COSAFA abbreviates Confederation of Southern African Football Associations.
The COSAFA Castle Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa, inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. Sponsored by Castle (a brewery).
1997 Zambia 1998 Zambia 1999 Angola 2000 Zimbabwe 2001 Angola 2002 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2004 Angola 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Zambia 2007 South Africa 2008 South Africa 2009 Zimbabwe 2010 cancelled 2011 not held 2012 not held 2013 Zambia 2014 not held 2015 Namibia 2016 South Africa 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 Zimbabwe 2019 Zambia 2020 not held 2021 South Africa 2022 Zambia 2023 Zambia 2024 Angola 2025 Angola
Zambia 7 Zimbabwe 6 Angola 5 South Africa 5 Namibia 1
year winners runners-up third
1997 Zambia Namibia Mozambique
1998 Zambia Zimbabwe Angola
1999 Angola Namibia
2000 Zimbabwe Lesotho
2001 Angola Zimbabwe
2002 South Africa Malawi
2003 Zimbabwe Malawi
2004 Angola Zambia
2005 Zimbabwe Zambia
2006 Zambia Angola
2007 South Africa Zambia
2008 South Africa Mozambique Zambia
2009 Zimbabwe Zambia Mozambique
2010 cancelled
2011 not held
2012 not held
2013 Zambia Zimbabwe South Africa
2014 not held
2015 Namibia Mozambique Madagascar
2016 South Africa Botswana Swaziland
2017 Zimbabwe Zambia Tanzania
2018 Zimbabwe Zambia Lesotho
2019 Zambia Botswana Zimbabwe
2020 not held
2021 South Africa Senegal Swaziland
2022 Zambia Namibia Senegal
2023 Zambia Lesotho South Africa
2024 Angola Namibia Mozambique
2025 Angola South Africa Comoros
NB: the three editions between 2015 and 2017 saw the maximum number of 9 countries
occupying the top-3 places
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