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2022 COSAFA Cup

Tournament details
Host country	South Africa
City	Durban
Dates	5 – 17 July 2022
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (6th title)
Runners-up	Namibia
Third place	Senegal
Fourth place	Mozambique
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	53 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sabelo Ndzinisa (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Kelvin Kampamba
Best goalkeeper	Edward Maova
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The 2022 COSAFA Cup was the 21st edition of the annual association football competition organized by COSAFA. It was held in South Africa for the 5th consecutive season, this time in Durban, from 5 to 17 July 2022.

South Africa was the defending champion, having defeated Senegal, 5–4 in a penalty shoot out in the previous edition's final on 17 July 2021.

Participating nations

National team	FIFA Ranking (31 March 2022)	Best Performance
Eswatini	143	Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
Madagascar	102	Third Place (2015)
Mauritius	179	Quarter-finals (2001, 2004)
Comoros	128	Group stage
Lesotho	145	Runner-Up (2000)
Senegal (Invited guest)	20	Runner-Up (2021)
Botswana	148	Runner-Up (2016, 2019)
Malawi	120	Runner-Up (2002, 2003)
Zambia	87	Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)
Mozambique	119	Runner-Up (2008, 2015)
Namibia	112	Champions (2015)
South Africa	69	Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)
Angola	126	Champions (1999, 2001, 2004)
Seychelles	196	Group stage

Venues

UmlaziKwaMashu
	Umlazi	KwaMashu
	King Zwelithini Stadium	Princess Magogo Stadium
	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw for the group stage 2022 COSAFA Cup was held on 14 June 2022 in the host city Durban.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Botswana	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Angola	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Comoros	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Seychelles	0–1	Botswana
	Report	Thato Kebue 49'

Angola	3–1	Comoros
Pedro P.M. Megue 39' Lépua 49' (pen.) Higino 75'	Report	Ali N. M'Changama 76'

Comoros	0–1	Botswana
	Report	B. Talane 40'

Angola	3–0	Seychelles
Julinho 14' P.P.M. Megue 78' (pen.) V.T. Zéu 90'	Report

Seychelles	1–2	Comoros
Henriette 34'	Report	A. Said Sadad 9' Ali Moudhoiffar 80'

Botswana	1–0	Angola
Phoko 69' (pen.)	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Eswatini	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Lesotho	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Malawi	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Mauritius	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Mauritius	0–3	Eswatini
	Report	Lindo Mkhonta 9' (pen.) Mamba 77' Ndzinisa 85'

Lesotho	2–1	Malawi
S. Mkandawire 14' (o.g.) Makateng 56'	Report	Msowoya 88'

Malawi	1–1	Eswatini
Khuda Myaba 46'	Report	Ndzinisa 90+2' (pen.)

Lesotho	2–1	Mauritius
Tumelo Makha 10' Thabantso 72'	Report	J. Prosper 50'

Mauritius	0–2	Malawi
	Report	Sanudi 54' Miciam Mhone 86'

Eswatini	2–0	Lesotho
S. Gamedze 14' Ndzinisa 19'	Report

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Madagascar	0
	Namibia	2
					Namibia	1
					Mozambique	0
	South Africa	0 (4)
	Mozambique (p)	0 (5)
									Namibia	0
									Zambia (a.e.t.)	1
	Zambia (p)	1 (5)
	Botswana	1 (4)
					Zambia	4
					Senegal	3			Third place play-off
	Senegal (p)	1 (10)
	Eswatini	1 (9)
									Mozambique	1 (2)
									Senegal (p)	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

Madagascar	0–2	Namibia
	Report	Limbondi 52' (pen.) Rudath 66'

Zambia	1–1	Botswana
T. Kopelang 9' (o.g.)	Report	B. Mangolo 52'
Penalties
Ricky Banda Kapumbu Luka Chamanga Phiri Chanda	5–4	Thato Kabue B. Talane Kitso Mangolo G. Tauyatswala Ditsele

South Africa	0–0	Mozambique
	Report
Penalties
Rasebotja A. Van Wyk Human Mcaba Johannes Mdunyelwa Msani	4–5	Edmilson Dove Nené Telinho Infren Matola Danilo Muze S. Nangy Lau King

Senegal	1–1	Eswatini
L. Camara 8'	Report	Philani Mkhontfo 60'
Penalties
	10–9

Plate Semi-finals

Madagascar	1–2	South Africa
K. Razafidranaivo	Report	Sifama 23' C. Butsaka 85'

Botswana	2–0	Eswatini
Bame Morwalela 41' R. Thatanyane 87'	Report

Semi-finals

Namibia	1–0	Mozambique
Muzeu 6'	Report

Zambia	4–3	Senegal
Kampamba 18', 61' Sautu 36' Ricky Banda 58'	Report	L. Camara 22' Jean Diouf 72' N'Diaye 88'

Plate Final

South Africa	2–1	Botswana
van Wyk 34' Rasebotja 80'	Report	Thato Kebue 90+3'

Third place play-off

Mozambique	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Lau King 90+3'	Report	Jean Diouf 78' (pen.)
Penalties
	2–4

Final

Namibia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
	Report	Maova 111' (o.g.)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.

3 goals

• Sabelo Ndzinisa

2 goals

• Pedro Pessoa Miguel Megue
• Thato Kebue
• Lamine Camara
• Jean Diouf
• Kelvin Kampamba

1 goal

• Ezequiel Paulo Julião / Higino
• João Gabriel Miguel Diogo João / Julinho
• Lépua
• Vanilson Tita Zéu
• Benson Mangolo
• Bame Morwalela
• Goitseone Phoko
• Baokeditswe Talane
• Resaobaka Thatanyane
• Ali Nassim M'Changama
• Ali Moudhoiffar
• Abdullah Said Sadad
• Sandile Gamedze
• Fanelo Mamba
• Lindo Mkhonta
• Philani Mkhontfo
• Katleho Makateng
• Tumelo Makha
• Jane Thabantso
• Koloina Razafidranaivo
• Miciam Mhone
• Chiukepo Msowoya
• Khuda Myaba
• Stanley Sadudi
• Jacques Prosper
• Lau King
• Absalom Iimbondi
• Bethuel Muzeu
• Wendell Rudath
• Moussa Ndiaye
• Ryan Henriette
• Chumani Butsaka
• Selaelo Rasebotja
• Keletso Sifama
• Antonio Van Wyk
• Ricky Banda
• Spencer Sautu

1 own goal

• Tebogo Kopelang (against Zambia)
• Sankhani Mkandawire (against Lesotho)
• Edward Maova (against Zambia)

References

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