22nd edition of the COSAFA Cup
International football competition
The 2023 COSAFA Cup was the 22nd edition of the annual association football competition organized by COSAFA. It was held in South Africa for the sixth straight year, this time in Durban, from 5 to 16 July 2023.[1] Zambia are the defending champions.[2]
Participating nations
National team | FIFA Ranking (31 March 2023)[3] | Best Performance |
Eswatini | 144 | Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021) |
Mauritius | 180 | Quarter-finals (2001, 2004) |
Comoros | 131 | Group stage |
Lesotho | 150 | Runners-up (2000) |
Botswana | 152 | Runners-up (2016, 2019) |
Malawi | 127 | Runners-up (2002, 2003) |
Zambia | 86 | Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022) |
Mozambique | 119 | Runners-up (2008, 2015) |
Namibia | 106 | Champions (2015) |
South Africa | 66 | Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021) |
Angola | 118 | Champions (1999, 2001, 2004) |
Seychelles | 197 | Group stage |
For the first time, all participants will enter the Group Stage for three groups of four nations. The winners of each group and best runner-up will advance to the knockout stages. The new format guarantees between three and five matches for each team. No plate competitions will be held in this edition of the tournament.[4]
Venues
Draw
The draw for the group stage of the 2023 COSAFA Cup was held on 26 May 2023 in Johannesburg.[1]
Group stage
Group stage matches will be played between 5–12 July 2023.[4]
Group A
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Malawi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage based on ranking |
3 | Comoros | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Seychelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Group C
Angola ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png) | 4–2 | Lesotho |
- Cangue
20' - Amor
29' - Goncalves
50' - Moseka
88'
| Report | - Makha
3' - Mokokoane
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Best Runner-up Table
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | B | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | C | Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | A | Botswana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Knockout stage
Semi-final matches where played on the 14 July 2023. The final and third-place matches where played two days later at the King Zwelithini Stadium.[4]
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third-place
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.18 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
References
- ^ a b "Tough groups in draw for 2023 Cosafa Cup". The Namibian. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Defending Champions Zambia Know Their 2023 COSAFA Cup Opponents". Lusaka Times. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Seychelles to face defending champions Zambia". nation.sc. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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