COSAFA Cup
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The '''COSAFA [[Castle Brewery|Castle]] Cup''' is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa, 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. Teams that can technically enter are: [[Angola]], [[Botswana]], [[Comoros]], [[Lesotho]], [[Madagascar]], [[Malawi]], [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Namibia]], [[Réunion]], [[Seychelles]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]], [[Zambia]] and [[Zimbabwe]].
== Winners ==
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third Place Match
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=15%|Champion
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Second Place
!width=15%|Third Place
!width=10%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth Place
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1997]]<br>''[[1997 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zambia}}'''
|Group Stage
|{{fb-big|Namibia}}
|{{fb-big|Mozambique}}
|Group Stage
|{{fb-big|Tanzania}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|[[1998]]<br>''[[1998 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zambia}}'''
|Group Stage
|{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}
|{{fb-big|Angola}}
|Group Stage
|{{fb-big|Namibia}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[1999]]<br>''[[1999 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Angola}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''<br> '''1 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Namibia}}
|{{fb-big|Swaziland}}
|
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|[[2000]]<br>''[[2000 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}'''
|'''3 - 0'''<br> '''3 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Lesotho|1987}}
|{{fb-big|South Africa}}
|
|{{fb-big|Angola}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2001]]<br>''[[2001 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Angola}}'''
|'''0 - 0'''<br> '''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}
|{{fb-big|Malawi}}
|'''2 - 1'''
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|[[2002]]<br>''[[2002 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|South Africa}}'''
|'''3 - 1'''<br> '''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Malawi}}
|{{fb-big|Swaziland}}
|
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2003]]<br>''[[2003 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}'''
|'''2 - 1'''<br> '''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Malawi}}
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|
|{{fb-big|Swaziland}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|[[2004]]<br>''[[2004 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Angola}}'''
|'''0 - 0'''<br>(5 - 4) pk
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|{{fb-big|Mozambique}}
|
|{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2005]]<br>''[[2005 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}'''
|'''1 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|{{fb-big|South Africa}}
|
|{{fb-big|Angola}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|[[2006]]<br>''[[2006 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|Zambia}}'''
|'''2 - 0'''
|{{fb-big|Angola}}
|{{fb-big|Botswana}}
|
|{{fb-big|Zimbabwe}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2007]]<br>''[[2007 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|'''{{fb-big|South Africa}}'''
|'''0 - 0'''<br> (4 - 3) pk
|{{fb-big|Zambia}}
|{{fb-big|Botswana}}
|
|{{fb-big|Mozambique}}
|- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|[[2008]]<br>''[[2008 COSAFA Cup|Details]]''
|}
== Most COSAFA Cup Wins ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Wins!!Nation!!Year(s)
|-
|align=center| 3 times ||[[Image:Flag of Zambia.svg|50px]] [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]||1997, 1998, 2006
|-
|align=center| 3 times ||[[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|50px]] [[Zimbabwe national football team|Zimbabwe]] ||2000, 2003, 2005
|-
|align=center| 3 times ||[[Image:Flag of Angola.svg|50px]] [[Angola national football team|Angola]]||1999, 2001, 2004
|-
|align=center| 2 times ||[[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|50px]] [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]]||2002, 2007
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cosafa.html COSAFA Cup at RSSSF]
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