COSAFA Cup 1999

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COSAFA Cup 1999
1999 COSAFA Castle Cup
Number of nations 10 (8 finalists)
South African champions AngolaAngola Angola
venue -
opening 4th July 1999
Endgame October 2, 1999
Gates 28
Top scorer AngolaAngola Betinho 3 goals

The third edition of the COSAFA-Cup , officially COSAFA Castle Cup 1999 , took place from July 4th to October 2nd, 1999 . Eight teams from South Africa played for the title of South African champion. Angola won its first title. The preliminary round took place from February 7th to May 28th.

Game mode

For the final round of the tournament, the top two from the last tournament were automatically qualified. The remaining eight participants played in the first round, the four winners of which qualified for the finals. The remaining four played in a play-off round for the last two tournament places. The tournament was continued in a knockout system.

1st round / qualification

The first round took place from February 7th to May 28th, 1999. Lesotho, Angola, Swaziland and South Africa qualified for the finals in the first round.

February 7, 1999 in Maseru
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 1: 0 (1: 0)
February 20, 1999 in Gaborone
BotswanaBotswana Botswana - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 2 (1: 2)
April 24, 1999 in Blantyre
Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi - AngolaAngola Angola 1: 2 (0: 0)
May 9, 1999 in Somhlolo
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland - MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 3: 1 (2: 0)

Play-off round

Namibia and Mozambique were able to qualify in the play-off round.

May 22, 1999 in Blantyre
Malawi 1964Malawi Malawi - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 1: 1 (1: 1), 2: 4 i. E.
May 28, 1999 in Gaborone
BotswanaBotswana Botswana - MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 0: 2 (0: 2)

Finals

Quarter finals

4th July 1999 in Maseru
Lesotho 1987Lesotho Lesotho - AngolaAngola Angola 0: 1 (0: 1)
July 18, 1999 in Somhlolo
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland - ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 1 (0: 0), 4: 3 i. E.
July 31, 1999 in Windhoek
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 1: 1 (0: 0), 4: 1 i. E.
August 7, 1999 in Lusaka
ZambiaZambia Zambia - MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 1: 1 (0: 1), 4: 3 i. E.

Semifinals

August 14, 1999 in Lusaka
ZambiaZambia Zambia - AngolaAngola Angola 0: 1 (0: 0)
August 28, 1999 in Windhoek
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 1: 1 (0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

final

September 26, 1999 in Luanda
Angola - Namibia 1: 0 (1: 0)
October 2, 1999 in Windhoek
Namibia - Angola 1: 1 n.GG. (1: 0)
total
AngolaAngola Angola - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 2: 1

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