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2016 COSAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Namibia
City	Windhoek
Dates	11–25 June 2016
Teams	14 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Africa (4th title)
Runners-up	Botswana
Third place	Swaziland
Fourth place	DR Congo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	53 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Felix Badenhorst (5 goals)
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The 2016 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup Namibia 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th 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). Originally, it was to be held in Windhoek, Namibia during May 2016, however the tournament was rescheduled to avoid a clash with the South African Premier Soccer League and took place in June 2016.

Participating nations

National team	FIFA Ranking (April 2016)	Entry round
Mauritius	154	Group stage
Seychelles	178
Swaziland	134
Madagascar	138
Zimbabwe	127
Angola (U-23)	121
Lesotho	148
DR Congo (invitee)	51	Quarter final
Botswana	91
Malawi	107	Group stage
Mozambique	101	Quarter final
Zambia	78
Namibia	136
South Africa	70
Comoros	Did not enter

Venues

Draw

The draw was originally scheduled to place on 25 April 2016. It was rescheduled for 28 April 2016 and televised on SuperSport's Soccer Africa show.

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Swaziland	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
3	Madagascar	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Zimbabwe	2–2	Swaziland
Tarumbwa 56' Pfumbidzai 79'	Report (COSAFA)	Badenhorst 16', 65' (pen.)

Seychelles	0–1	Madagascar
	Report (COSAFA)	Fanomezana 21'

Swaziland	4–0	Seychelles
Badenhorst 14', 34' Ndlovu 68' Nhleko 90'	Report (COSAFA)

Madagascar	0–0	Zimbabwe
	Report (COSAFA)

Zimbabwe	5–0	Seychelles
Pfumbidzai 23' (pen.) Mudehwe 37' Mhlanga 64', 90+3' Hadebe 73'	Report (COSAFA)

Swaziland	1–0	Madagascar
Badenhorst 71'	Report (COSAFA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lesotho	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Qualification to Quarter-finals
2	Malawi	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
3	Mauritius	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Angola	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Lesotho	3–0	Mauritius
Thaba-Ntso 1' Kamela 45+2' Motebang 90'	Report (COSAFA)

Malawi	3–0	Angola
Mhango 32', 72', 90' (pen.)	Report (COSAFA)

Angola	0–2	Lesotho
	Report (COSAFA)	Khutlang 11' Kalake 80' (pen.)

Mauritius	0–1	Malawi
	Report (COSAFA)	Gabeya 47'

Angola	0–2	Mauritius
	Report (COSAFA)	Dorza 1' Sophie 24'

Malawi	0–1	Lesotho
	Report (COSAFA)	Thaba-Ntso 83'

Knockout stage

The two group stage winners qualified for this round.

Quarter-finals

South Africa	1–1	Lesotho
Motupa 66'	Report (COSAFA)	Thaba-Ntso 19'
Penalties
Coetzee Mobara Masuku Modiba Mekoa	4–2	Kamela Kalake Makepe Khutlang

Namibia	1–1	Botswana
Somaeb 83' (pen.)	Report (COSAFA)	Da Costa 50' (o.g.)
Penalties
Ketjijere Da Costa Somaeb Keimuine Hotto	4–5	Mafoko Sesinyi Gaolaolwe Sosome Mogorosi

Zambia	0–0	Swaziland
	Report (COSAFA)
Penalties
Mfune Katema Sautu Daka	2–4	Nxumalo Tsabedze Nhleko Badenhorst Ginindza

DR Congo	1–0	Mozambique
Omba 37'	Report (COSAFA)

Semi-finals

South Africa	5–1	Swaziland
Kutumela 52' Phiri 57' Masuku 60', 83' Moseamedi 75'	Report (COSAFA)	Tsabedze 38'

Botswana	0–0	DR Congo
	Report (COSAFA)
Penalties
Mafoko Gaolaolwe Kebue Sosome Mogorosi	5–4	Mabidi Botuli Basisila Ngulubi Baometo

Third place play-off

Swaziland	1–0	DR Congo
Ndzinisa 41'	Report (COSAFA)

Final

South Africa	3–2	Botswana
Motupa 33' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Kutumela 66'	Report (COSAFA)	Makgantai 16' Seakanyeng 70'

Plate

The losing quarter-finalists qualified for this round.

Semi-finals

Lesotho	2–3	Zambia
Tšosane 45+3' Makepe 54'	Report (COSAFA)	Katema 14' Sautu 56' Zulu 63'

Namibia	3–0	Mozambique
Keimuine 50' Hotto 73' Somaeb 85'	Report (COSAFA)

Final

Zambia	0–1	Namibia
	Report (COSAFA)	Ketjijere 21' (pen.)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Felix Badenhorst

3 goals

• Jane Thaba-Ntšo
• Gabadinho Mhango

2 goals

• Hendrik Somaeb
• Thabiso Kutumela
• Menzi Masuku
• Gift Motupa
• Lawrence Mhlanga
• Ronald Pfumbidzai

1 goal

• Onkabetse Makgantai
• Kabelo Seakanyeng
• Nelson Omba
• Hlompho Kalake
• Jeremea Kamela
• Tumelo Khutlang
• Basias Makepe
• Sera Motebang
• Phafa Tšosane
• Tojo Claudel Fanomezana
• Luis Dorza
• Andy Sophie
• Miracle Gabeya
• Deon Hotto
• Itamunua Keimuine
• Ronald Ketjijere
• Judas Moseamedi
• Gift Motupa
• Lebogang Phiri
• Njabulo Ndlovu
• Wonder Nhleko
• Sabelo Ndzinisa
• Tony Tsabedze
• Paul Katema
• Spencer Sautu
• Charles Zulu
• Teenage Hadebe
• Marshal Mudehwe
• Obadiah Tarumbwa

1 own goal

• Angula da Costa (playing against Botswana)

References

1. "COSAFA Cup 2016 launches in style with new title sponsor!". COSAFA. 3 November 2015.
2. "Cosafa Cup launch today for Namibia 2016". Kick Off Magazine. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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4. FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
5. "DR Congo to play at 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup". 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
6. "Namibia in final push for Cosafa Cup hosting". The Namibian. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
7. COSAFA (2016-04-28). "The draw for the 2016 #COSAFACastleCup will take place live on SuperSport's Soccer Africa show tonight - 21h30 on DSTV channel 204!". @COSAFAMEDIA. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
8. "COSAFA | 2016 COSAFA Castle Cup draw throws up tasty ties". www.cosafa.com. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

External links

• Official site

• COSAFA Cup
• 2016 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Namibia
• 2016 in Namibian sport