COSAFA Cup 3776132 210500045 2008-05-06T04:36:16Z OKBot 4559949 robot Adding: [[ar:كأس كوسافا]] 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] {{fb start}} {{International football}} {{COSAFA Cup}} {{fb end}} [[Category:International national football (soccer) competitions]] [[Category:COSAFA Cup| ]] [[Category:CAF competitions for national teams]] [[ar:كأس كوسافا]] [[de:Council of Southern African Football Associations]] [[fr:COSAFA Cup]] [[ja:COSAFAキャッスルカップ]] [[pl:COSAFA Cup]]