2015 COSAFA Cup

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.[1] All matches took place in the North West province.

2015 COSAFA Cup
Tournament details

Host country	South Africa
Dates	17–30 May 2015
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Namibia (1st title)
Runners-up	Mozambique
Third place	Madagascar
Fourth place	Botswana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	46 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Wangu Gome
Best goalkeeper	Virgil Vries

Participating nations

National team	FIFA Ranking (February 2015)[2]	Entry round
Mauritius	185	Group stage
Seychelles	187
Swaziland	165
Madagascar	148
Zimbabwe	119
Namibia	111
Lesotho	125
Tanzania (invitee)	107
Botswana	105	Quarter final
Malawi	93
Mozambique	90
Zambia	60
South Africa	56
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.[3]

Moruleng	Moruleng Stadium Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace	Phokeng
Moruleng Stadium		Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Capacity: 20,000		Capacity: 45,000
25.156667°S 27.175556°E / -25.156667; 27.175556 (Moruleng Stadium)		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

Seeded	Unseeded
Lesotho Namibia Tanzania Zimbabwe	Madagascar Mauritius Seychelles Swaziland

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Namibia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Mauritius	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Seychelles	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

First match(es) will be played on 17 May 2015. Source:

17 May 2015

15:00

Namibia	0–0	Seychelles
	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

17 May 2015

17:30

Zimbabwe	2–0	Mauritius
Rusere 28' Chitiyo 66'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

19 May 2015

17:00

Seychelles	0–1	Zimbabwe
	Report	Talent 52'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)

19 May 2015

19:30

Namibia	2–0	Mauritius
Shilongo 4', 65'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

21 May 2015

17:00

Namibia	4–1	Zimbabwe
Katjiukua 9' Hotto 60', 67' Urikhob 84'	Report	Manuvire 83'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

21 May 2015

17:00

Seychelles	0–1	Mauritius
	Report	Sophie 84'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Madagascar	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Swaziland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Lesotho	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Tanzania (G)	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0

First match(es) will be played on 17 May 2015. Source:
(G) Guest.

18 May 2015

17:30

Lesotho	1–2	Madagascar
Thale 26'	Report	Vombola 38' Rabehasinmbola 85'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)

18 May 2015

19:30

Tanzania	0–1	Swaziland
	Report	Mabila 44'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

20 May 2015

17:00

Madagascar	2–0	Tanzania
Rakotoharimalala 14' Randriamanjaka 44'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

20 May 2015

19:30

Lesotho	0–2	Swaziland
	Report	Sibandze 43' Mkhontfo 66'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

22 May 2015

17:00

Lesotho	1–0	Tanzania
Kamela 76'	Report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

22 May 2015

17:00

Madagascar	1–1	Swaziland
Randriamanjaka 7'	Report	Ndzinisa 79'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)

Knockout stage

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	24 May – Moruleng

	Zambia	0 (4)
					28 May – Moruleng
	Namibia (pen.)	0 (5)
					Namibia	3
	25 May – Phokeng
					Madagascar	2
	Ghana	1
									30 May – Moruleng
	Madagascar	2
									Namibia	2
	24 May – Moruleng
									Mozambique	0
	South Africa	0 (6)
					28 May – Moruleng
	Botswana (pen.)	0 (7)
					Botswana	1
	25 May – Phokeng
					Mozambique	2			Third place
	Mozambique (pen)	2 (5)
									30 May – Moruleng
	Malawi	2 (4)
									Madagascar	2

									Botswana	1

Quarter-finals

Seeded	Unseeded
South Africa Mozambique Zambia Ghana	Botswana Malawi Namibia Madagascar

25 May 2015

15:00

Ghana	1–2	Madagascar
Darkwah 37'	report	28' Randriamanjaka 90' Simouri

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

25 May 2015

17:30

Mozambique	2–2	Malawi
Lucky Malata 10' (o.g.) Mzava 90+1' (o.g.)	report	51' Sulumba 90' (pen) Mzava
Penalties
Gildo Hagi Miquissone Isac Guambe Norberto Mahumane	5–4	Banda Mzava Kumwenda Fodya Kondowe Malata Sulumba

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)

24 May 2015

17:30

Zambia	0–0	Namibia
	report
Penalties
Mweene Mtonga Mbola Ndhlovu Katebe	4–5	Isaacks Stephanus Mwedihanga Ketjijere Hotto

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

24 May 2015

19:30

South Africa	0–0	Botswana
	report
Penalties
Lark Daniels van Heerden Motupa Morena Segolela Madisha Mngonyama	6–7	Nato Kgaswane Mogorosi Moyo Dambe Legwaila Koobake Gaolaolwe

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

The winning quarter finalists proceed to the semi-finals.
The losing quarter finalists proceed to the plate semi-finals.

Plate competition

	Semi-finals				Final

	27 May – Moruleng

	Zambia	3
					29 May – Phokeng
	Ghana	0
					Zambia	0
	27 May – Moruleng
					Malawi	1
	South Africa	0 (4)

	Malawi (pen.)	0 (5)

Plate semi-final

27 May 2015

17:00

Zambia	3–0	Ghana
Mwape 24' Katebe 29' Sinkala 42'	report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)

27 May 2015

19:30

South Africa	0–0	Malawi
	report
Penalties
Daniels Nyanda Madisha van Heerden Manayama Nhlapo	4–5	Banda Mzava Mkanda Mhone Malata Ngalande

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Plate final

29 May 2015

17:00

Zambia	0–1	Malawi
	report	Mkanda 59'

Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Semi-finals

28 May 2015

17:00

Namibia	3–2	Madagascar
Shilongo 18', 2' Shalulile 83'	report	Vombola 24', 26'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)

28 May 2015

19:30

Botswana	1–2	Mozambique
Kebatho 78'	report	Isac 65' Parkim 88'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)

Third place playoff

30 May 2015

15:00

Madagascar	2–1	Botswana
Vombola 16', 18'	report	Boy 84'

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

Final

30 May 2015

17:30

Namibia	2–0	Mozambique
Hotto 36', 74'	report

Moruleng Stadium

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Awards

Top scorer

Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)

Player of the Tournament

Wangu Gome

Goalkeeper of the Tournament

Virgil Vries

Fair Player award

Madagascar[4]

References

"COSAFA CUP 2015 - DRAW". COSAFA. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
"FIFA Rankings". FIFA.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
"Venue change at COSAFA Cup 2015". COSAFA.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
"Namibian players win individual awards". COSAFA.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.

External links

Official site

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