The 2015 COSAFA Cup was the 15th 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). It was hosted by South Africa in May 2015. All matches took place in the North West province.

Participating nations

National teamFIFA Ranking (February 2015)Entry round
Mauritius185Group stage
Seychelles187
Swaziland165
Madagascar148
Zimbabwe119
Namibia111
Lesotho125
Tanzania (invitee)107
Botswana105Quarter final
Malawi93
Mozambique90
Zambia60
South Africa56
Ghana (invitee)25

Did not enter

Venues

On 15 May 2015, COSAFA announced that fixtures would no longer be hosted at Olympia Park due to ongoing construction work and would instead be hosted by Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng.

MorulengMoruleng StadiumRoyal Bafokeng Sports PalacePhokeng
Moruleng StadiumRoyal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,000
25°09′24″S 27°10′32″E/25.156667°S 27.175556°E/ -25.156667; 27.175556(Moruleng Stadium)25°34′44″S 27°09′40″E/25.578913°S 27.161061°E/ -25.578913; 27.161061(Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace)

Draw procedure

COSAFA described the procedure thus:

  • Draw commences for GROUP ROUND with 4 seeded teams (TZ; NAM; ZIM; LES) being placed in 1 bowl and the remaining 4 teams in the second bowl
  • First ball out of seeded bowl becomes the seed for Group A and second ball is seeded in Group B, similarly with the remaining 2 balls in the seeded bowl
  • We continue by drawing balls out to populate positions A3, A4 & B3, B4
  • Fixtures are populated electronically as each ball is drawn
  • MC talks through the Group Round results whilst the Draw Master prepares the balls for the Quarter-Final Draw
  • We now have 6 new teams plus 2 teams which read "Winner Group A" and "Winner Group B"
  • The 4 seeded QF teams go into bowl 1 and the unseeded teams incl the Group round winners go into bowl 2
  • The fixtures for QF are established by drawing from bowl 1 (GHANA; SA; ZAM; MOZ) followed by bowl 2 (unseeded teams) until all 4 fixtures are populated

The draw took place on 26 February 2015 and was televised by South Africa's SuperSport 4.

Group stage

SeededUnseeded
Lesotho Namibia Tanzania ZimbabweMadagascar Mauritius Seychelles Swaziland

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Namibia321061+57Advance to knockout stage
2Zimbabwe32014406
3Mauritius310214−33
4Seychelles301202−21
Namibia0–0Seychelles
Zimbabwe2–0Mauritius
Rusere 28' Chitiyo 66'

Seychelles0–1Zimbabwe
Talent 52'
Namibia2–0Mauritius
Shilongo 4', 65'

Namibia4–1Zimbabwe
Katjiukua 9' Hotto 60', 67' Urikhob 84'Manuvire 83'
Seychelles0–1Mauritius
Sophie 84'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Madagascar321052+37Advance to knockout stage
2Swaziland321041+37
3Lesotho310224−23
4Tanzania (G)300304−40
Lesotho1–2Madagascar
Thale 26'Vombola 38' Rabehasinmbola 85'
Tanzania0–1Swaziland
Mabila 44'

Madagascar2–0Tanzania
Rakotoharimalala 14' Randriamanjaka 44'
Lesotho0–2Swaziland
Sibandze 43' Mkhontfo 66'

Lesotho1–0Tanzania
Kamela 76'
Madagascar1–1Swaziland
Randriamanjaka 7'Ndzinisa 79'

Knockout stage

Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana all received a bye to this stage.

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
24 May – Moruleng
Zambia0 (4)
28 May – Moruleng
Namibia (pen.)0 (5)
Namibia3
25 May – Phokeng
Madagascar2
Ghana1
30 May – Moruleng
Madagascar2
Namibia2
24 May – Moruleng
Mozambique0
South Africa0 (6)
28 May – Moruleng
Botswana (pen.)0 (7)
Botswana1
25 May – Phokeng
Mozambique2Third place
Mozambique (pen)2 (5)
30 May – Moruleng
Malawi2 (4)
Madagascar2
Botswana1

Quarter-finals

SeededUnseeded
South Africa Mozambique Zambia GhanaBotswana Malawi Namibia Madagascar
Ghana1–2Madagascar
Darkwah 37'28' Randriamanjaka 90' Simouri
Mozambique2–2Malawi
Lucky Malata 10' (o.g.) Mzava 90+1' (o.g.)51' Sulumba 90' (pen.) Mzava
Penalties
Gildo Hagi Miquissone Isac Guambe Norberto Mahumane5–4Banda Mzava Kumwenda Fodya Kondowe Malata Sulumba

Zambia0–0Namibia
Penalties
Mweene Mtonga Mbola Ndhlovu Katebe4–5Isaacks Stephanus Mwedihanga Ketjijere Hotto
South Africa0–0Botswana
Penalties
Lark Daniels van Heerden Motupa Morena Segolela Madisha Mngonyama6–7Nato Kgaswane Mogorosi Moyo Dambe Legwaila Koobake Gaolaolwe
  • The winning quarter finalists proceed to the semi-finals.
  • The losing quarter finalists proceed to the plate semi-finals.

Plate competition

Semi-finalsFinal
27 May – Moruleng
Zambia3
29 May – Phokeng
Ghana0
Zambia0
27 May – Moruleng
Malawi1
South Africa0 (4)
Malawi (pen.)0 (5)

Plate semi-final

Zambia3–0Ghana
Mwape 24' Katebe 29' Sinkala 42'
South Africa0–0Malawi
Penalties
Daniels Nyanda Madisha van Heerden Manayama Nhlapo4–5Banda Mzava Mkanda Mhone Malata Ngalande

Plate final

Zambia0–1Malawi
Mkanda 59'

Semi-finals

Namibia3–2Madagascar
Shilongo 2', 18' Shalulile 83'Vombola 24', 26'
Botswana1–2Mozambique
Kebatho 78'Isac 65' Parkim 88'

Third place playoff

Madagascar2–1Botswana
Vombola 16', 18'Boy 84'

Final

Namibia2–0Mozambique
Hotto 36', 74'

Awards

Top scorer

Player of the Tournament

Goalkeeper of the Tournament

Fair Player award

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