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2021 COSAFA Cup

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]

2021 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityPort Elizabeth
Dates6–18 July[1]
Teams11
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Africa (5th title)
Runners-up Senegal
Third place Eswatini
Fourth place Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored53 (2.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Africa Sepana Letsoalo
(4 goals)
Best player(s)South Africa Siyethemba Sithebe
Best goalkeeperSouth Africa Veli Mothwa
(5 Clean Sheets)
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2020
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Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019.[3]

Participating nations edit

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 edit

Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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

Draw edit

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.[6]

Grouping line edit

Group A Group B

  South Africa
  Eswatini
  Zambia
  Botswana
  Lesotho

  Senegal
  Mozambique
  Namibia
  Malawi
  Zimbabwe

Match officials edit

Group stages edit

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)

  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.
Key to colour in group tables
Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Africa (H) 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 10 Semi-finals
2   Eswatini 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
3   Zambia 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
4   Botswana 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2 4
5   Lesotho 4 1 0 3 3 12 −9 3
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Eswatini  3–1  Lesotho
 Report
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
South Africa  1–0  Botswana
 Report
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Zambia  1–2  Lesotho
 Report
South Africa  1–0  Eswatini
 Report
Referee: Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique)
Lesotho  0–4  Botswana
 Report
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)
Zambia  0–1  Eswatini
 Report
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Botswana  1–2  Zambia
 Report
Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)
South Africa  4–0  Lesotho
 Report
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)
South Africa  0–0  Zambia
 Report
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Eswatini  1–1  Botswana
 Report
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Semi-finals
2   Mozambique 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 7
3   Namibia 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
4   Malawi 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2
5   Zimbabwe 4 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mozambique  0–0  Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles)
Senegal  1–2  Namibia
 Report
Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola)
Malawi  2–2  Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana)
Senegal  1–0  Mozambique
 Report
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Namibia  2–0  Zimbabwe
 Report
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)
Mozambique  2–0  Malawi
 Report
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
Senegal  2–1  Zimbabwe
A. Ndoye   44'
M. Ba   88'		 Report Q. Amini   3' (pen.) S. Nyahwa   58'
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Malawi  1–1  Namibia
M. Mhone   73' Report
Mozambique  1–0  Namibia
 Report
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Senegal  2–1  Malawi
 Report
Referee: Keabetswe Dintwa (Bostswana)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 July – Port Elizabeth
 
 
  Senegal (p)2 (3)
 
18 July – Port Elizabeth
 
  Eswatini2 (0)
 
  Senegal0 (4)
 
16 July – Port Elizabeth
 
  South Africa (p)0 (5)
 
  South Africa3
 
 
  Mozambique0
 
Third place match
 
 
18 July– Port Elizabeth
 
 
  Eswatini (p)1 (4)
 
 
  Mozambique1 (2)

Semi-finals edit

Senegal  2–2  Eswatini
 Report
Penalties
 3–0
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
South Africa  3–0  Mozambique
 Report
Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

Third place match edit

Eswatini  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Mozambique
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

Final edit

Senegal  0–0 (a.e.t.)  South Africa
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "COSAFA nations in friendly action over the weekend". COSAFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "20th COSOFA Cup 2021". International Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Zambia crowned 2019 COSOFA Cup". Cosofa.com. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ Comoros withdrawal forces change to 2021 COSAFA Cup fixtures. COSAFA, July 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Draw for historic 20th edition of the COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

External links edit

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