2015 COSAFA Cup

The 2015 COSAFA Cup was the 15th 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 was hosted by South Africa in May 2015.[1] All matches took place in the North West province.

2015 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates17–30 May 2015
Teams14
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Namibia (1st title)
Runners-up Mozambique
Third place Madagascar
Fourth place Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored46 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)
Best player(s) Wangu Gome
Best goalkeeper Virgil Vries

Participating nations
National team FIFA Ranking (February 2015)[2] Entry round
 Mauritius185Group stage
 Seychelles187
 Swaziland165
 Madagascar148
 Zimbabwe119
 Namibia111
 Lesotho125
 Tanzania (invitee)107
 Botswana105Quarter final
 Malawi93
 Mozambique90
 Zambia60
 South Africa56
 Ghana (invitee)25
Did not enter

Venues

On 15 May 2015, COSAFA announced that fixtures would no longer be hosted at Olympia Park due to ongoing construction work and would instead be hosted by Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng.[3]

Moruleng
Moruleng Stadium
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
 Phokeng
Moruleng Stadium Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 45,000
25.156667°S 27.175556°E / -25.156667; 27.175556 (Moruleng Stadium) 25.578913°S 27.161061°E / -25.578913; 27.161061 (Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)

Draw procedure

COSAFA described the procedure thus:

  • Draw commences for GROUP ROUND with 4 seeded teams (TZ; NAM; ZIM; LES) being placed in 1 bowl and the remaining 4 teams in the second bowl
  • First ball out of seeded bowl becomes the seed for Group A and second ball is seeded in Group B, similarly with the remaining 2 balls in the seeded bowl
  • We continue by drawing balls out to populate positions A3, A4 & B3, B4
  • Fixtures are populated electronically as each ball is drawn
  • MC talks through the Group Round results whilst the Draw Master prepares the balls for the Quarter-Final Draw
  • We now have 6 new teams plus 2 teams which read “Winner Group A” and “Winner Group B”
  • The 4 seeded QF teams go into bowl 1 and the unseeded teams incl the Group round winners go into bowl 2
  • The fixtures for QF are established by drawing from bowl 1 (GHANA; SA; ZAM; MOZ) followed by bowl 2 (unseeded teams) until all 4 fixtures are populated

The draw took place on 26 February 2015 and was televised by South Africa's SuperSport 4.

Group stage
SeededUnseeded

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Namibia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3  Mauritius 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4  Seychelles 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
First match(es) will be played on 17 May 2015. Source:
Namibia 0–0 Seychelles
Report
Moruleng Stadium
Zimbabwe 2–0 Mauritius
Rusere  28'
Chitiyo  66'		 Report
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Seychelles 0–1 Zimbabwe
Report Talent  52'
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Namibia 2–0 Mauritius
Shilongo  4', 65' Report
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
Namibia 4–1 Zimbabwe
Katjiukua  9'
Hotto  60', 67'
Urikhob  84'		 Report Manuvire  83'
Moruleng Stadium
Seychelles 0–1 Mauritius
Report Sophie  84'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Madagascar 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Swaziland 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
3  Lesotho 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Tanzania (G) 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
First match(es) will be played on 17 May 2015. Source:
(G) Guest.
Lesotho 1–2 Madagascar
Thale  26' Report Vombola  38'
Rabehasinmbola  85'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)
Tanzania 0–1 Swaziland
Report Mabila  44'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
Madagascar 2–0 Tanzania
Rakotoharimalala  14'
Randriamanjaka  44'		 Report
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)
Lesotho 0–2 Swaziland
Report Sibandze  43'
Mkhontfo  66'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Lesotho 1–0 Tanzania
Kamela  76' Report
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Madagascar 1–1 Swaziland
Randriamanjaka  7' Report Ndzinisa  79'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana all received a bye to this stage.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 May – Moruleng
 
 
 Zambia0 (4)
 
28 May – Moruleng
 
 Namibia (pen.)0 (5)
 
 Namibia3
 
25 May – Phokeng
 
 Madagascar2
 
 Ghana1
 
30 May – Moruleng
 
 Madagascar2
 
 Namibia2
 
24 May – Moruleng
 
 Mozambique0
 
 South Africa0 (6)
 
28 May – Moruleng
 
 Botswana (pen.)0 (7)
 
 Botswana1
 
25 May – Phokeng
 
 Mozambique2 Third place
 
 Mozambique (pen)2 (5)
 
30 May – Moruleng
 
 Malawi2 (4)
 
 Madagascar2
 
 
 Botswana1
 

Quarter-finals
SeededUnseeded
Ghana 1–2 Madagascar
Darkwah  37' report  28' Randriamanjaka
 90' Simouri
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Mozambique 2–2 Malawi
Lucky Malata  10' (o.g.)
Mzava  90+1' (o.g.)		 report  51' Sulumba
 90' (pen) Mzava
Penalties
Gildo
Hagi
Miquissone
Isac
Guambe
Norberto
Mahumane 		5–4 Banda
Mzava
Kumwenda
Fodya
Kondowe
Malata
Sulumba
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Zambia 0–0 Namibia
report
Penalties
Mweene
Mtonga
Mbola
Ndhlovu
Katebe 		4–5 Isaacks
Stephanus
Mwedihanga
Ketjijere
Hotto
Moruleng Stadium
South Africa 0–0 Botswana
report
Penalties
Lark
Daniels
van Heerden
Motupa
Morena
Segolela
Madisha
Mngonyama 		6–7 Nato
Kgaswane
Mogorosi
Moyo
Dambe
Legwaila
Koobake
Gaolaolwe
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Plate competition
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 May – Moruleng
 
 
 Zambia3
 
29 May – Phokeng
 
 Ghana0
 
 Zambia0
 
27 May – Moruleng
 
 Malawi1
 
 South Africa0 (4)
 
 
 Malawi (pen.)0 (5)
 

Plate semi-final
Zambia 3–0 Ghana
Mwape  24'
Katebe  29'
Sinkala  42'		 report
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
South Africa 0–0 Malawi
report
Penalties
Daniels
Nyanda
Madisha
van Heerden
Manayama
Nhlapo 		4–5 Banda
Mzava
Mkanda
Mhone
Malata
Ngalande
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Plate final
Zambia 0–1 Malawi
report Mkanda  59'
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Semi-finals
Namibia 3–2 Madagascar
Shilongo  18', 2'
Shalulile  83'		 report Vombola  24', 26'
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Botswana 1–2 Mozambique
Kebatho  78' report Isac  65'
Parkim  88'
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

Third place playoff
Madagascar 2–1 Botswana
Vombola  16', 18' report Boy  84'
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Final
Namibia 2–0 Mozambique
Hotto  36', 74' report
Moruleng Stadium

Awards
Top scorer
Player of the Tournament
Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Fair Player award

References
  1. "COSAFA CUP 2015 - DRAW". COSAFA. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. "FIFA Rankings". FIFA.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. "Venue change at COSAFA Cup 2015". COSAFA.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. "Namibian players win individual awards". COSAFA.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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