2015 COSAFA Cup

August 2023 August 2023 COSAFA Cup 2015 2015 COSAFA Cup.png South Africa 17–30 May 2015 14 2 2 Namibia 1 Mozambique Madagascar Botswana 23 46 MAD Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals) NAM Wangu Gome NAM Virgil Vries 2013 2016 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.COSAFA CUP 2015 - DRAW http://cosafa.com/index.php/press/latest-cosafa-news/582-cosafa-cup-2015-draw COSAFA 26 February 2015 26 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227014315/http://cosafa.com/index.php/press/latest-cosafa-news/582-cosafa-cup-2015-draw 27 February 2015 dead dmy-all All matches took place in the North West province. Participating nations National teamFIFA Ranking (February 2015)FIFA Rankings https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=247/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150119134150/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=247/index.html dead 19 January 2015 FIFA.com 26 February 2015Entry roundMRI185Group stageSEY187SWZ Swaziland165MAD148ZIM119NAM111LES125TAN (invitee)107BOT105Quarter finalMWI93MOZ90ZAM60RSA56GHA (invitee)25 Did not enter ANG COM 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.Venue change at COSAFA Cup 2015 http://www.cosafa.com/venue-change-at-cosafa-cup-2015/ COSAFA.com 15 May 2015 15 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102855/http://www.cosafa.com/venue-change-at-cosafa-cup-2015/ 18 May 2015 dead dmy-all Moruleng South Africa North West 260 right Moruleng Stadium left 8 -25.15 27.17 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace bottom 8 -25.57 27.16 PhokengMoruleng StadiumRoyal Bafokeng Sports PalaceCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 45,000-25.156667 27.175556 i type:landmark Moruleng Stadium-25.578913 27.161061 i type:landmark 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 SeededUnseededLES NAM TAN ZIMMAD MRI SEY SWZ Swaziland Group A main WDL no no future 17 May 2015 NAM ZIM MRI SEY R1 2 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 4 4 1 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 0 2 NAM SEY ZIM MRI Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 2015 5 17 y 15:00 NAM SEY 0–0 Moruleng Stadium Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Report 2015 5 17 y 17:30 ZIM MRI 2–0 Rusere 28Chitiyo 66 Moruleng Stadium Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Report 2015 5 19 y 17:00 SEY ZIM 0–1 Talent 52 Moruleng Stadium Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland) Report 2015 5 19 y 19:30 NAM MRI 2–0 Shilongo 4 65 Moruleng Stadium Osiase Koto (Lesotho) Report 2015 5 21 y 17:00 NAM ZIM 4–1 Katjiukua 9Hotto 60 67 Urikhob 84 Manuvire 83 Moruleng Stadium Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Report 2015 5 21 y 17:00 SEY MRI 0–1 Sophie 84 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland) Report Group B main WDL no no future 17 May 2015 MAD SWZ LES TAN R1 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 3 0 4 G MAD SWZ Swaziland LES TAN Q green1 Advance to knockout stage 2015 5 18 y 17:30 LES MAD 1–2 Thale 26 Vombola 38 Rabehasinmbola 85 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe) Report 2015 5 18 y 19:30 TAN SWZ Swaziland 0–1 Mabila 44 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Nelson Fred (Seychelles) Report 2015 5 20 y 17:00 MAD TAN 2–0 Rakotoharimalala 14 Randriamanjaka 44 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Duncan Lengani (Malawi) Report 2015 5 20 y 19:30 LES SWZ Swaziland 0–2 Sibandze 43 Mkhontfo 66 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Wisdom Chewe (Zambia) Report 2015 5 22 y 17:00 LES TAN 1–0 Kamela 76 Moruleng Stadium Joshua Bondo (Botswana) Report 2015 5 22 y 17:00 MAD SWZ Swaziland 1–1 Randriamanjaka 7 Ndzinisa 79 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe) Report Knockout stage Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana all received a bye to this stage. 24 May – Moruleng ZAM 0 (4) NAM (pen.) 0 (5) 25 May – Phokeng GHA 1 MAD 2 24 May – Moruleng RSA 0 (6) BOT (pen.) 0 (7) 25 May – Phokeng MOZ (pen) 2 (5) MWI 2 (4) 28 May – Moruleng NAM 3 MAD 2 28 May – Moruleng BOT 1 MOZ 2 30 May – Moruleng NAM 2 MOZ 0 30 May – Moruleng MAD 2 BOT 1 Quarter-finals SeededUnseeded RSA MOZ ZAM GHA BOT MWI NAM MAD 2015 5 25 y 15:00 GHA MAD 1–2 Darkwah 37 28 Randriamanjaka90 Simouri Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Joshua Bondo (Botswana) report 2015 5 25 y 17:30 MOZ MWI 2–2 Lucky Malata 10 o.g.Mzava 90+1 o.g. 51 Sulumba90 pen Mzava Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland) report Gildo Hagi Miquissone Isac Guambe Norberto Mahumane 5–4 Banda Mzava Kumwenda Fodya Kondowe Malata Sulumba 2015 5 24 y 17:30 ZAM NAM 0–0 Moruleng Stadium Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) report Mweene Mtonga Mbola Ndhlovu Katebe 4–5 Isaacks Stephanus Mwedihanga Ketjijere Hotto 2015 5 24 y 19:30 RSA BOT 0–0 Moruleng Stadium Wisdom Chewe (Zambia) report Lark Daniels van Heerden Motupa Morena Segolela Madisha Mngonyama 6–7 Nato 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 27 May – Moruleng ZAM 3 GHA 0 27 May – Moruleng RSA 0 (4) MWI (pen.) 0 (5) 29 May – Phokeng ZAM 0 MWI 1 Plate semi-final 2015 5 27 y 17:00 ZAM GHA 3–0 Mwape 24Katebe 29Sinkala 42 Moruleng Stadium Nelson Fred (Seychelles) report 2015 5 27 y 19:30 RSA MWI 0–0 Moruleng Stadium Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe) report Daniels Nyanda Madisha van Heerden Manayama Nhlapo 4–5 Banda Mzava Mkanda Mhone Malata Ngalande Plate final 2015 5 29 y 17:00 ZAM MWI 0–1 Mkanda 59 Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe) report Semi-finals 2015 5 28 y 17:00 NAM MAD 3–2 Shilongo 2 18Shalulile 83 Vombola 24 26 Moruleng Stadium Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland) report 2015 5 28 y 19:30 BOT MOZ 1–2 Kebatho 78 Isac 65Parkim 88 Moruleng Stadium Duncan Lengani (Malawi) report Third place playoff 2015 5 30 y 15:00 MAD BOT 2–1 Vombola 16 18 Boy 84 Moruleng Stadium Wisdom Chewe (Zambia) report Final 2015 5 30 y 17:30 NAM MOZ 2–0 Hotto 36 74 Moruleng Stadium Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) report Awards Top scorer MAD Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)August 2023 Player of the Tournament NAM Wangu GomeAugust 2023 Goalkeeper of the Tournament NAM Virgil VriesAugust 2023 Fair Player award MADNamibian players win individual awards https://www.cosafa.com/namibian-players-win-individual-awards/ COSAFA.com 2 June 2015 2 June 2015 References External links Official site Category:COSAFA Cup Cosafa Cosafa Category:International association football competitions hosted by South Africa Category:May 2015 sports events in South Africa