2013 COSAFA Cup

2013 COSAFA Cup
COSAFA Castle Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Zambia
Dates	6–20 July 2013
Teams	13 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Zambia (4th title)
Runners-up	Zimbabwe
Third place	South Africa
Fourth place	Lesotho
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	54 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jerome Ramatlhakwane (4)
Best player	Mukuka Mulenga
Best goalkeeper	Daniel Munyau

The 2013 COSAFA Cup, sponsored by South African Breweries and officially named the 2013 COSAFA Castle Cup,^[1] was the 14th 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 Zambia in July 2013.^[2]

Participants

Comoros and Madagascar did not enter for unknown reasons. While Kenya and Tanzania, both members of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) were invited.^[3]^[4]

On 17 May 2013, Tanzania withdrew, citing conflicting schedules with African Nations Championship qualifiers and the Kagame Interclub Cup.^[5] The Tanzanian and Ugandan Federations were unable to agree on a new date for the African Nations Championship qualifying game due to a conflict with the FUFA elections.^[6] Tanzania were replaced with Equatorial Guinea,^[7] a member of the Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC), but they withdrew from the competition on 24 June.^[8]

The FIFA World Rankings from 11 April 2013 were used to decide which teams receive a bye to the quarter-final stage.

Nation	FIFA Ranking	Bye
Zambia	45	Bye to quarter-final stage
South Africa	62
Angola	94
Zimbabwe	101
Mozambique	106
Malawi	109
~~Tanzania~~	~~116~~	No bye Teams start in group stage
~~Equatorial Guinea~~	59
Kenya	122
Botswana	122
Namibia	125
Lesotho	156
Swaziland	183
Mauritius	189
Seychelles	199

Venues

Prior to the start of the competition, the Zambian government did not provide funds to make the Godfrey 'Ucar' Chitalu 107 Stadium in Kabwe suitable for the competition. As a result, those games were relocated to the Nkana Stadium in Kitwe.^[9]

Squads

Main article: 2013 COSAFA Cup squads

Group stage

All times listed are local (UTC+2).

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Namibia	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6
Mauritius	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
Seychelles	2	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Namibia v Mauritius

6 July 2013
14:30

Namibia	2–1	Mauritius
Shitembi 20' Jakob 45'	Report	Pierre 85'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Namibia v Seychelles

8 July 2013
14:30

Namibia	4–2	Seychelles
Urikhob 25' Gebhardt 40', 46' Tjiueza 88'	Report	Zialor 14', 38'

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

Mauritius v Seychelles

10 July 2013
15:00

Mauritius	4–0	Seychelles
Calambé 14' Pierre 23', 74' L.L. Pithia 36'	Report

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Group B


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lesotho	3	1	2	0	7	5	+2	5
Botswana	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Kenya	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Swaziland	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Botswana v Swaziland

7 July 2013
17:00

Botswana	0–0	Swaziland
	Report

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Kenya v Lesotho

8 July 2013^†
17:00

Kenya	2–2	Lesotho
Kiongera 82' Atudo 89' (pen.)	Report	Mokhahalane 43' (pen.) Tale 52'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Kenya v Swaziland

9 July 2013
15:00

Kenya	2–0	Swaziland
Lavatsa 5', 54'	Report

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Samuel Chirinda (Mozambique)

Lesotho v Botswana

9 July 2013
17:00

Lesotho	3–3	Botswana
Mokhahlane 60' (pen.) Lerotholi 68' Tale 90+2'	Report	Ramatlhakwane 5', 50', 79'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

Kenya v Botswana

11 July 2013
15:00

Kenya	1–2	Botswana
Olerile 87' (o.g.)	Report	Tshireletso 12' Ramatlhakwane 90+4'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Lesotho v Swaziland

11 July 2013
15:00

Lesotho	2–0	Swaziland
Letsie 23' Seturumane 45'	Report

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

^†This fixture was originally scheduled to take place on 7 July at 15:00 (UTC+2). However, Kenya's arrival at the tournament was delayed due to the players' league commitments.^[10]

Knockout stage

Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi all received a bye to this stage.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

13 July – Lusaka

Zimbabwe (pen.)

1 (3)

17 July – Ndola

Malawi

1 (1)

Zimbabwe

14 July – Kabwe

Lesotho

Angola

1 (3)

20 July – Ndola

Lesotho (pen.)

1 (5)

Zimbabwe

13 July – Lusaka

Zambia

South Africa

17 July – Ndola

Namibia

South Africa

0 (3)

Third place

14 July – Kabwe

Zambia (pen.)

0 (5)

Zambia

Lesotho

Mozambique

South Africa

20 July – Ndola

Quarter-finals

Zimbabwe v Malawi

13 July 2013
13:00

Zimbabwe	1–1	Malawi
Mambare 14'	Report	Nyamupanedengu 86' (o.g.)
	Penalties
Chafa Chipeta Chiwunga Mushura	3–1	Kaipa Msowoya Simkonda Lanjesi

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

South Africa v Namibia

13 July 2013
15:30

South Africa	2–1	Namibia
Shongwe 48' Kekana 63'	Report	Stephanus 73' (pen.)

Nkoloma Stadium, Lusaka
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Angola v Lesotho

14 July 2013
13:00

Angola	1–1	Lesotho
Mabululu 25'		Tale 40'
	Penalties
Abdul Diógenes Ito Mano	3–5	Maile Mokhahlane Seturumane Moletsane Moleko

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Zambia v Mozambique

14 July 2013
15:30

Zambia	3–1	Mozambique
Mwape 13' (pen.) Chisenga 27' Phiri 77'	Report	Sonito 86'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Plate competition

Semi-finals		Final

16 July – Kitwe
Malawi	2
Angola	3

		18 July – Kitwe
		Angola	0
		Mozambique	1



16 July – Kitwe
Namibia	0
Mozambique	1

Plate semi-final

Malawi v Angola

16 July 2013
14:00

Malawi	2–3	Angola
Simkonda 5' Ito 48' (o.g.)		Mabululu 11', 54' Abdul 84'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)

Namibia v Mozambique

16 July 2013
16:00

Namibia	0–1	Mozambique
		Sonito 43'

Arthur Davies Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Plate final

Angola v Mozambique

18 July 2013
15:00

Angola	0–1	Mozambique
		Sonito 45'

Nkana Stadium, Kitwe
Referee: Dennis Nguluwe (Malawi)

Semi-final

Zimbabwe v Lesotho

17 July 2013
17:00

Zimbabwe	2–1	Lesotho
Ndoro 15', 25'	Report	Mofolo 4'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Samuel Chirinda (Mozambique)

South Africa v Zambia

17 July 2013
20:00

South Africa	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Zambia
	Report
	Penalties
Hlatshwayo Manyama Chabangu Mashaba	3–5	N'gonga Mwape Phiri Chongo Chama

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Third place play-off

Lesotho v South Africa

20 July 2013
13:00

Lesotho	1–2	South Africa
Maile 22' (pen.)	Report	Masango 44' Kekana 54'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Final

Zimbabwe v Zambia

20 July 2013
15:30

Zimbabwe	0–2	Zambia
	Report	N'gonga 5' Chongo 90+2'

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Awards

The following were the individual awards:^[11]

Most Valuable Player			Golden Shoe			Best Goalkeeper
Mukuka Mulenga			Jerome Ramatlhakwane			Daniel Munyau

Goalscorers

4 goals

Jerome Ramatlhakwane

3 goals

Jean Stephan Pierre
Sonito

2 goals

Ananias Gebhardt
Yves Zialor

Hlompho Kekana
Tendai Ndoro

1 goal

Gastin Simkonda
Gurty Calambé
Fabrice Pithia
Pinehas Jakob
Petrus Shitembi
Willy Stephanus
Neville Tjiueza
Sadney Urikhob
Mandla Masango

1 own goal

Ito (playing against Malawi)

Edwin Olerile (playing against Kenya)

Maxwell Nyamupanedengu (playing against Malawi)

References

↑ "Castle Lager back as COSAFA sponsors". Shack Sports Report. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
↑ "Zambia to host Cosafa Cup in July". Kickoff.com. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
↑ Timothy Olubalu (2013-04-22). "FKF confirms Kenya's participation in 2013 COSAFA Cup". Michezo Afrika. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ "Stars invited for 2013 COSAFA Cup". Daily News (Tanzania). 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
↑ Claudia Ekai (2013-05-17). "Tanzania pull out of COSAFA". Super Sport. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
↑ "Stars pull out of COSAFA Cup". Daily News. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
↑ "Equatorial Guinea joins the ranks of the 2013 COSAFA Cup". Namibia Sport. 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ "Equatorial Guinea withdraw from Cosafa". SuperSport.com. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
↑ "‘Hated’ Kabwe town faces another blow as Cosafa games relocate". Zambian Watchdog. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
↑ "Kenya delay arrival for Cosafa". MTN Football. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
↑ "Mukuka is 2013 COSAFA Cup’s best". MTN Football. 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-07-20.

External links

COSAFA Cup 2013 at COSAFA.com

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