2013 COSAFA Cup

Participants

Comoros and Madagascar did not enter for unknown reasons. While Kenya and Tanzania, both members of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) were invited.

On 17 May 2013, Tanzania withdrew, citing conflicting schedules with African Nations Championship qualifiers and the Kagame Interclub Cup. The Tanzanian and Ugandan Federations were unable to agree on a new date for the African Nations Championship qualifying game due to a conflict with the FUFA elections. Tanzania were replaced with Equatorial Guinea, a member of the Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC), but they withdrew from the competition on 24 June.

The FIFA World Rankings from 11 April 2013 were used to decide which teams receive a bye to the quarter-final stage.

Venues

Prior to the start of the competition, the Zambian government did not provide funds to make the Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu 107 Stadium in Kabwe suitable for the competition. As a result, those games were relocated to the Nkana Stadium in Kitwe.

Squads

Main article: 2013 COSAFA Cup squads

Group stage

All times listed are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Jakob

Gebhardt
Tjiueza

Pierre
L.L. Pithia

Group B

Atudo Tale

Lerotholi
Tale

Ramatlhakwane Seturumane †This fixture was originally scheduled to take place on 7 July at 15:00 (UTC+2). However, Kenya's arrival at the tournament was delayed due to the players' league commitments.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi received a bye to this stage. |13 July – Lusaka| |1 (3)||1 (1) |14 July – Kabwe||1 (3)| |1 (5) |13 July – Lusaka||2||1 |14 July – Kabwe||3||1 |17 July – Ndola||2||1 |17 July – Ndola||0 (3)| |0 (5) |20 July – Ndola||0||2 |20 July – Ndola||1||2

Quarter-finals

Chipeta
Chiwunga
Mushura Msowoya Simkonda Lanjesi Kekana

Diógenes
Ito
Mano Mokhahlane Seturumane Moletsane Moleko Chisenga
Phiri

Plate competition

|16 July – Kitwe||2||3 |16 July – Kitwe||0||1 |18 July – Kitwe||0|****|1 }}

Plate semi-final

Ito Abdul

Plate final

Semi-finals

Manyama
Chabangu
Mashaba Mwape Phiri Chongo Chama

Third place play-off

Kekana

Final

Chongo

Awards

The following were the individual awards:

Goalscorers

;4 goals

• BOT Jerome Ramatlhakwane

;3 goals

• ANG Mabululu
• LES Thapelo Tale
• MRI Jean Stephan Pierre
• MOZ Sonito

;2 goals

• KEN Edwin Lavatsa
• LES Ralekoti Mokhahlane
• NAM Ananias Gebhardt
• SEY Yves Zialor
• RSA Hlompho Kekana
• ZIM Tendai Ndoro

;1 goal

• ANG Abdul
• BOT Lemponye Tshireletso
• KEN Jockins Atudo
• KEN Paul Kiongera
• LES Nkau Lerotholi
• LES Phillip Letsie
• LES Tlali Maile
• LES Motlalepula Mofolo
• LES Tsepo Seturumane
• MWI Gastin Simkonda
• MRI Gurty Calambé
• MRI Fabrice Pithia
• NAM Pinehas Jakob
• NAM Petrus Shitembi
• NAM Willy Stephanus
• NAM Neville Tjiueza
• NAM Sadney Urikhob
• RSA Mandla Masango
• RSA Jabulani Shongwe
• ZAM Jimmy Chisenga
• ZAM Kabaso Chongo
• ZAM Bornwell Mwape
• ZAM Alex Ngonga
• ZAM Moses Phiri
• ZIM Masimba Mambare

;1 own goal

• ANG Ito (playing against Malawi)
• BOT Edwin Olerile (playing against Kenya)
• ZIM Maxwell Nyamupanedengu (playing against Malawi)

References

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