2017 COSAFA Cup

The 2017 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup South Africa 2017 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). It was held in South Africa from 25 June to 9 July.^[1]

2017 COSAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
Dates	25 June–9 July 2017
Teams	14 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Zimbabwe (5th title)
Runners-up	Zambia
Third place	Tanzania
Fourth place	Lesotho
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	53 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ovidy Karuru (6 goals)
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Format

Globe with the COSAFA nations shaded. Tanzania also competed as an invitee.

14 teams compete.

8 teams compete in the group stage:

•  Angola
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi
•  Mauritius
•  Mozambique
•  Seychelles
•  Tanzania (invitee)^[2]
•  Zimbabwe

The teams are drawn into 2 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the quarter-finals.

6 teams receive a bye to the quarter-finals:

•  Botswana
•  Lesotho
•  Namibia
•  South Africa
•  Swaziland
•  Zambia

The remainder of the tournament is straight knockout, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third place playoff and a final to decide the winners of the COSAFA Cup.

The four losing quarter-finalists compete for the Plate.

Venues

Moruleng	Moruleng Stadium Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace	Phokeng
Moruleng Stadium		Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
25.1566°S 27.1755°E / -25.1566; 27.1755 (Moruleng Stadium)		25.5786°S 27.1607°E / -25.5786; 27.1607 (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 44,300

Draw

The draw was announced on 18 May 2017.^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tanzania	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Angola	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Mauritius	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Malawi	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2017. Source: COSAFA

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)

15:00

Tanzania	2–0	Malawi
Kichuya 13', 18'	Report

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)

17:30

Mauritius	0–1	Angola
	Report	Quibeto 4'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

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27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)

17:00

Malawi	0–0	Mauritius
	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

27 June 2017 (2017-06-27)

19:30

Angola	0–0	Tanzania
	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

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29 June 2017 (2017-06-29)

17:00

Tanzania	1–1	Mauritius
Msuva 68'	Report	Perticots 67'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

29 June 2017 (2017-06-29)

17:00

Malawi	0–0	Angola
	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	7	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Madagascar	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Mozambique	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2017. Source: COSAFA

26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)

17:00

Mozambique	0–4	Zimbabwe
	Report	Karuru 45+2', 66' Mushure 78' Majarira 90+3'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)

19:30

Madagascar	2–0	Seychelles
Raveloarisona 45+1' Raherinaivo 75'	Report

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

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28 June 2017 (2017-06-28)

17:00

Zimbabwe	0–0	Madagascar
	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28)

19:30

Seychelles	1–2	Mozambique
Bobby 63'	Report	Teca 48' Simango 70'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

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30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)

17:00

Mozambique	1–4	Madagascar
Arnaldo 30'	Report	Fanomezana 8', 54' Ndrantoharilala 33' Raherinaivo 79'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

30 June 2017 (2017-06-30)

17:00

Zimbabwe	6–0	Seychelles
Karuru 24', 26', 67' Dube 57' Mushure 85', 90+3'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July
	Botswana	1
					5 July
	Zambia	2
					Zambia	4
	2 July
					Tanzania	2
	South Africa	0
									9 July
	Tanzania	1
									Zambia	1
	1 July
									Zimbabwe	3
	Namibia	0 (4)
					5 July
	Lesotho	0 (5)
					Lesotho	3
	2 July
					Zimbabwe	4			Third place
	Swaziland	1
									7 July
	Zimbabwe	2
									Tanzania	0 (4)
									Lesotho	0 (2)

Quarter-finals

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)

15:00

Botswana	1–2	Zambia
Seakanyeng 79'	Report	Mwila 10' Shonga 70'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)

17:30

Namibia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Lesotho
	Report
Penalties
Shitembi Keimuine Katjiteo Ketjijere Katjiteo Gebhardt	4–5	Kalake Koetle Motebang Sello Mokhehle Moremoholo

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

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2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)

17:00

South Africa	0–1	Tanzania
	Report	Maguri 18'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)

19:30

Swaziland	1–2	Zimbabwe
Badenhorst 48'	Report	Karuru 16' Mutizwa 79'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Semi-finals

5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)

17:00

Zambia	4–2	Tanzania
Mwila 44' Shonga 45+2', 68' Chirwa 56' (pen.)	Report	Nyoni 16' Msuva 85'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

5 July 2017 (2017-07-05)

19:30

Lesotho	3–4	Zimbabwe
Motebang 42' Potloane 80' Koetle 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Mutizwa 19', 51', 83' Chawapiwa 64'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Hélder Martins De Carvalho (Angola)

Third-place playoff

7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)

19:30

Tanzania	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Lesotho
	Report
Penalties
Ramadhani Mao Msuva Banda Loth	4–2	Kalake Koetle Motebang Mokhehle

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Final

9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)

15:00

Zambia	1–3	Zimbabwe
Mundia 39'	Report	Mutizwa 2' Chawapiwa 57' Mushure 67'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)^[4]

Plate

The losing quarter-finalists will qualify for this round.

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 July
	Botswana	0
					7 July
	South Africa	2
					South Africa	1
	4 July
					Namibia	0
	Namibia	1
	Swaziland	0

Semi-finals

4 July 2017 (2017-07-04)

17:00

Botswana	0–2	South Africa
	Report	Norodien 33' Moseamedi 90+3'

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

4 July 2017 (2017-07-04)

19:30

Namibia	1–0	Swaziland
Ketjijere 57'	Report

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

Final

7 July 2017 (2017-07-07)

17:00

South Africa	1–0	Namibia
Mokate 36'	Report

Moruleng Stadium, Moruleng

Referee: Pilan Ncube (Zimbabwe)

Goalscorers

There have been 53 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

6 goals

• Ovidy Karuru

5 goals

• Knox Mutizwa

4 goals

• Ocean Mushure

3 goals

• Justin Shonga

2 goals

• Tojo Claudel Fanomezana
• Rinjala Raherinaivo
• Shiza Kichuya
• Simon Msuva
• Brian Mwila
• Talent Chawapiwa

1 goal

• Augusto Quibeto
• Kabelo Seakanyeng
• Tsoanelo Koetle
• Sera Motebang
• Mabuti Potloane
• Ranaivoson Ndrantoharilala
• Ardino Raveloarisona
• Kevin Perticots
• Arnaldo
• Joao Simango
• Stélio Teca
• Ronald Ketjijere
• Roddy Melanie
• Mohau Mokate
• Judas Moseamedi
• Riyaad Norodien
• Felix Badenhorst
• Elias Maguri
• Erasto Nyoni
• Jackson Chirwa
• Lubinda Mundia
• Prince Dube
• Blessing Majarira

Awards

Player of the Tournament

•  Knox Mutizwa (ZIM)

Golden Boot

•  Ovidy Karuru (ZIM) (6 goals)

Best Goalkeeper

•  Said Mohamed Said (TAN)