International football competition
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
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FIFA Ranking (27 May 2021)
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Best Performance
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Eswatini |
154
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Semi-finals (1999, "2002," 2003, 2021)
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Madagascar (withdrew) |
100
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Third Place (2015)
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Zimbabwe |
107
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Champions (2002, "2003," 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
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Comoros (withdrew)
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131
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Group stage
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Lesotho |
146
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Runner-Up (2000)
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Senegal (Invited guest) |
22 |
Debut
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Botswana |
150
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Runner-Up (2016, 2019)
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Malawi |
115
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Runner-Up (2002, 2003)
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Zambia |
87
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Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)
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Mozambique |
117
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Runner-Up (2008, 2015)
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Namibia |
111
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Champions (2015)
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South Africa |
75
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Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016)
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Venue※
Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Draw※
The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
Grouping line※
Match officials※
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.
Key to colour in group tables
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Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals
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Group A※
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Group B※
Referee: Antonio Caluassi Dungula (
Angola)
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Knockout stage※
Bracket※
Semi-finals※
Third place match※
Final※
Referee: Audrick Nkole (
Zambia)
Statistics※
Goalscorers※
There were 53 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
References※
External links※
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