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)

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

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

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Madagascar 5312043+1
 Swaziland 5312032+1
 Seychelles 4311182+6
 Mauritius 13012210-8
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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Namibia 7321051+4
 Malawi 6320121+1
 Lesotho 43111220
 Comoros 0300305-5
Comoros 0 - 3 Namibia
(Report) Lazarus Kaimbi 25'
Quinton Jacobs 53', 74'
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
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

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

Botswana 0 - 2 Mozambique
Momed Hagi 18'
Nito 90'+
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa
Zambia 0 - 0 (5-4 pen.) Zimbabwe
Lilian Ngoyi Stadium
Secunda, South Africa

Semi finals

Madagascar 1 - 2 Mozambique
Praxis Rabemananjara 28' Tico-Tico 18'
Momed Hagi 62'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa
South Africa South Africa1 - 0 Zambia
Lefa Tsutsulupa 14'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

3rd Place Match

Madagascar 0 - 2 Zambia
Emmanuel Mayuka 56'
Francis Kombe 78'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

Final

South Africa South Africa2 - 1 Mozambique
Marchelino Fransch 18', 60' Gerson Txuma 90+3'
Thulamahashe Stadium
Bushbuckridge, South Africa

Scorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  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
  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
  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. 1 2 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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