The 2008

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 ...

is the 12th edition of the football tournament that involves teams from Southern

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. Due to their internal competitions calendar,

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

decided to send their under-20 national team to play in this tournament and South Africa will play with a "Development XI"; therefore matches involving Angola and South Africa will not count towards FIFA ranking according to FIFA.

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

won the tournament defeating

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

2-1 in the final.

Qualifying

Took place between 19–24 July, group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Group A

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Group B

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Final tournament

Angola, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana were seeded directly for the quarter-finals according to

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of April 2008. This decision was made 21 May 2008 and confirmed on 7 July 2008. The actual draw for the 2 qualifying groups and the quarter-finals according to these seeds was held on 10 June 2008.

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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3rd Place Match

Final

Scorers

;4 goals *

Phillip Zialor Philip Zialor (born September 6, 1976) is a Seychellois former professional footballer who played as a striker. Zialor holds national records for most goals in a career (with 14) and most in a single game, netting four against Mauritius in the ...

Praxis Rabemananjara Stéphane Praxis Rabemananjara (born September 9, 1983) is a Madagascar, Malagasy former association football, footballer who played as a striker. He has played for the Madagascar national football team. International career International goals ...

;2 goals *

Tovohery Rabenandrasana Tovohery Rabenandrasana (born 12 November 1987) is a Malagasy footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...

* Momed Hagi * Lazarus Kaimbi * Quinton Jacobs * Marchelino Fransch ;1 goal * Moli Lesesa * Thabane Rankara * Fisher Kondowe *

Chiukepo Msowoya Chiukepo Msowoya (born 23 September 1988) is a Malawian footballer who plays as a forward for Malawian side Mighty Wanderers FC and the Malawi national team. Club career Msowoya was the 2007 Malawi Premiere Division top scorer with 17 goals. ...

* Johan Marmitte *

Wesley Marquette Wesley Marquette (born 8 January 1982 in Mauritius) is a football player who played for AS Possession in the Réunion Premier League and for the Mauritius national football team The Mauritius national football team (), nicknamed Club M an ...

Tico-Tico Manuel José Luís Bucuane (born 16 August 1973), better known professionally as Tico-Tico, is a former Mozambican footballer who played as a striker. In his career, Tico-Tico played primarily for Desportivo de Maputo in Mozambique and Jomo ...

* Nito * Gerson Txuma *

Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko Jamuovandu Ngatjizeko (born December 28, 1984, in Omaruru) is a Namibian football midfielder currently playing for African Stars. Career African Stars will put to test their latest arrival in Jamu Ngatjizeko who deserted Civics earlier this se ...

* Don Anacoura * Collin Laporte * Trevor Poiret * Rooi Mahamutsa *

Lefa Tsutsulupa Lefa Tsutsulupa (born 7 February 1980) is a South African former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He played internationally for South Africa. Career Born in Ladybrand, Lefa began playing professional football with Bloemfo ...

* Phinda Dlamini * Gcina Mazibuko * Mfanzile Dlamini *

Emmanuel Mayuka Emmanuel Mayuka (born 21 November 1990) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the NAPSA Stars and the Zambia national team. He was the top scorer of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Born in Kabwe, Centra ...

* Francis Kombe

References

External links

Information at RSSSF archives

BBC Sport: Cosafa Cup draw

* ttp://www.nyasatimes.com/entertainment/sport/football/750.html Flames seeded in COSAFA Cup
Zambia Handed Bye in 2008 Cosafa Challenge Cup
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COSAFA Cup

International association football competitions hosted by South Africa