COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup

COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup

Founded	1997
Region	Africa (CAF)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Zimbabwe
Most successful team	Zimbabwe (4)
Website	http://www.cosafa.com
2010 COSAFA Cup

The COSAFA Senior Challenge is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by COSAFA, inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been lifted and the African Cup of Nations had been staged there in 1996. The following teams have participated in the tournament in the past: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was won the most titles with four wins, while South Africa, Angola and Zambia have won three each.

The first editions of the competition were a knockout tournament staged over several months. As the competition grew, it transformed into a series of mini-tournaments.^[1]

Winners

Year		Final				Third Place Match
		Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1997 Details		Zambia	Group Stage	Namibia		Mozambique	Group Stage	Tanzania
1998 Details		Zambia	Group Stage	Zimbabwe		Angola	Group Stage	Namibia
1999 Details		Angola	1 - 0 1 - 1	Namibia		Swaziland		Zambia
2000 Details		Zimbabwe	3 - 0 3 - 0	Lesotho		South Africa		Angola
2001 Details		Angola	0 - 0 1 - 0	Zimbabwe		Malawi	2 - 1	Zambia
2002 Details		South Africa	3 - 1 1 - 0	Malawi		Swaziland		Zambia
2003 Details		Zimbabwe	2 - 1 2 - 0	Malawi		Zambia		Swaziland
2004 Details		Angola	0 - 0 (5 - 4) pk	Zambia		Mozambique		Zimbabwe
2005 Details		Zimbabwe	1 - 0	Zambia		South Africa		Angola
2006 Details		Zambia	2 - 0	Angola		Botswana		Zimbabwe
2007 Details		South Africa	0 - 0 (4 - 3) pk	Zambia		Botswana		Mozambique
2008 Details		South Africa	2 - 1	Mozambique		Zambia	2 - 0	Madagascar
2009 Details		Zimbabwe	3 - 1	Zambia		Mozambique	1 - 0	South Africa
2010		Cancelled[nb 1]

1. ^ "COSAFA tourney cancelled, hosts blamed". 18 October. http://www.dailynews.co.zw/sport/36-sports/970-cosafa-tourney-cancelled-organisers-blame-hosts.html. Retrieved 15 November 2010. 

Most COSAFA Cup Wins

Wins	Nation	Year(s)
4 times	Zimbabwe	2000, 2003, 2005, 2009
3 times	Zambia	1997, 1998, 2006
3 times	Angola	1999, 2001, 2004
3 times	South Africa	2002, 2007, 2008

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1997	Adelino	4
1998
1999
2000	Luke Petros Delron Buckley	2
2001
2002
2003	Peter Ndlovu Noel Mwandila Russel Mwafulirwa	2
2004	Peter Ndlovu	3
2005	Collins Mbesuma	4
2006	Fabrice Akwa	3
2007	Paulin Voavy	3
2008	Phillip Zialor	4
2009	Cuthbert Malajila	4

General Statistics

Team		Pts	App	P	W	D	L	GF	GC	Dif	%
1	Zambia	71	12	37	19	14	4	54	21	+33	64,0%
2	Zimbabwe	65	12	31	20	5	6	49	18	+31	69,9%
3	Angola	52	11	30	14	10	6	34	22	+12	57,8%
4	South Africa	52	11	27	15	7	5	35	15	+20	64,2%
5	Mozambique	38	12	31	10	8	13	35	38	-3	40,9%
6	Namibia	36	12	30	8	12	10	39	37	+2	40,0%
7	Malawi	35	12	27	9	8	14	30	42	-12	43,2%
8	Swaziland	27	12	21	7	6	9	19	30	-11	42,9%
9	Madagascar	18	7	16	5	3	8	16	21	-5	37,5%
10	Botswana	16	12	19	3	7	10	9	23	-14	28,1%
11	Mauritius	12	9	16	3	3	10	12	30	-18	25,0%
12	Lesotho	11	12	21	2	5	14	10	31	-21	17,5%
13	Seychelles	5	4	7	1	2	5	9	15	-6	23,8%
14	Tanzania	3	1	4		3	1	4	7	-3	25,0%
15	Comoros	0	1	3			3	0	5	-5	0,0%

References

1. ^ "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008. http://www.lusakatimes.com/2008/03/24/cosafa-tournament-to-continue/. 

External links

• Official site
• COSAFA Cup at RSSSF
• COSAFA Fan page