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2008 COSAFA Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup |
| year | 2008 |
| image | COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2008.jpg |
| size | 164px |
| country | South Africa |
| dates | 19 July - 3 August |
| num_teams | 14 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 3 |
| cities | 3 |
| champion | South Africa |
| count | 3 |
| second | MOZ |
| third | ZAM |
| fourth | MAD |
| matches | 20 |
| goals | 39 |
| top_scorer | SEY Phillip Zialor (4) |
| prevseason | [2007](2007-cosafa-cup) |
| nextseason | [2009](2009-cosafa-cup) |
The 2008 COSAFA Cup is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern Africa.
Due to their internal competitions calendar, Angola decided to send their under-20 national team to play in this tournament and South Africa will play with a "Development XI"; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA.
South Africa won the tournament defeating Mozambique 2-1 in the final.
Qualifying
Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **5** | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| **5** | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | |
| **4** | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | |
| **1** | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 |
- through to quarter finals after a coin toss win.
Witbank, South Africa
Don Anacoura Collin Laporte Trevor Poiret Witbank, South Africa
Witbank, South Africa
Witbank, South Africa
Praxis Rabemananjara 68' Witbank, South Africa
Witbank, South Africa
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **7** | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | |
| **6** | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | |
| **4** | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| **0** | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 |
Quinton Jacobs Secunda, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
Final tournament
Angola, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana were seeded directly for the quarter-finals according to FIFA World Rankings of April 2008. This decision was made 21 May 2008 and confirmed on 7 July 2008. The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter-finals according to these seeds was held on 10 June 2008.
Quarter finals
Witbank, South Africa
Witbank, South Africa
Nito 90'+ Secunda, South Africa
(5-4 pen.) Secunda, South Africa
Semi finals
Momed Hagi 62' Bushbuckridge, South Africa
Bushbuckridge, South Africa
3rd Place Match
Francis Kombe 78' Bushbuckridge, South Africa
Final
Bushbuckridge, South Africa
Scorers
;4 goals
- Seychelles Phillip Zialor
- MAD Praxis Rabemananjara
;2 goals
- MAD Tovohery Rabenandrasana
- Mozambique Momed Hagi
- Namibia Lazarus Kaimbi
- Namibia Quinton Jacobs
- South Africa Marchelino Fransch
;1 goal
- Lesotho Moli Lesesa
- Lesotho Thabane Rankara
- Malawi Fisher Kondowe
- Malawi Chiukepo Msowoya
- Mauritius Johan Marmitte
- Mauritius Wesley Marquette
- Mozambique Tico-Tico
- Mozambique Nito
- Mozambique Gerson Txuma
- Namibia Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko
- Seychelles Don Anacoura
- Seychelles Collin Laporte
- Seychelles Trevor Poiret
- South Africa Rooi Mahamutsa
- South Africa Lefa Tsutsulupa
- Swaziland Phinda Dlamini
- Swaziland Gcina Mazibuko
- Swaziland Mfanzile Dlamini
- Zambia Emmanuel Mayuka
- Zambia Francis Kombe
References
References
- [http://allafrica.com/stories/200807240830.html allAfrica.com: Angola/South Africa: Under 20 Team Travel to South Africa for Cosafa Cup (Page 1 of 1)]
- "Questão de calendário está na base do envio dos sub-20".
- "The Roon Ba Forum: COSAFA cup 2008".
- "When ‘Fifa’ beats ‘Fair Play’…".
- [http://www.nation.sc/index.php?art=12871 Seychelles NATION]
- [https://archive.today/20081030070427/http://www.nyasatimes.com/entertainment/sport/857.html Malawi breaking news - Malawi hit Lesotho in Cosafa opener]
- "MTNfootball.com - Malawi On Course To Meet Hosts".
- (September 2018)
- [http://allafrica.com/stories/200807230830.html allAfrica.com: Namibia/Lesotho: Warriors In A Draw (Page 1 of 1)]
- "Kick Off - South Africa".
- [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7525234.stm BBC Sport: Namibia reach Cosafa last eight]
- "Namibia beat Malawi".
- "Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup". LusakaTimes.com.
- "COSAFA clears the Zebras". MmegiOnline.
- [http://www.jornaldeangola.com/artigo.php?ID=89004&Seccao=desporto JORNAL DE ANGOLA online - Notícias de Angola para o Mundo]
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