COSAFA Cup 2016

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COSAFA Cup 2016
2016 COSAFA Cup
Number of nations 14th
winner South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa (4th title)
venue NamibiaNamibia Namibia
Opening game June 11, 2016
Endgame June 25, 2016
Games 23
Gates 53  (⌀: 2.3 per game)
Top scorer SwazilandSwaziland Felix Badenhorst (5)
Red card 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.

National team FIFA Rank (April 2016) First tournament participation
AngolaAngola Angola 121 Group stage
LesothoLesotho Lesotho 148
MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar 138
MalawiMalawi Malawi 107
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius 154
SeychellesSeychelles Seychelles 178
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 127
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 134
BotswanaBotswana Botswana 91 Quarter finals
Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo (guest participant) irrelevant
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 101
NamibiaNamibia Namibia (host) irrelevant
ZambiaZambia Zambia 78
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 70

Venues

The tournament took place in the capital Windhoek in two stadiums.

Football stadiums of the COSAFA Cup 2016
Windhoek Windhoek
Independence Stadium Sam Nujoma Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 10,300
Altitude: 1701  m Altitude: 1626  m
Opening: renovated in 2010 Opening: 2005
Sam Nujoma Stadium

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. SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland  3  2  1  0 007: 200  +5 07th
 2. ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe  3  1  2  0 007: 200  +5 05
 3. MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar  3  1  1  1 001: 100  ± 0 04th
 4th SeychellesSeychelles Seychelles  3  0  0  3 000:100 −10 00
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. LesothoLesotho Lesotho  3  3  0  0 006-000  +6 09
 2. MalawiMalawi Malawi  3  2  0  1 004: 100  +3 06th
 3. MauritiusMauritius Mauritius  3  1  0  2 002: 400  −2 03
 4th AngolaAngola Angola  3  0  0  3 000: 700  −7 00
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

June 18, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - LesothoLesotho Lesotho 1: 1 (0: 1), 5: 3 i. E.
June 18, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - BotswanaBotswana Botswana 1: 1 (0: 1), 5: 6 i. E.
June 19, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Independence Stadium
ZambiaZambia Zambia - SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 0: 0, 2: 4 i. E.
June 19, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Independence Stadium
Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo - MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 1: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

June 22, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 5: 1 (0: 1)
June 22, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
BotswanaBotswana Botswana - Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo 0: 0, 5: 4 i. E.

3rd place match

June 25, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland - Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo DR Congo 1: 0 (1: 0)

final

June 25, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - BotswanaBotswana Botswana 3: 2 (1: 1)

Consolation round

Semifinals

June 21, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
LesothoLesotho Lesotho - ZambiaZambia Zambia 2: 3 (1: 1)
June 21, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique 3: 0 (0: 0)

final

June 24, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at Sam Nujoma Stadium
ZambiaZambia Zambia - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 0: 1 (0: 1)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ COSAFA Cup 2016 in Namibia. Allgemeine Zeitung, August 28, 2015
  2. ↑ The COSAFA Castle Cup in Numbers !. COSAFA, April 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Namibia in final push for Cosafa Cup hosting. The Namibian, April 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. FIFA, April 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup draw throws up tasty ties. COSAFA, April 28, 2016.