COSAFA Cup 2015

COSAFA Cup 2015
2015 COSAFA Cup

Number of nations	12 + 2 (from 14 applicants)
winner	Namibia Namibia (1st title)
venue	South Africa South Africa
Games	23
Gates	46 (⌀: 2 per game)

The COSAFA Cup in 2015 , the soccer championship of Southern Africa, was from 17 to 30 May 2015 in the province of North West in South Africa held. It is organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA).

Attendees

Of the 12 participating member associations of COSAFA, plus Ghana and Tanzania, the six teams (including guest starter Ghana) with the highest position in the FIFA world rankings automatically qualified for the quarter-finals. The other participants had to compete in a group stage. The selection of the Comoros and Angolas had canceled their participation. The Ghanaian and Tanzanian national soccer teams were invited as guest teams.

Finals

Group stage

The group draw took place on February 26, 2015 in Johannesburg .

Group A

Group A games took place between May 17th and 21st, 2015.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Namibia Namibia	3	2	1	0	006: 100	+5	07th
2.	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	004: 400	± 0	06th
3.	Mauritius Mauritius	3	1	0	2	001: 400	−3	03
4th	Seychelles Seychelles	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01


May 17, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in Moruleng ( Moruleng Stadium )
Namibia	-	Seychelles	0-0
May 17, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in Moruleng (Moruleng Stadium)
Zimbabwe	-	Mauritius	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 19, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng (Moruleng Stadium)
Seychelles	-	Zimbabwe	0: 1 (0: 0)
May 19, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Moruleng (Moruleng Stadium)
Namibia	-	Mauritius	2: 0 (1: 0)
May 21, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng (Moruleng Stadium)
Namibia	-	Zimbabwe	4: 1 (1: 0)
May 21, 2015 at 5 p.m. in Rustenburg ( Olympic Park )
Seychelles	-	Mauritius	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Group B games took place between May 18 and May 22, 2015.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Madagascar Madagascar	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Swaziland Swaziland	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
3.	Lesotho Lesotho	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Tanzania Tanzania	3	0	0	3	000: 400	−4	00


May 18, 2015
Lesotho	-	Madagascar	1: 2 (1: 1)
May 18, 2015
Tanzania	-	Swaziland	0: 1 (0: 1)
May 20, 2015
Madagascar	-	Tanzania	2: 0 (2: 0)
May 20, 2015
Lesotho	-	Swaziland	0: 2 (0: 1)
May 22, 2015
Lesotho	-	Tanzania	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 22, 2015
Madagascar	-	Swaziland	1: 1 (1: 0)

Quarter finals


May 25, 2015
Ghana Ghana	-	Madagascar Madagascar	1: 2 (1: 1)
May 25, 2015
Mozambique Mozambique	-	Malawi Malawi	2: 2 (1: 0), 5: 4 i. E.
May 24, 2015
Zambia Zambia	-	Namibia Namibia	0: 0, 4: 5 i. E.
May 24, 2015
South Africa South Africa	-	Botswana Botswana	0: 0, 6: 7 i. E.

Consolation round


May 27, 2015
Zambia	-	Ghana	3: 0 (3: 0)
May 27, 2015
South Africa	-	Malawi	0: 0, 4: 5 i. E.

Play for 5th place


May 29, 2015
Zambia	-	Malawi	0: 1 (0: 1)

Semifinals


May 28, 2015
Namibia	-	Madagascar	3: 2 (2: 2)
May 28, 2015
Botswana	-	Mozambique	1: 2 (0: 0)

3rd place match


May 30, 2015
Madagascar	-	Botswana	2: 1 (2: 0)

final


May 30, 2015
Namibia	-	Mozambique	2: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

Official website (English)

Individual evidence

^ Namibia drawn in Group A of Cosafa Cup. The Namibian, February 27, 2015 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 28, 2015@1@ 2

↑ COSAFA CUP 2015 about DRAW OUTCOMES. COSAFA, February 27, 2015 Retrieved February 28, 2015; archived on August 12, 2018

[1] Namibia drawn in Group A of Cosafa Cup. The Namibian, February 27, 2015 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on February 28, 2015@1@ 2

[2] COSAFA CUP 2015 about DRAW OUTCOMES. COSAFA, February 27, 2015 Retrieved February 28, 2015; archived on August 12, 2018