2024 COSAFA Cup

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2024 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityGqeberha
Dates26 June to 7 July 2024
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored22 (1.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Angola Depú
Comoros Affane Djambae
Kenya Austine Odhiambo
Zimbabwe Michael Tapera
(2 goals each)
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All statistics correct as of 30 June 2024.

The 2024

COSAFA. It will be held in South Africa for the seventh straight year, this time in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), from 26 June to 7 July 2024.[1] Zambia
are the defending champions.

Participating nations

Twelve nations will feature in the 2024 edition of the tournament. Two COSAFA members, Madagascar and Mauritius, will not participate.[2] Zimbabwe returned to the tournament for the first time since the 2021 edition following its FIFA ban.[3] Despite originally being announced as a participant, Malawi withdrew from the tournament prior to the group draw out of respect for eight victims of a plane crash earlier that week. One of the victims was former Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.[4] Kenya accepted COSAFA’s invitation to participate as a guest to replace Malawi.[5]

National team FIFA Ranking (4 April 2024)[6] Best Performance
 Eswatini 148 Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
 Comoros 117 Group stage
 Lesotho 149 Runners-up (2000, 2023)
 Botswana 146 Runners-up (2016, 2019)
 Zambia 86 Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019, 2022, 2023)
 Mozambique 110 Runners-up (2008, 2015)
 Namibia 106 Champions (2015)
 South Africa 59 Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2021)
 Angola 94 Champions (1999, 2001, 2004)
 Seychelles 197 Group stage
 Zimbabwe 122 Champions (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
 Kenya (Guest) 107 Group stage

Format

The twelve participating teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. As the defending champions,

South Africa, were in separate groups as the seeded teams. Group winners and the best runner-up will move on to the semi-finals.[2]

Dates

Originally scheduled to be held 14 to 23 June 2024, the competition has been postponed, most likely until July 2024.[7] At the time the date change was announced, nations had already begun naming their squads and leagues had altered their season schedules to accommodate the tournament. COSAFA stated that the postponement was necessarily to give the competition maximum exposure, presumably because of a number of high-profile competitions that would have been taking place at the same time.[8][9] On 13 June 2024, COSAFA announced the tournament would be played from 26 June to 7 July 2024.[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage of the 2024 COSAFA Cup was held on 14 June 2024 in Johannesburg.[2][10]

Venues

Gqeberha
Gqeberha
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Wolfson Stadium
Capacity: 42,486 Capacity: 10,000

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to

points
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group stage matches will be played from 26 June to 3 July 2024.[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Africa 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Eswatini 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4  Botswana 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Eswatini 0–0 Botswana
Report
South Africa 1–1 Mozambique
  • Dortley 39'
 Report
Mozambique 0–0 Eswatini
Report
South Africa 0–0 Botswana
Report
Mozambique 3–1 Botswana
 Report
South Africa 1–0 Eswatini
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Comoros 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kenya 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3  Zimbabwe 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
4  Zambia (E) 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2024. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Zimbabwe 1–0 Comoros
 Report
Zambia 0–2 Kenya
Report
Kenya 0–2 Comoros
Report
Zambia 0–2 Zimbabwe
Report
Kenya 2–0 Zimbabwe
 Report
Comoros 1–0 Zambia
 Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Angola 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Namibia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3  Seychelles 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
4  Lesotho 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2024. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lesotho 1–1 Seychelles
 Report
Angola 0–0 Namibia
Report
Angola 3–2 Seychelles
 Report
Namibia 2–1 Lesotho
 Report
Namibia v Seychelles
Lesotho v Angola

Best Runner-up Table

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B  Kenya 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 A  South Africa 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3 C  Namibia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2024. Source: COSAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Semi-final matches will be played on 5 July 2024 with the third-place and final match played two days later.[10]

Bracket

 
Semi-FinalsFinal
 
      
 
5 July –Gqeberha
 
 
 Comoros-
 
7 July – Gqeberha
 
TBD-
 
TBD-
 
5 July –Gqeberha
 
TBD-
 
 Mozambique-
 
 
TBD-
 
Third-Place
 
 
7 July - Gqeberha
 
 
TBD-
 
 
TBD-

Semi-finals

 ComorosvGroup C Winner
 MozambiquevBest Runner-up

Third-place

SF1 LoservSF2 Loser

Final

SF1 WinnervSF2 Winner

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 1.57 goals per match (as of 13:05, 2 July 2024 (UTC)).

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Warriors drawn in Group C for COSAFA Cup". Namibia Football Association. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Draw for 2024 COSAFA Cup to be held on Friday 14 June". COSAFA. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "COSAFA confirms new dates for 2024 COSAFA Cup". soccer24.co.ze. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Flames pull out of COSAFA tourney". Malawi 24. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ^ Omotto, Joel. "Harambee Stars set for COSAFA Cup after earning late invitation". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". FIFA.com. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  7. ^ Munthali, Burnett. "2024 COSAFA Cup shifted to a later date". Maravia Post. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Warriors squad for COSAFA Cup named". Soccer 24. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "COSAFA Cup postponed; PSL matches set to resume on 15 June ZIMBABWE SPORTS 2024 COSAFA Cup postponed; PSL matches set to resume on 15 June". Zimsphere. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "Three tough groups headline 2024 COSAFA Cup". COSAFA. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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