1997 COSAFA Cup

Tournament details
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up	Namibia
Third place	Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	45 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adelino (4)
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This page provides summaries of the 1997 COSAFA Cup, the first edition of the tournament.

Qualifying round

March 1, 1997

Botswana	1 – 4	Malawi
Aaron Lesupi 3' (pen.)		Felix Nyirongo 27' John Maduka 51' Jones Nkhwazi 73' Meck Mwase 88'

Gaborone

Attendance: 8,000

March 2, 1997

Lesotho	0 – 2	Zambia
		Edward Kangwa 10' Mwape Miti 15'

Maseru

Attendance: 20,000

March 2, 1997

Swaziland	0 – 4	Mozambique
		Adelino 36', 42', 70' Eurico 83'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Attendance: 15,000

March 16, 1997

Namibia	2 – 1 (aet)	Zimbabwe
Johannes Hindjou 87' (pen.), 119' (pen.)		Gilbert Mushangazhike 76' (pen.)

Gaborone

Attendance: 8,000

Final round

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Zambia	8	4	2	2	0	9	4
Namibia	6	4	1	3	0	6	3
Mozambique	5	4	1	2	1	7	5
Tanzania	3	4	0	3	1	4	7
Malawi	2	4	0	2	2	5	12

April 12, 1997

Malawi	2 – 2	Mozambique
Jones Nkhwazi 57' Albert Mpinganjira 70'		Tico-Tico 31' Nuro Tualibudane 79'

Lilongwe

April 19, 1997

Zambia	4 – 0	Malawi
Paul Chella 26' Edward Kangwa 44' Mwape Miti 85' Nelson Banda 88'

Lusaka

May 31, 1997

Tanzania	0 – 0	Namibia

Mwanza

Attendance: 15,000

June 15, 1997

Mozambique	3 – 0	Tanzania
Tico-Tico 50', 69' Adelino 76'

Maputo

Attendance: 50,000

June 28, 1997

Namibia	4 – 1	Malawi
Gervatius Uri Khob 35' Sandro de Gouveia 57' Johannes Hindjou 69' Eliphas Shivute 75'		Lovemore Fazili 77'

Windhoek

Attendance: 8,000

July 5, 1997

Tanzania	2 – 2	Zambia
Edibilly Lunyamila 56' Hussein Marsha 75' (pen.)		Masauso Tembo 71' Alex Namazaba 83'

Arusha

Attendance: 22,000

July 20, 1997

Mozambique	1 – 1	Namibia
Pinto Barros 15'		Silvester Goraseb 44'

Maputo

Attendance: 15,000

August 2, 1997

Zambia	2 – 1	Mozambique
Frazer Kamwandi 50', 81'		Sergio Faife 51'

Lusaka

August 9, 1997

Malawi	2 – 2	Tanzania
Lovemore Fazili 19' Jones Nkhwazi 72'		Idelphonce Amlima 7' Victor Bambo 43'

Lilongwe

Attendance: 9,000

August 31, 1997

Namibia	1 – 1	Zambia
Mohammed Ouseb 47' (pen.)		David Siame 32'

Windhoek

Attendance: 12,000

Individual scorers

• 4 goals
  • Adelino
• 3 goals
  • Johannes Hindjou
  • Tico-Tico
  • Jones Nkhwazi
• 2 goals
  • Edward Kangwa
  • Mwape Miti
  • Frazer Kamwandi
  • Lovemore Fazili