COSAFA Cup 2017

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COSAFA Cup 2017
2017 COSAFA Cup
Number of nations 14th
winner ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe (5th title)
venue South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Opening game June 25, 2017
Endgame July 9, 2017
Games 23
Gates 52  (⌀: 2.26 per game)

The COSAFA Cup in 2017 , the soccer championship of Southern Africa , took place from June 25 to July 9, 2017 in the North West in South Africa instead. The tournament was organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa hosted the regional championship for the fifth time. Zimbabwe's selection won the tournament for the 5th time. The top scorer was Zimbabwean Ovidy Karuru with six goals.

Participant and mode

All 14 full members of COSAFA were eligible to play. The Comorian national football team had again decided not to participate. The Tanzanian soccer team is participating as a visiting team for the third time.

In contrast to previous years, the top five teams in the FIFA world rankings and the hosts did not automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. This year the previous year's results of the COSAFA Cup 2016 were used.

National team First tournament participation
BotswanaBotswana Botswana Quarter finals
LesothoLesotho Lesotho
NamibiaNamibia Namibia
ZambiaZambia Zambia
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland
AngolaAngola Angola Group stage
MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar
MalawiMalawi Malawi
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius
MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique
SeychellesSeychelles Seychelles
ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Venues

The tournament took place in Moruleng and Phokeng each in a stadium.

Football stadiums of the COSAFA Cup 2017
Moruleng Phokeng
Moruleng Stadium Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 44,300
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Finals

The draw for the groups and quarter-finals took place on May 16, 2017.

Group stage

Group A

Group A games took place from June 25-29, 2017.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania  3  1  2  0 003: 100  +2 05
 2. AngolaAngola Angola  3  1  2  0 001-000  +1 05
 3. MauritiusMauritius Mauritius  3  0  2  1 001: 200  −1 02
 4th MalawiMalawi Malawi  3  0  2  1 000: 200  −2 02
June 25, 2017 at 3 p.m. in Moruleng
Tanzania - Malawi 2: 0 (2: 0)
June 25, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Moruleng
Mauritius - Angola 0: 1 (0: 1)
June 27, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Phokeng
Malawi - Mauritius 0-0
June 27, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Phokeng
Angola - Tanzania 0-0
June 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng
Tanzania - Mauritius 1: 1 (0: 0)
June 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Phokeng
Malawi - Angola 0-0

Group B

Group B games took place from June 26th to 30th, 2017.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe  3  2  1  0 010-000 +10 07th
 2. MadagascarMadagascar Madagascar  3  2  1  0 006: 100  +5 07th
 3. MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique  3  1  0  2 003: 900  −6 03
 4th SeychellesSeychelles Seychelles  3  0  0  3 001:100  −9 00
June 26, 2017 at 3 p.m. in Moruleng
Mozambique - Zimbabwe 0: 4 (0: 1)
June 26, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Moruleng
Madagascar - Seychelles 2: 0 (1: 0)
June 28, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Phokeng
Zimbabwe - Madagascar 0-0
June 28, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Phokeng
Seychelles - Mozambique 1: 2 (0: 1)
June 30, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng
Mozambique - Madagascar 1: 4 (1: 2)
June 30, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Phokeng
Zimbabwe - Seychelles 6: 0 (2: 0)

Main round

Quarter finals

July 1, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Phokeng
BotswanaBotswana Botswana - ZambiaZambia Zambia 1: 2 (0: 1)
July 1, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Phokeng
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - LesothoLesotho Lesotho 0: 0, 4: 5 i. E.
July 2nd, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Moruleng
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 0: 1 (0: 1)
July 2nd, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Moruleng
SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland - ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 2 (0: 1)

Semifinals

July 5, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng
ZambiaZambia Zambia - TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania 4: 2 (2: 1)
July 5, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Moruleng
LesothoLesotho Lesotho - ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 3: 4 (1: 1)

3rd place match

July 7, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Moruleng
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania - LesothoLesotho Lesotho 0: 0, 4: 2 i. E.

final

July 9, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in Phokeng
ZambiaZambia Zambia - ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 1: 3 (1: 1)

Consolation round

Semifinals

4th July 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng
BotswanaBotswana Botswana - South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 0: 2 (0: 1)
4th July 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Moruleng
NamibiaNamibia Namibia - SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 1: 0 (0: 0)

final

July 7, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in Moruleng
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa - NamibiaNamibia Namibia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 2017 COSAFA Castle Cup draw takes place on Tuesday! COSAFA, May 15, 2017.
  2. Tasty ties in 2017 COSAFA Castle Cup draw !. COSAFA, May 16, 2017.