2008 COSAFA Cup
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 39 (1.95 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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
[edit]Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.
Group A
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
Madagascar through to quarter finals after a coin toss win.[4]
Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 66' | Phinda Dlamini 42' |
Mauritius ![]() | 0 - 7 | ![]() |
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Phillip Zialor (4 goals) [5] Don Anacoura Collin Laporte Trevor Poiret |
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana |
Witbank, South Africa
Mauritius ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Johan Marmitte 31' | Gcina Mazibuko 51' |
Witbank, South Africa
Madagascar ![]() | 2 - 1 | ![]() |
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Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19' Praxis Rabemananjara 68' | Wesley Marquette 12' |
Witbank, South Africa
Seychelles ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Mfanzile Dlamini 90' |
Witbank, South Africa
Group B
[edit]Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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![]() | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 3 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Lazarus Kaimbi ![]() Quinton Jacobs ![]() |
Lesotho ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Chiukepo Msowoya ![]() |
Secunda, South Africa
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Fisher Kondowe ![]() |
Secunda, South Africa
Lesotho ![]() | 1 - 1 | ![]() |
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Thabane Rankara ![]() | (Report) | Jamu Ngatjizeko ![]() |
Comoros ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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Moli Lesesa ![]() |
Secunda, South Africa
Malawi ![]() | 0 - 1 | ![]() |
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(Report) | Lazarus Kaimbi ![]() |
Secunda, South Africa
Final tournament
[edit]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
[edit]Botswana ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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Momed Hagi 18' Nito 90'+ |
Semi finals
[edit]Madagascar ![]() | 1 - 2 | ![]() |
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Praxis Rabemananjara 28' | Tico-Tico 18' Momed Hagi 62' |
3rd Place Match
[edit]Madagascar ![]() | 0 - 2 | ![]() |
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Emmanuel Mayuka 56' Francis Kombe 78' |
Final
[edit]South Africa ![]() | 2 - 1 | ![]() |
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Marchelino Fransch 18', 60' | Gerson Txuma 90+3' |
Scorers
[edit]- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Moli Lesesa
Thabane Rankara
Fisher Kondowe
Chiukepo Msowoya
Johan Marmitte
Wesley Marquette
Tico-Tico
Nito
Gerson Txuma
Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko
Don Anacoura
Collin Laporte
Trevor Poiret
Rooi Mahamutsa
Lefa Tsutsulupa
Phinda Dlamini
Gcina Mazibuko
Mfanzile Dlamini
Emmanuel Mayuka
Francis Kombe
References
[edit]- ^ 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 4 August 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ "The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ^ "When 'Fifa' beats 'Fair Play'…". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ Seychelles NATION
- ^ Malawi breaking news - Malawi hit Lesotho in Cosafa opener [dead link]
- ^ "MTNfootball.com - Malawi On Course To Meet Hosts". Archived from the original on 16 November 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ 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 29 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ a b BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight
- ^ "Namibia beat Malawi". Namibia Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline. Archived from the original on 11 July 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ JORNAL DE ANGOLA online - Notícias de Angola para o Mundo