2015 COSAFA Cup
International football competition
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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.
Host countrySouth Africa
Dates17–30 May 2015
Teams14
Venue2 (in 2 host cities)
| |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa |
| Dates | 17–30 May 2015 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Venue | 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 | Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals) |
| Best player | Wangu Gome |
| Best goalkeeper | Virgil Vries |
← 2013 2016 → | |
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 | 25.578913°S 27.161061°E |
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 |
|---|---|
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 |
| Namibia | 0–0 | Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
| Seychelles | 0–1 | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Talent  52' |
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
| 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 |
| Lesotho | 1–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Thale 26' |
Report | Vombola 38' Rabehasinmbola 85' |
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
| Madagascar | 2–0 | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| Rakotoharimalala 14' Randriamanjaka 44' |
Report |
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ghana | 1–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Darkwah 37' |
report | 28' Randriamanjaka 90' Simouri |
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
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
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
Plate final
Semi-finals
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
| Botswana | 1–2 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Kebatho 78' |
report | Isac 65' Parkim 88' |
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)
Third place playoff
Final
| Namibia | 2–0 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Hotto 36', 74' |
report |
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Awards
- Top scorer
Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)[citation needed]
- Player of the Tournament
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament
- Fair Player award