COSAFA Cup 2008

Played as one tournament in South Africa.  Comoros Islands
enter for the first time.

Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe
automatically qualified for quarterfinals based on the FIFA 
ranking of April 2008.

Angola entered their U-20 team in order not to disrupt the
ongoing league.  South Africa entered a "Development Team"
consisting mostly of First Division (2nd level) players,
and also do not award any caps.

Group A (in Witbank)
[Jul 19]
Madagascar   1-1 Swaziland
  [Praxis Rabemananjara 66; Phinda Dlamini 42]
Mauritius    0-7 Seychelles
  [Philip Zialor (4), Don Anacoura, Collin Laporte, Trevor Poiret]
[Jul 21]
Madagascar   1-1 Seychelles
  [Tovohery Rabenandrasana 1-0; Godfrey Denis 1-1]
Mauritius    1-1 Swaziland
  [Johan Joseph Marmitte 31; Gcina Mazibuko 50]
[Jul 23]
Madagascar   2-1 Mauritius
  [Tovohery Rabenandrasana 19, Praxis Rabemananjara 68; 
   Westley Marquette 12]
Seychelles   0-1 Swaziland
  [Mfanzile Dlamini 90+]
  
 1.Madagascar 3  1  2  0  4- 3  5
   Swaziland  3  1  2  0  3- 2  5
 3.Seychelles 3  1  1  1  8- 2  4
 4.Mauritius  3  0  1  2  2-10  1

NB: as number of goals scored was not part of the tie-breaker, a coin
    toss decided first place; the coin had 'FIFA' on the one side and
    'FairPlay' on the other; Swaziland chose 'FairPlay' and (perhaps
    unsurprisingly) lost, so Madagascar qualified for the quarterfinals

Group B (in Secunda)
[Jul 20]
Lesotho      0-1 Malawi
  [Chiukepo Msowoya 90+]
Comoros      0-3 Namibia
  [Lazarus Kaimbi 30, Quinton Jacobs ~50, 70]
[Jul 22]
Comoros      0-1 Malawi
  [Fischer Kondowe 71]
Lesotho      1-1 Namibia
  [Thabane Rankara 85; Jamunovandu Ngatjizeko 25]
[Jul 24]
Malawi       0-1 Namibia
  [Lazarus Kaimbi 52]
Comoros      0-1 Lesotho
  [Moli Lesesa 74]

 1.Namibia    3  2  1  0  5- 1  7
 2.Malawi     3  2  0  1  2- 1  6
 3.Lesotho    3  1  1  1  2- 2  4
 4.Comoros    3  0  0  3  0- 5  0

Quarterfinals
[Jul 26, Witbank]
South Africa 1-0 Namibia
  [Rooi Mohamutsa 6]
Angola U-20  0-1 Madagascar
  [Praxis Rabemananjara 19]
[Jul 27, Secunda]
Zambia       0-0 Zimbabwe              [5-4 pen]
Botswana     0-2 Mozambique
  [Momed Antonio Hagy 18, Gerson Txuma 90+]

Semifinals [Jul 30, Thulamahashe]
Madagascar   1-2 Mozambique
  [Praxis Rabemananjara 23; Tico-Tico 18, Momed Antonio Hagy 65]
South Africa 1-0 Zambia
  [Lefa Tsutsulupa 14]

Third Place Match [Aug 3, Thulamahashe]
Madagascar   0-2 Zambia
  [Emmanuel Mayuka 56, Francis Kombe 70]

Final [Aug 3, Thulamahashe]
South Africa 2-1 Mozambique
  [Marchelino Fransch 18, 60; "Nito" Gerson Fernandes Alberto Txuma 90+3]
Overview
2007
2008 Details (Line-ups, scorers etc.)
2009
About this document

Thanks to Christian Roznovsky and Kalumiana Kalumiana
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 14 Jan 2016