football (CAF)
« 2019–20 2021–22 »
Domestic leagues	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique '20 '21 Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion '20 '21 Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe '20 '21 Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe '20 '21
Domestic cups	Algeria Angola Botswana Burundi Cameroon '20 '21 Democratic Republic of Congo Egypt Ethiopia Ghana '20 '21 Kenya '20 '21 Morocco Nigeria '20 '21 Senegal '20 '21 South Africa South Sudan Sudan '20 '21 Tanzania Tunisia Uganda
Super cups	Algeria Angola Egypt Tunisia
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	2020 African Nations Championship 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification finals 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification finals 2021 COSAFA Cup 2021 CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup