2023 COSAFA Cup

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2023 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Dates	5–16 July 2023
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (7th title)
Runners-up	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Third place	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Fourth place	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	48 (2.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	South Africa Tshegofatso Mabasa Zambia Albert Kangwanda (3 goals each)
← 2022 2024 →

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 were the defending champions.^[2]

Participating nations

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National team	FIFA Ranking (31 March 2023)^[3]	Best Performance
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	144	Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	180	Quarter-finals (2001, 2004)
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	131	Group stage
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	150	Runners-up (2000)
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	152	Runners-up (2016, 2019)
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	127	Runners-up (2002, 2003)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	86	Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022)
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	119	Runners-up (2008, 2015)
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	106	Champions (2015)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	66	Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	118	Champions (1999, 2001, 2004)
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	197	Group stage

Format

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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

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2023 COSAFA Cup is located in South Africa Umlazi Umlazi KwaMashu KwaMashu Durban Durban
	Umlazi	KwaMashu	Durban
	King Zwelithini Stadium	Princess Magogo Stadium	Chatsworth Stadium	Moses Mabhida Stadium
	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 85,000

Draw

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The draw for the group stage of the 2023 COSAFA Cup was held on 26 May 2023 in Johannesburg.^[1]

Group stage

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Group stage matches will be played between 5–12 July 2023.^[4]

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

5 July 2023

15:00

Eswatini File:Flag of Eswatini.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
	Report	Ditsele File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

5 July 2023

18:00

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
Human File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Kambindu File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

8 July 2023

15:00

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Rayners File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen.) Mogaila File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report	Kgamanyane File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

8 July 2023

18:00

Namibia File:Flag of Namibia.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
Limbondi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Report	Matse File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Matsebula File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

11 July 2023

18:00

Namibia File:Flag of Namibia.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

11 July 2023

18:00

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
Mabasa File:Soccerball shade.svg 76', 88'	Report	Matsebula File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'

Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage based on ranking
3	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

6 July 2023

15:00

Seychelles File:Flag of Seychelles.svg	0–3	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
	Report	Djambae File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Djoudja File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Bacar File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

6 July 2023

18:00

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
	Report	Katebe File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (o.g.)

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

9 July 2023

15:00

Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg	2–1	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Mulambia File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Kangwanda File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Djambae File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

9 July 2023

18:00

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
Nkhoma File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Jacama Kumwembe File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

11 July 2023

15:00

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	2–0	File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Kaonga File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (pen.) Mwaungulu File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

11 July 2023

15:00

Seychelles File:Flag of Seychelles.svg	2–4	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Labrosse File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Mellie File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	Report	Kangwanda File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Kanguluma File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Mashata File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Mulambia File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu

Group C

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 July 2023

15:00

Mauritius File:Flag of Mauritius.svg	0–2	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
	Report	Mokhachane File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Sera File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

7 July 2023

18:00

Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola
António File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report	Benarfa File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

10 July 2023

15:00

Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
	Report	François File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'

Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu

10 July 2023

18:00

Mozambique File:Flag of Mozambique.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
	Report	Mokhachane File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu

12 July 2023

15:00

Angola File:Flag of Angola.svg	4–2	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Cangue File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Amor File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Goncalves File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Moseka File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Makha File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Mokokoane File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

12 July 2023

15:00

Mauritius File:Flag of Mauritius.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
	Report	Abudo File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Princess Magogo Stadium, KwaMashu

Best Runner-up Table

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	A	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4

Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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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

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	Semi-Finals				Final

	14 Jul – Durban

	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	1(0)
					16 Jul – Durban
	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (p)	1(3)
					File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho	0
	14 Jul – Durban
					File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	1
	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	1

	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	2
					Third-Place

					16 Jul - Durban

					File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	0(3)

					File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa(p)	0(5)

Semi-finals

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14 July 2023

15:00

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Kaonga File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (pen.)	Report	Thaba-Ntso File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'
Penalties
	0–3

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

14 July 2023

18:00

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Mabasa File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	MashataFile:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Kangwanda File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

Third-place

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16 July 2023

15:00

Malawi File:Flag of Malawi.svg	0–0	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
	Report
Penalties
	3–5

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

Final

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16 July 2023

18:00

Lesotho File:Flag of Lesotho.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
	Report	Libamba File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

King Zwelithini Stadium, Durban

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

Zambia Aaron Katebe (against Malawi)

References

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v t e COSAFA championships
Men	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Women	2002 2006 2008 2011 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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Women U20	2019 2024 2025
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