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2024 COSAFA Cup

The 2024 COSAFA Cup was the 23rd edition of the annual association football competition organized by COSAFA. It was held in South Africa for the seventh straight year, this time in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), from 26 June to 7 July 2024.[1] Zambia were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

2024 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityGqeberha
Dates26 June – 7 July
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Angola (4th title)
Runners-up Namibia
Third place Mozambique
Fourth place Comoros
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored47 (2.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)Angola Depú
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Angola Maestro
Best goalkeeperMozambique Armando Doutor
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Participating nations

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Twelve nations featured in the 2024 edition of the tournament. Two COSAFA members, Madagascar and Mauritius, did not participate.[2] Zimbabwe returned to the tournament for the first time since the 2021 edition following its FIFA ban.[3] Despite originally being announced as a participant, Malawi withdrew from the tournament prior to the group draw out of respect for eight victims of a plane crash earlier that week. One of the victims was former Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.[4] Kenya accepted COSAFA’s invitation to participate as a guest to replace Malawi.[5]

National team FIFA Ranking (4 April 2024)[6] Previous best performance
  Eswatini 148 Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
  Comoros 117 Quarter-finals (2019)
  Lesotho 149 Runners-up (2000, 2023)
  Botswana 146 Runners-up (2016, 2019)
  Zambia 86 Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023)
  Mozambique 110 Runners-up (2008, 2015)
  Namibia 106 Champions (2015)
  South Africa 59 Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)
  Angola 94 Champions (1999, 2001, 2004)
  Seychelles 197 Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
  Zimbabwe 122 Champions (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
  Kenya (Guest) 107 Group stage (2013)

Format

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The twelve participating teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. As the defending champions, Zambia and the next two highest ranked teams, Angola and South Africa, were in separate groups as the seeded teams. Group winners and the best runner-up will moved on to the semi-finals.[2]

Dates

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Originally scheduled to be held 14 to 23 June 2024, the competition was then postponed.[7] At the time the date change was announced, nations had already begun naming their squads and leagues had altered their season schedules to accommodate the tournament. COSAFA stated that the postponement was necessarily to give the competition maximum exposure, presumably because of a number of high-profile competitions that would have been taking place at the same time.[8][9] On 13 June 2024, COSAFA announced the tournament would be played from 26 June to 7 July 2024.[2]

Draw

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The draw for the group stage of the 2024 COSAFA Cup was held on 14 June 2024 in Johannesburg.[2][10]

Venues

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Gqeberha
Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Wolfson Stadium
Capacity: 42,486 Capacity: 10,000
 

Group stage

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Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group stage matches were played from 26 June to 3 July 2024.[10]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mozambique 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   South Africa 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Eswatini 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4   Botswana 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Eswatini  0–0  Botswana
Report
South Africa  1–1  Mozambique
  • Dortley   39'
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Mozambique  0–0  Eswatini
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South Africa  0–0  Botswana
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Mozambique  3–1  Botswana
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South Africa  1–0  Eswatini
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Comoros 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Kenya 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
4   Zambia 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zimbabwe  1–0  Comoros
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Zambia  0–2  Kenya
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Kenya  0–2  Comoros
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Zambia  0–2  Zimbabwe
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Kenya  2–0  Zimbabwe
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Comoros  1–0  Zambia
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Angola 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Namibia 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
3   Seychelles 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
4   Lesotho 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lesotho  1–1  Seychelles
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Angola  0–0  Namibia
Report
Angola  3–2  Seychelles
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Namibia  2–1  Lesotho
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Namibia  3–1  Seychelles
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Lesotho  1–3  Angola
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Best Runner-up Table

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C   Namibia 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 B   Kenya 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 A   South Africa 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Semi-final matches were played on 5 July 2024 with the third-place and final match played two days later.[10]

Bracket

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Semi-FinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 July –Gqeberha
 
 
  Comoros1
 
7 July – Gqeberha
 
  Angola2
 
  Angola5
 
5 July –Gqeberha
 
  Namibia0
 
  Mozambique0 (2)
 
 
  Namibia (p) 0 (4)
 
Third-Place
 
 
7 July - Gqeberha
 
 
  Comoros2 (1)
 
 
  Mozambique (p)2 (3)

Semi-finals

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Comoros  1–2  Angola
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Mozambique  0–0  Namibia
Report
Penalties
 2–4

Third-place

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Comoros  2–2  Mozambique
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Penalties
 1–3

Final

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Angola  5–0  Namibia
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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 47 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.14 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "Warriors drawn in Group C for COSAFA Cup". Namibia Football Association. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Draw for 2024 COSAFA Cup to be held on Friday 14 June". COSAFA. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "COSAFA confirms new dates for 2024 COSAFA Cup". soccer24.co.ze. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Flames pull out of COSAFA tourney". Malawi 24. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ Omotto, Joel (16 June 2024). "Harambee Stars set for COSAFA Cup after earning late invitation". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ Munthali, Burnett (5 June 2024). "2024 COSAFA Cup shifted to a later date". Maravia Post. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Warriors squad for COSAFA Cup named". Soccer 24. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "COSAFA Cup postponed; PSL matches set to resume on 15 June ZIMBABWE SPORTS 2024 COSAFA Cup postponed; PSL matches set to resume on 15 June". Zimsphere. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Three tough groups headline 2024 COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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