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2008 COSAFA Cup

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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)Seychelles Phillip Zialor (4)
2007
2009

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

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Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 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


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

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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 Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi 25'
Quinton Jacobs 53', 74'
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

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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 21 May 2008 and confirmed on 7 July 2008.[13][14] The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter-finals according to these seeds was held on 10 June 2008.

Quarter finals

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Zambia 0 - 0 (5-4 pen.) Zimbabwe

Semi finals

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3rd Place Match

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Final

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Scorers

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4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ allAfrica.com: Angola/South Africa: Under 20 Team Travel to South Africa for Cosafa Cup (Page 1 of 1)
  2. ^ "Questão de calendário está na base do envio dos sub-20". Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  3. ^ "The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  4. ^ "When 'Fifa' beats 'Fair Play'…". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  5. ^ Seychelles NATION
  6. ^ Malawi breaking news - Malawi hit Lesotho in Cosafa opener [dead link]
  7. ^ "MTNfootball.com - Malawi On Course To Meet Hosts". Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  8. ^ African Press Agency - Item[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ allAfrica.com: Namibia/Lesotho: Warriors In A Draw (Page 1 of 1)
  10. ^ "Kick Off - South Africa". Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  11. ^ a b BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
  12. ^ "Namibia beat Malawi". Namibia Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  14. ^ "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  15. ^ JORNAL DE ANGOLA online - Notícias de Angola para o Mundo
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