COSAFA Cup 2018

COSAFA Cup 2018
2018 COSAFA Cup
Number of nations	14th
winner	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (6th title)
venue	South Africa South Africa
Opening game	May 27, 2018
Endgame	June 9, 2018
Games	23
Gates	48 (⌀: 2.09 per game)
Top scorer	Botswana Oncabetse Makgantai (5)

The COSAFA Cup in 2018 , the soccer championship of Southern Africa , took place from May 27 to June 9, 2018, as last year, in South Africa instead. The host was the municipality of Polokwane in Limpopo Province . Botswana resigned as the host nation in January 2018 due to financial problems.

The tournament was organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). South Africa hosted the regional championship for the sixth time.

Participant and mode

All 14 full members of COSAFA were eligible to play. The six best nations according to the FIFA rankings were seeded for the quarter-finals. The other eight nations played the remaining quarter-finalists in two groups.

National team	First tournament participation
Lesotho Lesotho	Quarter finals
Namibia Namibia
Zambia Zambia
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
South Africa South Africa
Swaziland Swaziland
Angola Angola	Group stage (Pot 1)
Botswana Botswana
Madagascar Madagascar
Mozambique Mozambique
Comoros Comoros	Group stage (Pot 2)
Malawi Malawi
Mauritius Mauritius
Seychelles Seychelles

Venues

Football stadiums of the COSAFA Cup 2018
Polokwane	Polokwane	Seshego
(New) Peter Mokaba Stadium	(Old) Peter Mokaba Stadium	Seshego Stadium
Capacity: 41,733		Capacity: 15,000

Finals

The draw for the groups and quarter-finals took place on April 17, 2018.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Madagascar Madagascar	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Mozambique Mozambique	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Seychelles Seychelles	3	0	2	1	003: 400	−1	02
4th	Comoros Comoros	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01


May 27, 2018 at 2 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Madagascar	-	Mozambique	2: 1 (1: 1)
May 27, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Comoros	-	Seychelles	1: 1 (0: 1)
May 29, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at Seshego Stadium
Mozambique	-	Comoros	3: 0 (2: 0)
May 29, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at Seshego Stadium
Seychelles	-	Madagascar	1: 1 (1: 1)
May 31, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Madagascar	-	Comoros	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 31, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Mozambique	-	Seychelles	2: 1 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Botswana Botswana	3	2	1	0	009: 200	+7	07th
2.	Angola Angola	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
3.	Mauritius Mauritius	3	1	0	2	001: 700	−6	03
4th	Malawi Malawi	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02


May 28, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Botswana	-	Angola	2: 1 (2: 0)
May 28, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Mauritius	-	Malawi	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 30, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Angola	-	Mauritius	1: 0 (0: 0)
May 30, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Malawi	-	Botswana	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 1, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium
Botswana	-	Mauritius	6: 0 (4: 0)
June 1, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Angola	-	Malawi	0-0

Main round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Zambia Zambia

0 (4 i.)

8th

Namibia

0 (3 E.)

Zambia Zambia

1 (1)

Madagascar

0 (0)

4th

South Africa

0 (3 i.)

5

Madagascar Madagascar

0 (4 E.)

Zambia

2 n. (2)

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

4 V. (2)

3

Lesotho Lesotho

1 (0)

6th

Swaziland

0 (0)

Lesotho

0 (1 i.)

3rd place match

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

0 (3 E.)

2

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

1 (4 E.)

Madagascar

0 (0)

7th

Botswana

1 (1 E.)

Lesotho Lesotho

1 (1)

Quarter finals


June 2, 2018 at 3 p.m. in the new Peter Mokaba Stadium
Zambia Zambia	-	Namibia Namibia	0: 0 a.d., 4: 3 in E.
June 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Lesotho Lesotho	-	Swaziland Swaziland	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 3, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
South Africa South Africa	-	Madagascar Madagascar	0: 0 a.d., 3: 4 i. E.
June 3, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	-	Botswana Botswana	1: 1 n.V. (1: 0), 4: 1 i. E.

Semifinals


June 6, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Zambia Zambia	-	Madagascar Madagascar	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 6, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Lesotho Lesotho	-	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	0: 0, 1: 3 i. E.

3rd place match


June 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the New Peter Mokaba Stadium
Madagascar Madagascar	-	Lesotho Lesotho	0: 1 (0: 1)

final


June 9, 2018 at 3 p.m. in the new Peter Mokaba Stadium
Zambia Zambia	-	Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	2: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)

Consolation round

Semifinals			final

1	Namibia Namibia	1 (1)
4th	South Africa South Africa	4 (3)
				South Africa South Africa	3 (1)

				Botswana Botswana	0 (0)
2	Swaziland Swaziland	0 (0)

3	Botswana Botswana	2 (1)

Semifinals


June 5, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. in the Altes Peter-Mokabe-Stadion
Namibia Namibia	-	South Africa South Africa	1: 4 (1: 3)
June 5, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Altes Peter-Mokabe-Stadion
Swaziland Swaziland	-	Botswana Botswana	0: 1 (0: 2)

final


June 8, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the New Peter Mokabe Stadium
South Africa South Africa	-	Botswana Botswana	3: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

Official website of the tournament (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Five tournaments to be staged in COSAFA region in 2018 !. COSAFA.com, February 27, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b South Africa, Polokwane to host 2018 COSAFA Cup. KickOff, April 16, 2018.
↑ Botswana will not be hosting the 2018 COSAFA Cup. African Football, January 23, 2018.
↑ COSAFA Cup 2018 in Fyxtures. COSAFA. Accessed May 31, 2018.
^ Brave Warriors to face Zambia in Cosafa. Namibia Press Agency, April 18, 2018.

[1] Five tournaments to be staged in COSAFA region in 2018 !. COSAFA.com, February 27, 2018.

[kickoff-2] South Africa, Polokwane to host 2018 COSAFA Cup. KickOff, April 16, 2018.

[3] Botswana will not be hosting the 2018 COSAFA Cup. African Football, January 23, 2018.

[4] COSAFA Cup 2018 in Fyxtures. COSAFA. Accessed May 31, 2018.

[5] Brave Warriors to face Zambia in Cosafa. Namibia Press Agency, April 18, 2018.