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Sunday, July 14, 2013

2013 Cosafa Cup - Fixtures & Results

The 2013 Cosafa Cup takes place in Zambia from July 6 to 20 with 13 teams participating after the withdrawal of guest nations Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea.

There are three host cities for the regional tournament – Lusaka, Kitwe and Ndola with matches taking place at four stadiums: Nkoloma Stadium (Lusaka), Nkana Stadium (Kitwe), Arthur Davies Stadium (Kitwe) and Levy Mwanawasa Stadium (Ndola).

Teams
The teams participating in the 2013 Cosafa Cup are: Angola, Botswana, Kenya (guest nation), Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia (hosts) and Zimbabwe (holders).

Seven teams have been divided into two groups as follows:
Group A – Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles
Group B – Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland

The two group winners will join Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Angola who have been given byes into the quarter-finals.

Fixtures and Results

Group Stage

Group A

6 July - Namibia 2-1 Mauritius
8 July - Namibia 4-2 Seychelles
10 July - Mauritius 4-0 Seychelles



P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Namibia
2
2
0
0
6
3
3
6
2
Mauritius
2
1
0
2
5
1
4
3
3
Seychelles
2
0
0
2
2
8
-6
0


Group B

7 July - Botswana 0-0 Swaziland 
8 July - Kenya 2-2 Lesotho
9 July - Kenya 2-0 Swaziland
9 July - Lesotho 3-3 Botswana
11 July - Kenya 1-2 Botswana
11 July - Lesotho 2-0 Swaziland



P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Lesotho
3
1
2
0
7
5
2
5
2
Botswana
3
1
2
0
5
4
1
5
3
Kenya
3
1
1
1
5
4
1
4
4
Swaziland
3
0
1
2
0
4
-4
1

Quarter-finals
13 July - Zimbabwe 1-1 Malawi (Zimbabwe wins 3-1 on penalties)
13 July - South Africa 2-1 Namibia
14 July - Angola 1-1 Lesotho (Lesotho wins 5-3 on penalties)
14 July - Zambia 3-1 Mozambique 

Plate Section
Semi-finals
16 July - Malawi 2-3 Angola
16 July - Namibia 0-1 Mozambique
Final
18 July - Mozambique 1-0 Angola

Semi-finals
17 July: Zimbabwe 2-1 Lesotho 
17 July: South Africa 0-0 Zambia (Zambia wins 5-3 on penalties)

Third-place playoff
20 July
South Africa 2-1 Lesotho

Final
20 July
Zambia 2-0 Zimbabwe
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

The Main Prize

Cosafa Cup Facts
Founded: 1997
Most wins: 4 - Zimbabwe (2000, 2003, 2005 and 2009)
Other winners:
Zambia - 1997, 1998, 2006
Angola - 1999, 2001, 2004
South Africa - 2002, 2007, 2008

Information from the Zambian FA was used.

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