The ninth edition of the COSAFA-Cup , officially COSAFA Castle Cup 2005 , took place on August 13th and August 14th, 2005 in South Africa . Four teams from South Africa played for the title of South African champion. Zimbabwe won its third title. The preliminary round took place from February 26th to June 12th in Mauritius, Namibia and Zambia. The Seychelles took part for the first time.
The defending champion Angola was automatically qualified for the final round of the tournament. The remaining 12 participants played in three groups, the winners of which qualified for the finals in Botswana. The group ranks were decided by holding a semi-final, the winners of which played a group final.
Preliminary round / qualification
Group A
The Group A games took place on February 26th and 27th, 2005 in Curepipe , Mauritius . South Africa was able to prevail against the island states of Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar.
Semifinals
February 26, 2005
Seychelles Seychelles
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South AfricaSouth Africa
0: 3 (0: 3)
February 26, 2005
MauritiusMauritius
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Madagascar Madagascar
2: 0 (1: 0)
final
February 27, 2005
Mauritius Mauritius
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South AfricaSouth Africa
0: 1 (0: 1)
Group B
The group B games took place on April 16 and 17, 2005 in Windhoek , Namibia . Group winner was Zimbabwe ahead of Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique.
Semifinals
April 16, 2005
Mozambique Mozambique
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ZimbabweZimbabwe
0: 3 (0: 0)
April 16, 2005
Namibia Namibia
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BotswanaBotswana
1: 1 (1: 0)
final
April 17, 2005
Botswana Botswana
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ZimbabweZimbabwe
0: 2 (0: 1)
Group C
The Group C games took place on June 11 and 12, 2005 in Lusaka , Zambia . Host Zambia was able to prevail in the group.
Zimbabwe
South Africa ( Mafikeng )
Collins Mbesuma , 4 goals
Seychelles
Mauritius
Madagascar
Mozambique
Namibia
Botswana
Malawi
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Lesotho
Swaziland
Angola