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2008 COSAFA Cup

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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
 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]


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

Madagascar 1 - 1 (1-0) Seychelles
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Mauritius 1 - 1 (1-0) Eswatini
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Madagascar 2 - 1 Mauritius
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa

Seychelles 0 - 1 Eswatini
Mfanzile Dlamini 90'
Atlantic Stadium
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


Lesotho 0 - 1 Malawi
Chiukepo Msowoya 77' [7]
Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Comoros 0 - 1 Malawi
Fisher Kondowe [8]
Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Lesotho 1 - 1 Namibia
Thabane Rankara 83'[9] Jamu Ngatjizeko 25'[10]
Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Comoros 0 - 1 Lesotho
Moli Lesesa 74'[11][12]
Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Malawi 0 - 1 Namibia
Lazarus Kaimbi 52' [13][12]
Ngoyi Stadium
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
South Africa

South Africa - Zambia
South Africa

Final

-
South Africa

References

  1. ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200807240830.html
  2. ^ Questão de calendário está na base do envio dos sub-20
  3. ^ The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008
  4. ^ When ‘Fifa’ beats ‘Fair Play’…
  5. ^ http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=12871
  6. ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3799
  7. ^ http://www.nyasatimes.com/entertainment/sport/857.html
  8. ^ http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=15350
  9. ^ http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=70328
  10. ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/200807230830.html
  11. ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3850
  12. ^ a b BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
  13. ^ http://www.namibiasport.com.na/?q=node/4843
  14. ^ "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  15. ^ "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  16. ^ http://www.jornaldeangola.com/artigo.php?ID=89004&Seccao=desporto
  17. ^ http://www.kickoff.com/enwiki/static/news/article.php?id=3876

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