2008 COSAFA Cup
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" team; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA.[3]
Qualifying
Will take place between 19-24 July, group winners qualify 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 |
Eswatini | 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 (0-1) | Eswatini |
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? 66' | Phinda Dlamini 42' |
Mauritius | 0 - 7 | Seychelles |
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Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5] Don Anacoura Collin Laporte Trevor Poiret |
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar | 1 - 1 (1-0) | Seychelles |
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Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar | 2 - 1 | Mauritius |
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Witbank, South Africa
Seychelles | 0 - 1 | Eswatini |
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Mfanzile Dlamini 90' |
Witbank, South Africa
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 (0 - 1) | Namibia |
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Quinton Jacobs (2 goals) [6] Lazarus Kaimbi |
Lesotho | 0 - 1 | Malawi |
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Chiukepo Msowoya 77' [7] |
Secunda, South Africa
Comoros | 0 - 1 | Malawi |
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Fisher Kondowe [8] |
Secunda, South Africa
Lesotho | 1 - 1 | Namibia |
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Thabane Rankara 83'[9] | Jamu Ngatjizeko 25'[10] |
Secunda, South Africa
Comoros | 0 - 1 | Lesotho |
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Moli Lesesa 74'[11][12] |
Secunda, South Africa
Malawi | 0 - 1 | Namibia |
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Lazarus Kaimbi 52' [13][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 21st, 2008 and confirmed on July 7th, 2008..[14][15] The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter finals according to these seeds was held on June 10th, 2008.
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Madagascar | - | Botswana Or Mozambique |
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South Africa | - | Zambia |
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Final
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References
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200807240830.html
- ^ Questão de calendário está na base do envio dos sub-20
- ^ The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008
- ^ When ‘Fifa’ beats ‘Fair Play’…
- ^ http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=12871
- ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3799
- ^ http://www.nyasatimes.com/entertainment/sport/857.html
- ^ http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=15350
- ^ http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=70328
- ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200807230830.html
- ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3850
- ^ a b BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
- ^ http://www.namibiasport.com.na/?q=node/4843
- ^ "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ http://www.jornaldeangola.com/artigo.php?ID=89004&Seccao=desporto
- ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3876