COSAFA Cup 2016
2016 COSAFA Cup
Number of nations
14th
winner
South Africa South Africa (4th title)
venue
Namibia Namibia
Opening game
June 11, 2016
Endgame
June 25, 2016
Games
23
Gates
53 (⌀: 2.3 per game)
Top scorer
Swaziland Felix Badenhorst (5)
Red cards
6 (⌀: 0.26 per game)
The COSAFA Cup 2016 , the soccer championship of southern Africa , took place for the first time in Namibia from June 11th to 25th, 2016 . The tournament was organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) and funded by the Namibian government with eight million Namibian dollars . The winner was South Africa for the fourth time.
Participant and mode
All 14 full members of COSAFA were eligible to play. The Comoros waived and were replaced by the national soccer team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , as a visiting team.
The five best teams according to the FIFA world rankings as well as hosts Namibia were automatically qualified for the quarter-finals. The group draw took place on April 25th in Windhoek.
Venues
The tournament took place in the capital Windhoek in two stadiums.
Finals
The group and quarter-finals draw took place on April 28, 2016 in Johannesburg , South Africa .
Group stage
Group A
Group A games took place from June 11th to 15th, 2016 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium .
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Swaziland Swaziland
3
2
1
0
00 7: 200
+5
0 7th
2.
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
3
1
2
0
00 7: 200
+5
0 5
3.
Madagascar Madagascar
3
1
1
1
00 1: 100
± 0
0 4th
4th
Seychelles Seychelles
3
0
0
3
00 0:100
−10
0 0
June 11, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
Zimbabwe
-
Swaziland
2: 2 (0: 1)
June 11, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.
Seychelles
-
Madagascar
0: 1 (0: 0)
June 13, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Swaziland
-
Seychelles
4: 0 (2: 0)
June 13, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Madagascar
-
Zimbabwe
0-0
June 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Zimbabwe
-
Seychelles
5: 0 (3: 0)
June 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Independence Stadium
Swaziland
-
Madagascar
1: 0 (0: 0)
Group B
Group B games took place from June 12th to 16th, 2016 at Independence Stadium .
Pl.
country
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Lesotho Lesotho
3
3
0
0
00 6-000
+6
0 9
2.
Malawi Malawi
3
2
0
1
00 4: 100
+3
0 6th
3.
Mauritius Mauritius
3
1
0
2
00 2: 400
−2
0 3
4th
Angola Angola
3
0
0
3
00 0: 700
−7
0 0
June 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
Lesotho
-
Mauritius
3: 0 (2: 0)
June 12, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.
Malawi
-
Angola
3: 0 (1: 0)
June 14, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Angola
-
Lesotho
0: 2 (0: 1)
June 14, 2016 at 7:30 p.m.
Mauritius
-
Malawi
0: 1 (0: 0)
June 16, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
Malawi
-
Lesotho
0: 1 (0: 0)
June 16, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
Angola
-
Mauritius
0: 2 (0: 2)
Quarter finals
Semifinals
3rd place match
final
Consolation round
Semifinals
final
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ COSAFA Cup 2016 in Namibia. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 28, 2015
↑ The COSAFA Castle Cup in Numbers !. COSAFA, April 12, 2016.
↑ Namibia in final push for Cosafa Cup hosting. The Namibian, April 7, 2016.
↑ FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. FIFA, April 7, 2016.
↑ 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup draw throws up tasty ties. COSAFA, April 28, 2016.
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