- Source: 2017 COSAFA Cup
The 2017 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup South Africa 2017 for sponsorship reasons) is the 17th 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 held in South Africa from 25 June to 9 July.
Format
14 teams compete.
8 teams compete in the group stage:
Angola
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Seychelles
Tanzania (invitee)
Zimbabwe
The teams are drawn into 2 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once, earning 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The two group winners advance to the quarter-finals.
6 teams receive a bye to the quarter-finals:
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
The remainder of the tournament is straight knockout, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, a third place playoff and a final to decide the winners of the COSAFA Cup.
The four losing quarter-finalists compete for the Plate.
Venues
Draw
The draw was announced on 18 May 2017.
Group stage
= Group A
== Group B
=Knockout stage
= Quarter-finals
== Semi-finals
== Third-place playoff
== Final
=Plate
The losing quarter-finalists will qualify for this round.
= Semi-finals
== Final
=Goalscorers
There have been 53 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.3 goals per match.
6 goals
Ovidy Karuru
5 goals
Knox Mutizwa
4 goals
Ocean Mushure
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Awards
Player of the Tournament
Knox Mutizwa (ZIM)
Golden Boot
Ovidy Karuru (ZIM) (6 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Said Mohamed Said (TAN)
References
External links
Official site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Tim nasional sepak bola Lesotho
- Piala Negara-Negara Afrika
- Tim nasional sepak bola Mauritius
- Tim nasional sepak bola Botswana
- Kualifikasi Piala Asia U-20 AFC 2023
- Tim nasional sepak bola Komoro
- Tim nasional sepak bola Seychelles
- Tim nasional sepak bola Afrika Selatan
- 2017 COSAFA Cup
- COSAFA Cup
- 2024 COSAFA Cup
- 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup
- COSAFA Women's Championship
- 2021 COSAFA Cup
- 2018 COSAFA Cup
- Tanzania national football team
- Eswatini national football team
- 2024 COSAFA Women's Championship
