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)
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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 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
Madagascar 1 - 1 Swaziland
Praxis Rabemananjara 66' Phinda Dlamini 42'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
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 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'
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
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (MRI)
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

Angola U-20s 0 - 1 Madagascar
Praxis Rabemananjara 22'[15]
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
South Africa South Africa1 - 0 Namibia
Rooi Mahamutsa 6'
Atlantic Stadium
Witbank, South Africa
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[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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