2021 COSAFA Cup

National team	FIFA Ranking (27 May 2021)[4]	Best Performance
Eswatini	154	Semi-finals (1999, 2002, 2003, 2021)
Madagascar (withdrew)	100	Third Place (2015)
Zimbabwe	107	Champions (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2017, 2018)
Comoros (withdrew)[5]	131	Group stage
Lesotho	146	Runner-Up (2000)
Senegal (Invited guest)	22	Debut
Botswana	150	Runner-Up (2016, 2019)
Malawi	115	Runner-Up (2002, 2003)
Zambia	87	Champions (1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2019)
Mozambique	117	Runner-Up (2008, 2015)
Namibia	111	Champions (2015)
South Africa	75	Champions (2002, 2007, 2008, 2016)

Matches will held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth	Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium		Wolfson Stadium
Capacity: 42,486		Capacity: 10,000

The draw for the 2021 COSAFA Cup was staged in host city Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday, June 17, 2021.^[6]

Group A	Group B
South Africa  Eswatini  Zambia  Botswana  Lesotho	Senegal  Mozambique  Namibia  Malawi  Zimbabwe

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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)

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

• All matches will be held at Port Elizabeth
• Time listed are UTC+2:00

Key to colour in group tables
	Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa (H)	4	3	1	0	6	0	+6	10	Semi-finals
2	Eswatini	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
3	Zambia	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
4	Botswana	4	1	1	2	6	4	+2	4
5	Lesotho	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Semi-finals
2	Mozambique	4	2	1	1	3	1	+2	7
3	Namibia	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
4	Malawi	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2

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• In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner if necessary.

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 July – Port Elizabeth
	Senegal (p)	2 (3)
					18 July – Port Elizabeth
	Eswatini	2 (0)
					Senegal	0 (4)
	16 July – Port Elizabeth
					South Africa (p)	0 (5)
	South Africa	3
	Mozambique	0
					Third place match
					18 July– Port Elizabeth
					Eswatini (p)	1 (4)
					Mozambique	1 (2)