2018 COSAFA Cup explained

Tourney Name:COSAFA Cup
Year:2018
Country:South Africa
Dates:27 May - 9 June
Num Teams:14
Sub-Confederations:1
Venues:3
Cities:1
Champion:Zimbabwe
Count:6
Second:Zambia
Third:Lesotho
Fourth:Madagascar
Matches:23
Goals:48
Top Scorer: Onkabetse Makgantai (5 goals)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 COSAFA Cup was the 18th 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). In July 2017, it was reported that it would be hosted by Botswana in July 2018.[1] However, in February 2018, COSAFA announced that South Africa would host the competition.[2]

Venues

Polokwane
Old Peter Mokaba StadiumSeshego StadiumPeter Mokaba Stadium
-23.9241°N 29.4644°W-23.8548°N 29.3887°W-23.9248°N 29.4682°W

Draw

The draw took place at the South African Football Association headquarters in Johannesburg on 18 April.[3]

Officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The ranking of each team in each group was determined as follows:

  1. Greatest number of points obtained in group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Plate

Semi-finals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Botswana To Host 2018 COSAFA Cup. Press Reader. 13 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Five tournaments to be staged in COSAFA region in 2018!. COSAFA.com. 27 February 2018. 11 March 2018.
  3. Web site: Cosafa Cup to make history as draw throws up tasty ties. iol.co.za. 19 April 2018. 18 April 2018.