International football competition
The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th 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 took place on 6–18 July 2021.[2]
Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019.[3]
Participating nations
National team | FIFA Ranking (27 May 2021)[4] | Best Performance |
Eswatini | 154 | Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021) |
Madagascar (withdrew) | 100 | Third Place (2015) |
Zimbabwe | 107 | Champions (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018) |
Comoros (withdrew)[5] | 131 | Group stage |
Lesotho | 146 | Runner-Up (2000) |
Senegal (Invited guest) | 22 | Debut |
Botswana | 150 | Runner-Up (2016, 2019) |
Malawi | 115 | Runner-Up (2002, 2003) |
Zambia | 87 | Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019) |
Mozambique | 117 | Runner-Up (2008, 2015) |
Namibia | 111 | Champions (2015) |
South Africa | 75 | Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016) |
Venue
Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Draw
The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.[6]
Grouping line
Match officials
Group stages
- 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 (Regulations Article 9.3)
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Key to colour in group tables |
| Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals |
Group A
Zambia | 0–1 | Eswatini |
| Report | - M. Mabelesa 51'
- S. Gomedze 53'
- S. Mathabela 56'
- S. Magagula 57'
- L. Mkhona 76'
- F. Mamba 84'
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Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Group B
Mozambique | 0–0 | Zimbabwe |
- A. Nhantumbo 52'
- F. Simbine 65'
- C. Mathe 79'
- H. Salas 84'
| Report | - Q. Amini 27'
- D. Murimba 72'
- P. Musaka 82'
|
Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (
Angola)
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Mozambique | 2–0 | Malawi |
- . Muze 53'
- V. Vitinho 55' (pen.) 60'
- Shafiquille 65'
- F. Simbine 68'
- E. Siluane 89'
| Report | |
Senegal | 2–1 | Zimbabwe |
A. Ndoye 44' M. Ba 88' | Report | Q. Amini 3' (pen.) S. Nyahwa 58' |
Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Eswatini | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Mozambique |
- S. Magagula 42'
- K. Mkhontfo 89'
| Report | - C. Mathe 4'
- S. Nangy 14'
- D. Muzé 15'
- M. Thauzene 39'
|
Penalties |
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- P. Dlamini
- L. Mkhonta
- S. Mkhwanazi
- S. Mathabela
| 4–2 | - J. Mapangane
- S. Nangy
- S. Malico
- A. Alifa
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Final
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 53 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Qadr Amini (against Namibia)
References
- ^ "COSAFA nations in friendly action over the weekend". COSAFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "20th COSOFA Cup 2021". International Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Zambia crowned 2019 COSOFA Cup". Cosofa.com. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Comoros withdrawal forces change to 2021 COSAFA Cup fixtures. COSAFA, July 3, 2021.
- ^ "Draw for historic 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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