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.