COSAFA Cup 2002

COSAFA Cup 2002 2002 COSAFA Castle Cup
Number of nations	12 (8 finalists)
South African champions	South Africa
venue	-
opening	May 5, 2002
Endgame	September 28, 2002
Gates	29
Top scorer	Siza Dlamini (SWZ), Essau Kanyenda (MWI), Rotson Kilambe (ZAM), Tebeho Mokoena (RSA), Patrick Mayo (RSA)

The sixth edition of the COSAFA-Cup , officially COSAFA Castle Cup 2002 , took place from May 5th to September 28th, 2002 . Eight teams from South Africa played for the title of South African champion. South Africa won its first title. The preliminary round took place from March 16 to April 21. Madagascar took part in the tournament for the first time.

Game mode

The top four of the last tournament were automatically qualified for the final round of the tournament . The remaining eight participants played in the first round, the four winners of which qualified for the finals. The tournament was continued in the knockout system.

1st round / qualification

The first round took place from March 16 to April 21, 2002. Madagascar, South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland were able to qualify for the finals.

March 16, 2002 in Bellevue
Mauritius	-	Madagascar	2: 3 (1: 2)
March 30, 2002 in Gaborone
Botswana	-	South Africa	0: 0, 4: 5 n.e.
April 7, 2002 in Maseru
Lesotho	-	Mozambique	0: 2 (0: 2)
April 21, 2002 in Somhlolo
Swaziland	-	Namibia	2: 1 (2: 1)

Finals

Quarter finals

May 5, 2002 in Harare
Zimbabwe	-	Swaziland	0: 2 (0: 0)
May 18, 2002 in Blantyre
Malawi	-	Angola	2: 1 (2: 0)
July 6, 2002 in Lusaka
Zambia	-	Mozambique	3: 0 (2: 0)
July 21, 2002 in Port Elizabeth
South Africa	-	Madagascar	0: 0, 4: 1 n.e.

Semifinals

August 10, 2002 in Blantyre
Malawi	-	Zambia	1: 0 (0: 0)
August 24, 2002 in Polokwane
South Africa	-	Swaziland	4: 1 (1: 0)

final

September 21, 2002 in Blantyre
Malawi	-	South Africa	1: 3 (1: 1)
September 28, 2002 in Durban
South Africa	-	Malawi	1: 0 (0: 0)
total
Malawi	-	South Africa	1: 4

Web links

• Official website