2021 COSAFA Cup

The 2021 COSAFA Cup was the 20th 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 took place on 6–18 July 2021.

Zambia is the defending champion, having defeated Botswana, 1–0, in the previous edition's final on 8 June 2019.

Participating nations

National team	FIFA Ranking (27 May 2021)	Best Performance
Eswatini	154	Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
Madagascar (withdrew)	100	Third Place (2015)
Zimbabwe	107	Champions (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
Comoros (withdrew)	131	Group stage
Lesotho	146	Runner-Up (2000)
Senegal (Invited guest)	22	Debut
Botswana	150	Runner-Up (2016, 2019)
Malawi	115	Runner-Up (2002, 2003)
Zambia	87	Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)
Mozambique	117	Runner-Up (2008, 2015)
Namibia	111	Champions (2015)
South Africa	75	Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016)

Venue

Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

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

Draw

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Grouping line

Group A	Group B
South Africa Eswatini Zambia Botswana Lesotho	Senegal Mozambique Namibia Malawi Zimbabwe

Match officials

Referees Abongile Tom (South Africa) Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) Antonio Caluassi Dungula (Angola) Eldrick Adelaide (Seychelles) Akhona Makalima (South Africa) Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini) Wilson Julio Muianga (Mozambique) Keabetswe Dintwa (Botswana) Osiase Koto (Lesotho) Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

Assistant Referees Diana Chikotesha (Zambia) Brighton Nyika (Zimbabwe) Petros Mzi Mbingo (Eswatini) Moses Singeve (Namibia) Lucky Kegakologetswe (Botswana) Siza Dlangamandla (Lesotho) Joseph Nyauti (Malawi) Ivanildo Meirelles Lopes (Angola)

Group stages

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 (Regulations Article 9.3)

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
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);
Drawing of lots.

All matches will be held at Port Elizabeth
Time listed are UTC+2:00

Key to colour in group tables
	Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
3	Zambia	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Botswana	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	4
5	Lesotho	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3

Eswatini	3–1	Lesotho
J. Figuaredo 30' F. Badenhorst 42' K. Khethukulhe 57' M. Mabelesa 66' F. Mamba 45' 78'		J. Thabantso 7' T. Khutlang 45+4' T. Bereng 72'

South Africa	1–0	Botswana
K. Malinga 6' R. Reuck 8'		G. Mohutsiwa 45+1'

Zambia	1–2	Lesotho
K. Chongo 1' J. Shonga 2' B. Sakala 6'		L. Fothoane 20' B. Makepe 37' S. Motebang 70', 88'

South Africa	1–0	Eswatini
S. Mkhulise 42' T. Sibanyoni 59' 88'		F. Mamba 26' F. Badenhorst 26' 45+1'

Lesotho	0–4	Botswana
N. Masoabi 37' L. Mphuthi 45+3' N. Lerotholi 47'		T. Setsile 18' T. Orebonye 28', 45+4' (pen.), 69' G. Mohutsiwa 48' T. Kgamanyane 73'

Zambia	0–1	Eswatini
K. Chongo 19' Z. Chilongoshi 61' D. Chanda 65' K. Kampamba 68' S. Silwimba 86'		M. Mabelesa 51' S. Gomedze 53' S. Mathabela 56' S. Magagula 57' L. Mkhona 76' F. Mamba 84'

Botswana	1–2	Zambia
B. Sakala 4' S. Phiri 5' T. Kgamanyane 62'		J. Shonga 21', 83' (pen.) T. Orebonye 47' M. Johnson 67'

South Africa	4–0	Lesotho
S. Letsoalo 5', 44', 57' S. Mkhulise 20' N. Ngcobo 74' M. Mphahlele 89'		L. Fothoane 40' B. Makepe 56' M. Nkoto 67' T. Toloane 73'

South Africa	0–0	Zambia
Dube 90'		Chanda 56'

Eswatini	1–1	Botswana
Ndzinisa 19' Mkhonta 34' Figuareido 69' Gamedze 71'		Kgamanyane 45+1', 65' Mohutsiwa 89'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Semi-finals
2	Mozambique	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7
3	Namibia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
4	Malawi	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2

Mozambique	0–0	Zimbabwe
A. Nhantumbo 52' F. Simbine 65' C. Mathe 79' H. Salas 84'		Q. Amini 27' D. Murimba 72' P. Musaka 82'

Senegal	1–2	Namibia
A. Diène 17' 67' A. Diop 26' D. Mendy 71'		M. Papama 13' E. Kambindu 50' D. Fredericks 88'

Malawi	2–2	Zimbabwe
K. Muyaba 27' S. Kuwali 50' M. Sulumba 66' C. Chirwa 76'		R. Hachiro 45+1' B. Sarupinda 62' A. Mbeba 72' P. Musaka 79'

Senegal	1–0	Mozambique
El-Hadji Kane 15' P. Djitte 63' Sane 82' Mohamed Ba 86'

Namibia	2–0	Zimbabwe
D. Fredricks 10' I. Kamberipa 52' Q. Amini 70' (o.g.) A. Iimbondi 76' E. Kambindu 86'		S. Nyahwa 81' Malvin Enos Mkolo 85'

Mozambique	2–0	Malawi
. Muze 53' V. Vitinho 55' (pen.) 60' Shafiquille 65' F. Simbine 68' E. Siluane 89'		C. Chirwa 14' S. Kuwali 22'

Senegal	2–1	Zimbabwe
A. Ndoye 44' M. Ba 88'		Q. Amini 3' (pen.) S. Nyahwa 58'

Malawi	1–1	Namibia
M. Mhone 73'		N. Theophilus 49' W. Stephanus 50' L. Horaeb 50' I. Heita 88' E. Kambindu 53'

Mozambique	1–0	Namibia
Simbine 28' Pelembe 71' Cândinho 73' Melito 80'		Kambindu 9' Gebhardt 15' Fredericks 45+1'

Senegal	2–1	Malawi
Diop 11', 90+1' Ndoye 63' Gueye 76'		Muyaba 35' Sanudi 43'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

16 July – Port Elizabeth

Senegal (p)	2 (3)
18 July – Port Elizabeth
Eswatini	2 (0)
Senegal	0 (4)
16 July – Port Elizabeth
	South Africa (p)	0 (5)
South Africa	3

Mozambique	0
Third place match

18 July– Port Elizabeth

Eswatini (p)	1 (4)

Mozambique	1 (2)

Semi-finals

Senegal	2–2	Eswatini
P. Djitte 58' M. Ndiaye 71' E. Kane 80'		S. Magagula 11' S. Matse 15' S. Ndzinisa 20' F. Mamba 63' 67'
Penalties
E. Kane A. Dien M. Ba	3–0	S. Gamedze S. Ndzinisa N. Mamba

South Africa	3–0	Mozambique
N. Ngcobo 24' 62' S. Sithebe 39' M. Maart 59' S. Letsoalo 73' (pen.)		F. Macaime 33' S. Shaquille 45+1' D. Muzé 58' J. Pelembe 79' N. Ernesto 86'

Third place match

Eswatini	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mozambique
S. Magagula 42' K. Mkhontfo 89'		C. Mathe 4' S. Nangy 14' D. Muzé 15' M. Thauzene 39'
Penalties
P. Dlamini L. Mkhonta S. Mkhwanazi S. Mathabela	4–2	J. Mapangane S. Nangy S. Malico A. Alifa

Final

Senegal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa

Penalties
E. Kane A. Diene F. Fall D. Mendy M. Ba P. N'diaye	4–5	L. Maboe S. Sithebe E. Brooks S. Ngobeni V. Mothwa N. Mobbie

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.

4 goals

South Africa Sepana Letsoalo

3 goals

2 goals

Eswatini Sabelo Ndzinisa
Lesotho Sera Motebang
Malawi Khuda Ike Muyaba
Senegal Pepe Massar Dijitte
Senegal Abu Bakry Diop

1 goal

1 own goal

Zimbabwe Qadr Amini (against Namibia)