2008 COSAFA Cup
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Swaziland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
| File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
- File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar through to quarter finals after a coin toss win.[4]
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
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.[5][6] The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter-finals according to these seeds was held on 10 June 2008.
Quarter finals
Semi finals
3rd Place Match
Final
Scorers
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon Tovohery Rabenandrasana
- Template:Flagicon Momed Hagi
- Template:Flagicon Lazarus Kaimbi
- Template:Flagicon Quinton Jacobs
- Template:Flagicon Marchelino Fransch
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Moli Lesesa
- Template:Flagicon Thabane Rankara
- Template:Flagicon Fisher Kondowe
- Template:Flagicon Chiukepo Msowoya
- Template:Flagicon Johan Marmitte
- Template:Flagicon Wesley Marquette
- Template:Flagicon Tico-Tico
- Template:Flagicon Nito
- Template:Flagicon Gerson Txuma
- Template:Flagicon Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko
- Template:Flagicon Don Anacoura
- Template:Flagicon Collin Laporte
- Template:Flagicon Trevor Poiret
- Template:Flagicon Rooi Mahamutsa
- Template:Flagicon Lefa Tsutsulupa
- Template:Flagicon Phinda Dlamini
- Template:Flagicon Gcina Mazibuko
- Template:Flagicon Mfanzile Dlamini
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Mayuka
- Template:Flagicon Francis Kombe
References
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- ↑ allAfrica.com: Angola/South Africa: Under 20 Team Travel to South Africa for Cosafa Cup (Page 1 of 1)
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External links
- Information at RSSSF archives
- BBC Sport: Cosafa Cup draw
- People's Online Daily: African regional tournament COSAFA Cup makes draw
- Flames seeded in COSAFA Cup
- Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup
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