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2025 COSAFA Cup
The 2025 COSAFA Cup, officially known as the 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup (for sponsorship purposes), was the 24th edition of the COSAFA Cup, the annual international football championship organised by COSAFA for the senior men's national teams of their member associations. South Africa hosted the tournament for the eighth consecutive year, from 4 to 15 June 2025. The tournament involved 14 teams. Angola were the defending champions, having secured their fourth title in the previous edition. Participation All 14 COSAFA member nations are eligible to participate in the competition, with members from other regional confederations also eligible to join by invitation, either to complete the number of participating teams or to replace any that withdrew. Participating teams In May 2025, it was announced that 13 of the 14 COSAFA member nations would take part in the tournament, with Morocco from UNAF completing the lineup in place of Seychelles, who did not return for this edition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongside the legislative capital Cape Town and Administration (government), administrative capital Pretoria, although the highest court in South Africa, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court, has been in Johannesburg since 1994. Situated at an elevation of above sea level, the city is home to 256,185 (as of 2011) residents and forms part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality which has a population of 747,431. It was one of the host cities for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The city of Bloemfontein hosts the Supreme Court of Appeal (South Africa), Supreme Court of Appeal, the Franklin Game Reserve, :af:Naval Hill, Naval Hill, the Maselspoort, Maselspoort Resort and the Sand du Plessis Theatre. The city hosts numerous muse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania National Football Team
The Tanzania national football team () represents Tanzania in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tanzania, Tanzania's home ground is Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam and their head coach is Adel Amrouche from Algeria. They are colloquially known as the ''Taifa Stars''. Tanzania has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Before uniting with Zanzibar, the team played as the Tanganyika national football team. The team represents both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). The island of Zanzibar, part of Tanzania (and once an independent nation), is also an associate member of CAF and has played matches with other nations, but is not eligible to enter the World Cup or Africa Cup of Nations. See ''Zanzibar national football team''. History Since qualifying for the 1980 Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania endured nearly 40 years without major success, str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2002 COSAFA Cup. First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals The four semi-finalists of the 2001 edition Angola (holders), Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi received byes to the quarter-finals. Semi-finals Final External links Details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Cosafa Cup 2002 in African football, COSAFA Cup COSAFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 COSAFA Cup
The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th 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). It took place on 6–18 July 2021. Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019. Participating nations Venue Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Draw The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Grouping line Match officials Referees #Abongile Tom (South Africa) #Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) #Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola) #Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles) # Akhona Makalima (South Africa) #Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini) #Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique) #Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana) #Osiase Koto (Lesotho) #Audrick Nkole (Zambia) Assistant Referees #Diana Chikotesha (Zambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 COSAFA Cup
The 2019 COSAFA Cup was the 19th 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). The tournament was originally to be hosted in Zimbabwe but they withdrew in February 2019. In April 2019, Durban of South Africa was announced as the host city. Venues Match officials Referees *Celso Alvacao (Mozambique) *Abdoul Kanoso (Madagascar) *Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia) *Eugene Salas Mdluli ( South Africa) *António Dungula (Angola) *Audrick Nkole (Zambia) *Lebalang Martin Mokete (Lesotho) *Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius) *Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) *Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros) *Brian Nsubuga Miiro (Uganda) Assistant Referees *James Emile (Seychelles) *Lesupi Puputla (Lesotho) *Athenkosi Ndongeni ( South Africa) *Mogomotsi Morakile (Botswana) *Zamani Simelane (Swaziland) *Nanga A Chalwe (Zambia) *Luckson Mhara (Zimbabwe) *Bajee Ram Babaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 COSAFA Cup
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 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 ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage The two group stage winners qualified for this round. Quarter-finals ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Plate The losing quarter-finalists qualified for this round. Semi-finals ---- Final Goalsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2004 COSAFA Cup. First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals The four quarter-finalists of the 2003 edition Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia and Swaziland received byes into quarter-finals. Note: † The match between Swaziland and Zimbabwe was abandoned at 0–5 in 83' following crowd trouble; the result stood. Semi-finals Final The final was originally planned for two legs but was reduced to one match for unknown reasons. References External links Details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Cosafa Cup COSAFA Cup Cosafa Cup, 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 2001 COSAFA Cup. First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals Zimbabwe (holders), Angola, Lesotho, Zambia received byes into quarter-finals. Semi-finals Final External links Details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:2001 Cosafa Cup 2001 in African football, COSAFA Cup COSAFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 COSAFA Cup
This page provides summaries to the 1999 COSAFA Cup The COSAFA Cup (known fully as COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup) is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of Sout .... Qualifying round First round Winners of the first round advanced to the quarter-finals; losers advanced to the second round. Second round Losers of the first round competed for the remaining two spots for the quarter-finals. Final round Zambia and Zimbabwe received byes to the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final External links details at RSSSF archives {{DEFAULTSORT:1999 Cosafa Cup Cosafa Cup, 1999 COSAFA Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, first introduced in December 1992. The men's teams of the member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. the rankings were led by Argentina. Eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest time ranked first. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, generally responding to criticism that the preceding calculation method did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams. Since 16 August 2018, the ranking system has adopted the Elo rating system used in chess and Go. The ranking is sponsored by Coca-Cola; as su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malagasy Football Federation
The Malagasy Football Federation () is the governing body of Football (soccer), football in Madagascar. It was founded in 1961, affiliated to FIFA in 1964 and to Confederation of African Football, CAF in 1963. It organizes the Malagasy Premier League, national football league and the Madagascar national football team, national team. On 19 March 2008, the FMF was suspended by FIFA due to "alleged political interference in the running of the sport". On 19 May 2008, the suspension was lifted. Performance *2022 - 3rd place of the African Nations Championship. References External links * Madagascarat the FIFA website. Madagascar at CAF Online National members of the Confederation of African Football, Madagascar Football in Madagascar Sports organizations established in 1961 Sports governing bodies in Madagascar, Football Association football governing bodies in Africa, Madagascar {{footy-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
