This page provides summaries of the 1997 COSAFA Cup, the first edition of the tournament.

1997 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Zambia (1st title)
Runners-up Namibia
Third place Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored45 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mozambique Adelino (4)
1998
Participating nations in 1997 COSAFA Cup

Qualifying round

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Botswana  1 – 4  Malawi
Aaron Lesupi   3' (pen.) Felix Nyirongo   27'
John Maduka   51'
Jones Nkhwazi   73'
Meck Mwase   88'
Attendance: 8,000
Lesotho  0 – 2  Zambia
Edward Kangwa   10'
Mwape Miti   15'
Attendance: 20,000
Swaziland  0 – 4  Mozambique
Adelino   36', 42', 70'
Eurico   83'
Namibia  2 – 1 (aet)  Zimbabwe
Johannes Hindjou   87' (pen.), 119' (pen.) Gilbert Mushangazhike   76' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000

Final round

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
  Zambia 8 4 2 2 0 9 4
  Namibia 6 4 1 3 0 6 3
  Mozambique 5 4 1 2 1 7 5
  Tanzania 3 4 0 3 1 4 7
  Malawi 2 4 0 2 2 5 12
Malawi  2 – 2  Mozambique
Jones Nkhwazi   57'
Albert Mpinganjira   70'
Tico-Tico   31'
Nuro Tualibudane   79'
Zambia  4 – 0  Malawi
Paul Chella   26'
Edward Kangwa   44'
Mwape Miti   85'
Nelson Banda   88'
Tanzania  0 – 0  Namibia
Attendance: 15,000
Mozambique  3 – 0  Tanzania
Tico-Tico   50', 69'
Adelino   76'
Attendance: 50,000
Namibia  4 – 1  Malawi
Gervatius Uri Khob   35'
Sandro de Gouveia   57'
Johannes Hindjou   69'
Eliphas Shivute   75'
Lovemore Fazili   77'
Attendance: 8,000
Tanzania  2 – 2  Zambia
Edibilly Lunyamila   56'
Hussein Marsha   75' (pen.)
Masauso Tembo   71'
Alex Namazaba   83'
Attendance: 22,000
Mozambique  1 – 1  Namibia
Pinto Barros   15' Silvester Goraseb   44'
Attendance: 15,000
Zambia  2 – 1  Mozambique
Frazer Kamwandi   50', 81' Sergio Faife   51'
Malawi  2 – 2  Tanzania
Lovemore Fazili   19'
Jones Nkhwazi   72'
Idelphonce Amlima   7'
Victor Bambo   43'
Attendance: 9,000
Namibia  1 – 1  Zambia
Mohammed Ouseb   47' (pen.) David Siame   32'
Attendance: 12,000

Individual scorers

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