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 |
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2012) |
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]
Contents |
[edit] 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] | |||||||
- ^ "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.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Top scorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  Adelino |
4 |
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Luke Petros Delron Buckley |
2 |
| 2001 | 18 players tied with one goal each | 1 |
| 2002 |  Mfanzile Dlamini Rotson Kilambe Teboho Mokoena Siza Dlamini Patrick Mayo |
2 |
| 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ "COSAFA Tournament to continue". The Lusaka Times. 24 March 2008. http://www.lusakatimes.com/2008/03/24/cosafa-tournament-to-continue/.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||
